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<p>Medical discharges in the UK Armed Forces involve a series of practices and protocols,
which differ in each Service to meet their specific employment requirements. Due to
these differences, data is presented separately for each Service.</p><p> </p><p>The
table below provides the numbers and percentage of UK Regular Armed Forces personnel
who were medically discharged with a principal cause of mental and behavioural disorders
between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2022, by Service and financial year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>Royal Navy</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Army</strong></p></td><td
colspan="2"><p><strong>RAF</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>10%</p></td><td><p>188</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>15%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>279</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>19%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td><td><p>282</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td><td><p>363</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>28%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td><td><p>385</p></td><td><p>20%</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>30%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>18%</p></td><td><p>418</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>36%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>21%</p></td><td><p>359</p></td><td><p>29%</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>33%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>92</p></td><td><p>25%</p></td><td><p>350</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>24%</p></td><td><p>311</p></td><td><p>47%</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>127</p></td><td><p>26%</p></td><td><p>306</p></td><td><p>46%</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>43%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Figures include trained and untrained UK Regular personnel. Army Regular personnel
include Gurkha and Military Provost Guard Service. The Royal Navy includes both Royal
Navy and Royal Marines.</p><p> </p><p>Percentages presented are the percentage of
all cause coded medical discharges.</p><p> </p><p>Medical discharges due to mental
and behavioural disorders were identified as personnel discharged with a principal
or contributory cause of discharge coded as F00 - F99 according to the International
Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems Tenth Revision
(ICD-10).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Figures for cause information between 2019-20 and
2021-22 are provisional and subject to change.</p><p> </p>
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