Table 1.
All service users who have participated in programme of BasicNeeds, northern Ghana, 2002 - 2010
| DIAGNOSIS | ADULTS Age 18+ |
ADOLESECENTS Age 14-17 |
CHILDREN Age 13 & below |
Total N (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | ||
| Epilepsy | 3028 | 2496 | 607 | 525 | 1851 | 1425 | 9932 (55.5) |
| Common Mental Disorders | |||||||
| Anxiety | 92 | 113 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 236 |
| Depression | 153 | 339 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 513 |
| Sub-total | 245 | 452 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 12 | 749 (4.2) |
| Severe Mental Disorders | |||||||
| Schizophrenia | 802 | 738 | 23 | 24 | 18 | 17 | 1622 |
| Unspecified Psychosis | 1764 | 1379 | 82 | 64 | 57 | 53 | 3399 |
| Bipolar Disorder | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Depression with Psychotic Symptoms | 39 | 59 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 109 |
| Sub-total | 2607 | 2184 | 106 | 91 | 80 | 73 | 5141 (28.7) |
| Other Mental Disorders* | 892 | 698 | 48 | 30 | 177 | 144 | 1989 (11.1) |
| Diagnosis not known | 41 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 79 (0.4) |
|
Sub-total All Service Users since beginning of the programme |
6813 | 5856 | 768 | 673 | 2123 | 1657 | 17890 (100.0) |
| No longer in programme** | 737 | 581 | 101 | 65 | 241 | 181 | 1906 |
|
TOTAL Active Service Users |
6076 | 5275 | 667 | 608 | 1882 | 1476 | 15984 |
*Includes dementia, headache, substance abuse, autism etc.
**Those who have stopped participating or cannot be traced