title: Preliminary report from the Irish Intellectual Disability Database.
abstract: The Department of Health established a computerised national mental handicap database in the Republic of Ireland in 1995 for the purposes of providing accurate information for planning services for people with mental handicap. Initial estimates indicate that 27,193 people are either in receipt of or in need of mental handicap services. This paper presents preliminary prevalence data from the database which were analysed by age, sex, degree of handicap and geographical region. Comparisons are drawn with the findings of two previous censuses which are conducted in Ireland in 1974 and 1981 and implications for future service provision are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Health Research Board, Dublin.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mulcahy
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mulvany
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Timmons
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016208:Databases, Factual; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000453:epidemiology*; D007494:Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D012042:Registries; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D017678:Sex Distribution