Electroconvulsive Therapy/ECT: Ontario

Written by Juli Lawrence

Electroconvulsive Therapy/ECT: Ontario - 1995-2001 (Partial and Approximate) Compiled by Don Weitz [5]

2000-2001 [1]
No. of ECTs	13,162
No. of ECTs Women (approx)	8,358 (64%)
No. of ECTs Women 60+	3,118 (37%)
Total No. Women	1,090 (approx)
Total No. Women 60+	450 (approx)
Total No. Patients	1,880 (approx)
[1] figures for GCPHs only, PPH figures unavailable - includes 192 ECTs administered to 27 women 80+ years old, approx. avg. 7 ECTs per woman.

1999-2000
	GCPHs	PPHs (9)	Totals
No. of ECTs	12,610	2,983	15,593
No. of ECT Patients	2,100 (approx)	454	2,554

PPHs
Total Women	324 (71%)
Total Women 60+	130 (40%)

1998-1999
	GCPHs	PPHs (9)	Totals
No. of ECTs	11,710	2,800	14,510
No. of Patients (approx)	1,700 (approx)	449	2,149

1997-1998 [2]
	GCPHs	PPHs (9)	Totals
No. of ECTs	13,703	2,325	16,028
No. of ECT Patients (approx)	2,300 (approx)	342	2,642
Percent ECT for Women Patients	70%
Percent ECT for Women Patients 60+ yrs old	51%
[2] Above info for PPHs includes 208 administered to 34 women 80+ years old

1996-1997 [3]
	GCPHs	PPHs (9)	Totals
No. of ECTs	12,390	2,222	14,612
No. of ECT Patients (approx)	2,100 (approx)	264	2,364
Females (percent)	70%		--
Females (percent) 60+ yrs old	35%	49%	--
[3] Includes approximately 779 ECTs administered to 109 women 80+ years old

1995-1996 [4]
	GCPHs	PPHs (9)	Totals
No. of ECTs	11,314	2,270	13,584
No. of ECT Patients (approx)	1,616	243	1,859
Females (percent)	70%		--
Females (percent) 60+ yrs old	36%	55%	--
[4] Includes 787 ECTs administered to 138 women 80+ years old

[5]Note: PPHs=provincial psychiatric hospitals. ECTs at Penetanguishene & Hamilton mental health centres are administered at local general hospitals as of 1999. GCPHs=general hospitals/community psychiatric hospitals, include Centre for Addiction & Mental Health. Since the Ministry of Health publishes no figures for number of patients in GCPHs, these figures must be approximate. Sincere thanks to the Ministry of Health for providing me with the raw data from which I calculated the above numbers and per cents. All data are based on the fiscal year April 1-March 31. Some ECT statistics are available under Freedom of Information requests. There is no government rule or regulation requiring hospitals to report ECT statistics to the Ministry of Health.

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Created on February 19, 2007 Last Updated on December 08, 2011