
Detentions under the Mental Health Act 1983 in England 2018/19, by age
This statistic displays the number of detentions under the Mental Health Act 1983 in England in the year 2018/19, by age. In that year, there were almost 16 thousand detentions under the Mental Health Act 1983 for those aged 18 to 34 years, the most of any age group.