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Mental Health

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 13024, tabled on 5 February 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the total morbidity burden in England is accounted for by mental health.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answered on

21 February 2024

According to the most recent Global Burden of Disease publication, mental health problems accounted for 15.4% of the total burden of disease in England in 2019.

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