Nearly 500 people were admitted to hospital in Middlesbrough for mental health problems related to illegal drugs last year.
It means that Middlesbrough has one of the highest rates of people being diagnosed with mental illness connected to illegal drugs in England.
Some 459 people were admitted to hospital and diagnosed with mental health or behavioural disorders related to illegal drugs in Middlesbrough in 2013/14.
For every 100,000 people in the town, 331 were diagnosed with one of these conditions.
Only Liverpool has a higher rate of drug-related diagnoses in England.
More than six in ten of the 459 people admitted and diagnosed were men.
These figures are for Middlesbrough Council, whereas the previous year’s figures used the old system of Primary Care Trusts (PCTs).
In 2012/13, Middlesbrough PCT had 453 people admitted and diagnosed with illegal drug-related mental health and behavioural disorders that year.
When a patient is admitted to hospital, a doctor records their primary diagnosis, which is the main reason why the patient has come to hospital, as well as up to 19 secondary diagnoses that the doctor may also observe.
This data records both the primary and secondary diagnoses of drug-related mental health or behavioural disorders.
Overall in England there were 67,926 diagnoses of mental health and behavioural problems connected with illegal drug use.
The data was released by Government body the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
Local Authority // Total Admissions // Admissions per 100,000
Middlesbrough // 459 // 331
Hartlepool // 241 // 261
Redcar & Cleveland // 222 // 164
Stockton // 286 // 149
England // 67926 // 127
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