Table 1.
Ward means (95% confidence intervals) for percentage occupancy, sex, and percentage of patients detained under the Mental Health Act, by type of local authority
| Local authority (No of wards) |
% occupancy
|
% of women | % of patients detained | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Including patients on overnight leave* | Excluding patients on overnight leave† | ||||
| Inner London (n=15) | 107 (91 to 123) | 86 (76 to 96) | 53 (41 to 65) | 44 (36 to 52) | |
| Outer London (n=37) | 111 (105 to 117) | 93 (87 to 98) | 48 (44 to 53) | 34 (29 to 38) | |
| Metropolitan (n=55) | 93 (90 to 97) | 84 (80 to 88) | 51 (46 to 56) | 27 (23 to 30) | |
| County council (n=145) | 98 (96 to 101) | 85 (82 to 88) | 54 (51 to 57) | 29 (27 to 31) | |
| Wales (n=11) | 92 (76 to 107) | 82 (66 to 99) | 53 (43 to 64) | 27 (17 to 38) | |
| Total (n=263) | 99 (97 to 102) | 86 (84 to 88) | 53 (50 to 55) | 30 (28 to 32) | |
| Significance (F test) | F=6.68; df 4, 258; P<0.001 | F=2.13; df 4, 257; P=0.077 | F=0.95; df 4, 253; P=0.435 | F=5.35; df 4, 258; P<0.001 | |
*
Number of patients/number of beds.
†
(Number of patients minus number on overnight leave)/number of beds.