Table 7.
Cross-sectional length of stay by designated use and legal status
| n | 20th centile (days) | 50th centile/median (days) | 80th centile (days) | % over 1 year | % over 5 years | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | 95% confidence interval | % | 95% confidence interval | |||||||
| Lower | Upper | Lower | Upper | |||||||
| All | 1,085 | 21.0 | 119.0 | 1,031.0 | 33.5 | 30.7 | 36.3 | 13 | 11.1 | 15.1 |
| Commissioning | ||||||||||
| General | 900 | 17.0 | 80.0 | 497.0 | 23.4 | 20.8 | 26.3 | 17.9 | 15.5 | 20.5 |
| Forensic | 185 | 400.8 | 1,367.0 | 4,044.8 | 81.2 | 74.8 | 86.1 | 39.1 | 32.5 | 46.4 |
| Open or secure | ||||||||||
| Open | 869 | 17.0 | 83.0 | 524 | 24.2 | 21.4 | 27.1 | 8 | 6.3 | 9.9 |
| Secure | 216 | 134.4 | 1,023.0 | 3,334.0 | 70.8 | 64.4 | 76.5 | 33.1 | 27.1 | 39.6 |
| Designated length of stay | ||||||||||
| Acute | 660 | 12.0 | 42.5 | 142.5 | 6.3 | 4.7 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 |
| Medium/rehabilitation | 173 | 134.8 | 389.0 | 1,333.6 | 52.6 | 42.5 | 59.9 | 13.0 | 9.0 | 19.2 |
| Long stay | 252 | 694.6 | 1689.5 | 4,394.0 | 91.1 | 87.1 | 94.2 | 47.0 | 40.8 | 53.0 |
| Mental Health Act status | ||||||||||
| Informal | 602 | 15.0 | 84.0 | 737.2 | 28.1 | 24.6 | 31.8 | 10.4 | 8.3 | 13.2 |
| Civil detention | 324 | 20.0 | 91.0 | 447.0 | 22.0 | 17.8 | 26.7 | 5.8 | 3.8 | 9.0 |
| Forensic unrestricted | 34 | 83.0 | 400.0 | 1,735.0 | 65.9 | 50.8 | 80.9 | 16.1 | 6.4 | 30.1 |
| Forensic restricted | 124 | 404.0 | 1,565.5 | 4,172.0 | 82.7 | 74.6 | 88.0 | 43.1 | 35.1 | 52.3 |
| Level of therapeutic security | ||||||||||
| Open | 865 | 16.2 | 82.0 | 506.6 | 23.7 | 21.0 | 26.6 | 8 | 6.4 | 10.0 |
| Low | 63 | 50.4 | 540.0 | 1,362.6 | 51.6 | 38.8 | 62.7 | 10.3 | 5.5 | 32.3 |
| Medium | 86 | 167.4 | 571.5 | 1,744.6 | 65.1 | 54.6 | 74.3 | 14.4 | 8.2 | 22.8 |
| High | 71 | 1,540.2 | 3,327.0 | 1,930.8 | 96.8 | 90.3 | 99.2 | 91.1 | 82.8 | 96.1 |