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Table 1 Prisoner sample characteristics

From: Prevalence and appropriateness of psychotropic medication prescribing in a nationally representative cross-sectional survey of male and female prisoners in England

 

N

Percent

 

n

Percent

Gender

Prison type

 Male

6052

88.5

 Local

2192

32.1

 Female

785

11.5

 Training

2188

32.0

Legal status

  

 Open

598

8.7

 Sentenced

5898

86.3

 Youth Offender

1074

15.7

 Unsentenced

924

13.5

 Female

785

11.5

 Othera

15

0.2

   

Age group

Ethnicity

 18–24

2012

29.4

 White

5620

82.9

 25–34

1981

29.0

 Black

574

8.5

 35–44

1387

20.3

 Asian

348

5.1

 45–54

877

12.8

 Mixed

182

2.7

 55–64

340

5.0

 Other

57

0.8

 65–74

177

2.6

   

 75+

61

0.9

   

Total

6837

100

   
  1. a Includes civil prisoners and detainees