Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Table 1 Baseline characteristics in a community-based cohort with severe mental disorder (n = 12 103)

From: Excess mortality in persons with severe mental disorder in Sweden: a cohort study of 12 103 individuals with and without contact with psychiatric services

Background variable		Frequency/mean	Per cent^a
Service provider	Psychiatry	7468	(61.7%)
	Social services only	4635	(38.3%)
Gender	Male	5809	(48.0%)
	Female	6294	(52.0%)
Mean age 1997		46 (sd 14.4)
Native language	Swedish	9298	(76.8%)
Marital status	Single	9647	(79.7%)
	Married/Cohabiting	1949	(16.1%)
Children under 18		1579	(13.0%)

^a. All percentages do not add up to 100, due to missing values.

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