Identification of mental health and substance use disorders using hospital (any diagnosis codes) and emergency department (ED) records among DTES cohort participants (n=56 875)*
| Health conditions | Total | Proportion of individuals identified by data source | |||
| No. of individuals | Prevalence (%) | Hospital records only N (%) | ED records only N (%) | Both hospital and ED records N (%) | |
| Mental health and substance use disorders | 16 996 | 29.9 | 5024 (29.6) | 4330 (25.5) | 7642 (45.0) |
| Any selected substance use disorders | 12 638 | 22.2 | 5252 (41.6) | 3238 (25.6) | 4148 (32.8) |
| Alcohol use disorders | 6206 | 10.9 | 2877 (46.4) | 1727 (27.8) | 1602 (25.8) |
| Other substance use disorders† | 9865 | 17.3 | 4938 (50.1) | 2160 (21.9) | 2767 (28.0) |
| Opioid use disorder | 5407 | 9.5 | 2778 (51.4) | 1465 (27.1) | 1164 (21.5) |
| Any selected mental health disorders | 9163 | 16.1 | 2059 (22.5) | 2705 (29.5) | 4399 (48.0) |
| Mood disorders‡ | 4286 | 7.5 | 1792 (41.8) | 1195 (27.9) | 1299 (30.3) |
| Depression | 3245 | 5.7 | 1231 (37.9) | 1226 (37.8) | 788 (24.3) |
| Psychoses | 4763 | 8.4 | 799 (16.8) | 1410 (29.6) | 2554 (53.6) |
| Neurotic/stress/somatoform disorders§ | 4189 | 7.4 | 1408 (33.6) | 2142 (51.1) | 639 (15.3) |
| Anxiety disorders | 2515 | 4.4 | 681 (27.1) | 1642 (65.3) | 192 (7.6) |
| Personality disorders | 1860 | 3.3 | 1488 (80.0) | 164 (8.8) | 208 (11.2) |
*Cases identified using at least one hospital or ED record of diagnosis code.
†Included opioid use disorder.
‡Included depression.
§Included anxiety disorders.
DTES, Downtown Eastside.