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Table 1 Demographic factors for 928 prison inmates, according to receiving psychiatric interventions or not.

From: Mental health consultations in a prison population: a descriptive study

 

Inmates receiving psychiatric interventions N = 230

Inmates without psychiatric interventions N = 698

Total prison population N = 928

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

Gender

      

   Males

210

24

655

76

865

93

   Females

20

32

43

68

63

7

Age group

      

   Under 21

8

17

38

83

46

5

   21–25

41

27

112

73

153

17

   26–30

50

28

126

72

176

19

   31–40

77

23

254

77

331

36

   41–50

43

27

117

73

160

17

   51–60

10

19

42

81

52

6

   Over 60

1

10

9

90

10

1

Prisoner category ***

      

   Remand prisoner

42

16

223

84

265

29

   Sentenced

172

29

430

71

602

65

   Preventive detention

16

26

45

74

61

7

  1. *** Chi square test = 16.05, 2DF: p ≤ 0.001