Chapter 3 - Health
                           
Table 3.10 New attendees assessed with a mental disorder at the MOD's Departments of                         Community Mental Health: numbers and rates by demographic and military                         characteristics, 2007 and 20081,2
During 2008, 3,181 new cases of mental disorder were identified within UK Armed Forces personnel, representing a rate of 16.1 per 1,000 strength. Among the 3,181 personnel with a mental disorder, there were some statistically significant findings:

     - rates for Royal Marines were lower than for other Services;
     - rates for females were higher than for males;
     - rates for other ranks were higher than for Officers.
The data in this table are not National Statistics because they have not been designated as such by the Ministry of Defence.
    2007   2008  
Characteristics   Number   Rate3   95% CI   Number   Rate3   95% CI  
All   3 920   19.6   (19.0 - 20.2)   3 189   16.2   (15.6 - 16.7)  
                           
Characteristics Known   3 765   *   *   3 139   *   *  
                           
   Service                          
      Royal Navy   511   16.1   (14.7 - 17.5)   413   13.2   (11.9 - 14.5)  
      Royal Marines   89   11.6   (9.2 - 14.0)   61   7.8   (5.8 - 9.7)  
      Army   2 318   20.1   (19.3 - 20.9)   1 959   17.2   (16.4 - 17.9)  
      RAF   847   18.8   (17.5 - 20.0)   706   16.1   (14.9 - 17.3)  
                           
   Gender                          
      Males   3 065   16.9   (16.3 - 17.5)   2 511   14.0   (13.5 - 14.6)  
      Females   700   38.4   (35.5 - 41.2)   628   34.8   (32.1 - 37.6)  
                           
   Rank                          
      Officers   251   7.3   (6.4 - 8.2)   240   7.2   (6.3 - 8.1)  
      Other ranks   3 514   21.2   (20.5 - 21.9)   2 899   17.7   (17.1 - 18.4)  
                           
   Deployment - Theatres of operation1                          
      Iraq and/or Afghanistan2   1 898   18.1   (17.3 - 19.0)   1 769   15.8   (15.0 - 16.5)  
         of which, Iraq   1 725   18.8   (17.9 - 19.7)   1 463   15.8   (15.0 - 16.6)  
         of which, Afghanistan2   375   12.5   (11.2 - 13.8)   661   15.0   (13.9 - 16.2)  
      Neither Iraq nor Afghanistan2   1 867   19.6   (18.7 - 20.5)   1 370   16.1   (15.3 - 17.0)  
                           
Characteristics not known4   155   *   *   50   *   *  
Source: DASA (Health Information)
1. Numbers deployed to Iraq and numbers deployed to Afghanistan will not sum to number deployed to Iraq and/or Afghanistan, as some individuals will have
    deployed to both theatres of operation
2. Figures do not include personnel deployed to Afghanistan during the period January 2003 to October 2005 (see Psychiatric Morbidity Introduction for more
    information)
3. Per 1,000 strength
4. Records supplied to DASA without identifiers