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<p>‘Mental Health of Children and Young People in England, 2020: Wave 1 follow up
to the 2017 survey’ was published on 22 October 2020 by NHS Digital and is available
at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-of-children-and-young-people-in-england/2020-wave-1-follow-up"
target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-of-children-and-young-people-in-england/2020-wave-1-follow-up</a></p><p>The
survey states that, in 2020, rates of probable mental disorder in children aged 5
to 16 years old ranged from 10% in London to 20.5% in the West Midlands. The increased
rates of probable mental disorder in most regions between 2017 and 2020 were not found
to be statistically significant.</p><p>The sample size in this survey was sufficiently
big to detect differences in England between 2017 and 2020 but when divided across
regions, the samples sizes will be smaller at regional level, and these smaller sizes
may not have been sufficient to detect a statistically significant difference.</p>
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