There were 18,173 admissions to Irish psychiatric units and hospitals in 2012, a rate of 396.1 per 100,000 total population. This is a reduction of 819 admissions from 2011 and a decline in rates from 413.9 in 2011 to 396.1 in 2012. First admissions remained unchanged, at 6,129 in 2011 and 6,130 in 2012, with the rate similarly remaining unchanged, at 133.6 per 100,000. There was a decline in re-admissions (by 820) from 12,863 in 2011 to 12,043 in 2012, while the proportion of admissions that were re-admissions also declined from 68% in 2011 to 66% in 2012.

See tables from P.55 for figures on alcohol and other drug admissions.