Table 1.

Baseline characteristics in a community-based cohort with severe mental disorder (n = 12 103)

Background variable		Frequency/mean	Per centa
Service provider	Psychiatry	7468	(61.7%)
	Social services only	4635	(38.3%)
Gender	Male	5809	(48.0%)
	Female	6294	(52.0%)
Mean age 1997		46 (sd 14.4)
Native language	Swedish	9298	(76.8%)
Marital status	Single	9647	(79.7%)
	Married/Cohabiting	1949	(16.1%)
Children under 18		1579	(13.0%)

^a. All percentages do not add up to 100, due to missing values.