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J Epidemiol Community Health 58:1036-1041 doi:10.1136/jech.2003.017384
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Prevalence of comorbid psychiatric illness and substance misuse in primary care in England and Wales

Table 3

 One year annual prevalence of psychiatric diagnosis for comorbid cases per 100000 patient years exposure on the GPRD

Year Psychoses Schizophrenia Paranoia Neurosis Personality disorder Other disorders
1993 5.1 1.0 0.6 43.1 4.3 3.2
1994 3.9 1.7 1.5 54.6 5.3 3.4
1995 5.1 2.2 1.6 57.6 6.9 3.8
1996 5.3 1.8 1.6 60.8 5.6 3.5
1997 9.0 2.1 2.5 65.4 4.9 4.5
1998 12.5 2.3 1.5 69.6 6.6 5.5
% Rate change 93/98 147.1 128.8 144.1 61.6 54.7 68.7

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