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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of patients with mental disorders and patients without mental disorders, reported as number and percentage of diagnoses

From: Mental health of people with limited access to health services: a retrospective study of patients attending a humanitarian clinic network in Germany in 2021

Socio-demographic characteristics

Number of mental disorders s N (%)

Number of non- mental disorder diagnoses N (%)

P value*

Total number of participants N (%)

Gender

  

< 0.005

 

Male

61.0% (61/100)

56.4% (894/1,585)

 

57.2% (611/1,069)

Female

39.0% (39/100)

43.6% (691/1,585)

 

42.8% (458/1,069)

Age category

  

< 0.005

 

< 20 years

8.1% (8/99)

32.9% (509/1549)

 

32.7% (341/1,042)

20–39 years

52.5% (52/99)

28.2% (436/1549)

 

32.0% (333/1,042)

40–59 years

32.3% (32/99)

27.6% (427/1,549)

 

26.4% (275/1,042)

>= 60 years

7.1% (7/99)

11.4% (177/1,549)

 

8.9% (93/1,042)

Nationality

  

0.015

 

German nationals

13.3% (13/98)

22.2% (351/1,579)

 

20.0% (212/1,059)

EU/EAA

34.7% (34/98)

39.5% (624/1,579)

 

39.9% (423/1,059)

Non-EU

52.0% (51/98)

38.3% (604/1,579)

 

40.0% (424/1,059)

Insurance

  

< 0.005

 

Fully insured

7.4% (7/94)

12.7% (179/1,408)

 

12.4% (115/930)

Partially insured

10.6% (10/94)

11.4% (160/1,408)

 

10.8% (100/930)

Not Insured

83.0% (77/94)

75.9% (1,069/1,408)

 

76.9% (715/930)

Housing Situation

  

0.156

 

Secure

18.2% (18/99)

16.4% (233/1,420)

 

18.2% (172/947)

Houseless

19.2% (19/99)

31.7% (450/1,420)

 

30.7% (291/947)

Inadequate

2.0% (2/99)

1.6% (23/1,420)

 

1.7% (16/947)

Insecure

35.3% (35/99)

29.2% (414/1,420)

 

29.4% (279/947)

Roofless

25.3% (25/99)

21.1% (300/1,420)

 

20.0% (189/947)

Immigration status

  

0.031

 

EU citizens over 3 months stay with no entitlements

4.4% (4/90)

6.6% (91/1,375)

 

6.6% (60/913)

EU citizens over 3 months stay with entitlements

16.7% (15/90)

15.1% (207/1,375)

 

15.3% (140/913)

EU citizens under 3 months stay with entitlements

15.6% ( 14/90)

16.7% (230/1,375)

 

16.6% (152/913)

German nationals

14.4% (13/90)

25.3% (348/1,375)

 

22.9% (209/913)

Non- EU citizens with an asylum claim

5.6% (5/90)

2.3% (31/1,375)

 

3.1% (28/913)

Non-EU with no asylum claim

7.8% (7/90)

3.3% (45/1,375)

 

3.5% (32/913)

Non-EU undocumented migrants

21.1% (19/90)

15.2% (209/1,375)

 

16.4% (150/913)

Non-EU refugees

3.3% (3/90)

1.0% (15/1,375)

 

1.3% (12/913)

Non-EU legal migrants

11.1% (10/90)

14.5% (199/1,375)

 

14.3% (130/913)

Clinics location

  

0.054

 

Berlin

39.6% (40/101)

39% (620/1,590)

 

41% (438/1,071)

Hamburg

4% (4/101)

11.9% (190/1,590)

 

12.8% (137/1071)

Munich

33.6% (34/101)

32.7% (520/1,590)

 

29.9% (321/1,071)

Munich mobile clinics

22.8% (23/101)

16.4% (260/1,590)

 

16.3% (175/1071)

  1. *P value refers to the difference between mental disorder and no mental disorder determined using chi² test. Denominators are based on the number of diagnoses made and are varying due to missing data
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