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Table 2 Patient’s demographic and mental health status

From: Trends in GP prescribing of psychotropic medications among young patients aged 16–24 years: a case study analysis

 

Total (N = 9112)

N

%

Gender (10missing)

 Female

5774

63.7

 Male

3328

36.2

Smoking status

 Non-smoker

4173

45.8

 Ex-smoker

1531

16.8

 Current smoker

1456

16.0

 Not recorded

1952

21.4

Alcohol status

 Non-drinker

358

3.9

 Drinker

1054

11.6

 Not recorded

7700

84.5

Index of disadvantage quintilea(59 mssing)

 1

261

2.9

 2

298

3.3

 3

560

6.2

 4

2580

29.0

 5

5311

58.7

Mental health status

 Diagnosed and prescribed psychotropic

2747

30.1

 Diagnosed and not prescribed psychotropic

5145

56.5

 Not diagnosed and prescribed psychotropic

1220

13.4

 Mental health-related prescriptions

11,934

 
  1. arefer to Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas by postcode