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Population and Mental Health Statistics 2001/02
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North West Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Catchment Area
Top Birthplaces of Clients Aged 0-19 years and mean number of CAMHS1 contacts 2001/02
Birthplace No. Clients Percent of all clients Mean
contacts
Std. Dev'n Median contacts* Maximum contacts
Australia 457 96.82 14.78 17.78 9.0 144
Other ESC2 4 0.85 8.50 3.00 9.0 11
Total ESC 461 97.67 14.72 17.71 9.0 144
Sri Lanka 2 0.42 3.00 2.83 3.0 5
Turkey 2 0.42 18.50 4.95 18.5 22
Chile 1 0.21 31.00 . 31.0 31
Egypt 1 0.21 1.00 . 1.0 1
Iraq 1 0.21 7.00 . 7.0 7
Lebanon 1 0.21 9.00 . 9.0 9
Malta 1 0.21 25.00 . 25.0 25
Vanuatu 1 0.21 1.00 . 1.0 1
Total NESC3 10 2.12 11.70 10.98 8.0 31
Sub-total clients 471 99.79 14.66 17.60 9.0 144
Not known 1 0.21
Grand total 472 100.00        
1 CAMHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
2 ESC English-Speaking Country: country where English is the first language
3 NESC Non-English-Speaking Country: country where English is not the first language
*Median contacts were not significantly different for NESC and ESC clients, Mann-Whitney U test =2105.0, p =.64
Source: Mental Health Branch, Dept. of Human Services. Analysis: Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit

 

North West Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
Treated prevalence for CAMHS clients aged 0-19 years, per 10,000 head of each population 2001/02
Sorted by NESC1 population size
Birthplace Population
aged 0-19 in 2001
Clients aged
0-19 seen in 01/02
Prevalence
per 10,000
population
Lower
95% Conf. Int.2
Upper
95% Conf. Int.
Australia 52,785 457 86.58 78.64 94.52
Other ESC3 817 4 . . .
Turkey 512 2 . . .
Philippines 341 . . . .
China excl sar4 298 . . . .
Lebanon 271 1 . . .
Sri Lanka 231 2 . . .
India 169 . . . .
Vietnam 165 . . . .
Indonesia 119 . . . .
Greece 99 . . . .
Malaysia 83 . . . .
Italy 76 . . . .
Croatia 74 . . . .
Egypt 58 1 . . .
Yugoslavia FR 52 . . . .
Hong Kong 51 . . . .
Germany 50 . . . .
Poland 33 . . . .
Malta 26 1 . . .
Macedonia 18 . . . .
South Africa 18 . . . .
Netherlands 12 . . . .
Total NESC 5,189 10 19.27 7.33 31.22
Total persons 64,224 471 73.34 66.71 79.96
Note: This table includes only the top 21 NESC birthplaces in Victoria and may not include all client birthplaces.
1 NESC Non-English speaking country: born in a country where English is not the first language
2 If the confidence intervals for Australia and NESC birthplace/s do not overlap, prevalence is significantly different at the .05 level. Prevalence is not calculated for populations less than 1,000.
3 ESC English-Speaking Country: country where English is the first language
4 sar: Special Administrative Regions
Sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics Census 2001 and Mental Health Branch, Department of Human Services.
Analysis: Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit

 

North West Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
Top Preferred Languages of Clients Aged 0-19 years and mean number of CAMHS1 contacts 2001/02
Language No.
Clients
Percent of all clients Mean contacts Std. Dev'n Median contacts* Maximum contacts
English 453 95.97 14.80 17.87 9.00 144
Arabic, Lebanese 9 1.91 11.11 8.89 9.00 32
Turkish 5 1.06 12.00 6.52 11.00 22
Sinhalese 2 0.42 10.00 12.73 10.00 19
Assyrian, Aramaic 1 0.21 3.00 . 3.00 3
Cantonese 1 0.21 9.00 . 9.00 9
Vietnamese 1 0.21 10.00 . 10.00 10
Total LOTEs2 19 4.03 10.63 7.60 9.00 32
Sub-total clients 472 100.00 14.63 17.59 9.00 144
Not known 0 0.00
Grand total 472 100.00        
1 CAMHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
2 LOTE Language Other Than English
*Median contacts were not significantly different for LOTE and English-speaking clients, Mann-Whitney U test=4227.5, p =.896
Source: Mental Health Branch, Dept. of Human Services. Analysis: Victorian Transcultural Psychiatry Unit

 

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