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Table 1 MHA assessments at each site by the year of assessment; patient age; gender and outcome of the assessment

From: A prospective, quantitative study of mental health act assessments in England following the 2007 amendments to the 1983 act: did the changes fulfill their promise?

 

Birmingham

N (%)

Oxford

N (%)

London

N (%)

All sites

N (%)

Year of assessment

2008

256 (20.1)

292 (26.6)

500 (24.4)

1048 (23.7)

2009

353 (27.7)

213 (19.4)

503 (24.6)

1069 (24.2)

2010

402 (31.6)

308 (28.1)

569 (27.8)

1279 (23.1)

2011

262 (20.6)

283 (25.8)

474 (23.2)

1019 (23.1)

Missing

0

8

0

8

Age group

Under 30

328 (26.6)

310 (28.2)

487 (24.2)

1125 (25.9)

30 and over

904 (73.4)

790 (71.8)

1525 (75.8)

3219 (74.1)

Missing

41

4

34

79

Gender

Male

744 (58.5)

569 (51.5)

1184 (58.0)

2497 (56.5)

Female

527 (41.5)

535 (48.5)

857 (42.0)

1919 (43.5)

Missing

2

0

5

7

Outcome of assessment

Detained

746 (60.1)

640 (59.1)

1485 (73.8)

2871 (66.2)

Not detained

495 (39.9)

442 (40.9)

527 (26.2)

1464 (33.8)

Missing

32

22

34

88