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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Clin Psychiatry. 2010 Feb 23;71(9):1218–1225. doi: 10.4088/JCP.08m04812gry

Table 5.

Treatment correlates of individuals with and without lifetime history of firesetting

Treatment correlates Firesetters N=407 General population N=41,552

% 95%CI % 95%CI OR (95% CI) AORa (95% CI)
Any mental health treatment (lifetime) 45.7 (39.5- 52.1) 18.8 (18.0- 19.7) 3.6 (2.8- 4.7) 4.1 (3.1- 5.5)
Any mental health treatment (12-month) 6.9 (4.4- 10.6) 1.0 (0.8- 1.1) 7.6 (4.5- 12.7) 4.8 (2.7- 8.5)
Any psychiatric hospitalization (lifetime) 15.6 (12.3- 19.6) 3.8 (3.6- 4.1) 4.6 (3.5- 6.2) 4.7 (3.5- 6.2)
Any psychiatric hospitalization (12-month) 1.9 (0.9- 4.0) 0.2 (0.2- 0.3) 8.1 (3.6- 18.0) 5.0 (2.1- 12.0)
Any emergency room visit (lifetime) 15.5 (11.9- 19.9) 5.0 (4.6- 5.3) 3.5 (2.5- 4.9) 3.5 (2.5- 4.9)
Any emergency room visit (12-month) 2.7 (1.2- 6.0) 0.2 (0.1- 0.2) 15.2 (6.2- 37.3) 8.7 (3.1- 24.4)
Any prescribed psychotropic medication (lifetime) 21.0 (16.4- 26.5) 12.0 (11.3- 12.7) 1.9 (1.5- 2.6) 2.7 (2.0- 3.6)
Outpatient treatment (lifetime) 38.9 (33.1- 45.1) 16.1 (15.3- 16.8) 3.3 (2.6- 4.3) 3.8 (2.9- 5.0)
Outpatient treatment (12-month) 5.1 (3.0- 8.5) 0.8 (0.7- 0.9) 6.8 (3.8- 12.0) 4.3 (2.4- 7.9)
Inpatient treatment (lifetime) 22.9 (18.4- 28.0) 4.7 (4.4- 5.1) 6.0 (4.5- 8.0) 5.1 (3.8- 6.9)
Inpatient treatment (12-month) 3.7 (2.1- 6.6) 0.5 (0.4- 0.6) 7.8 (4.1- 14.8) 4.5 (2.2- 9.4)
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Odds ratios adjusted for sex, race, nativity, age, personal income, marital status, and region