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. 2017 Aug;211(2):88–94. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.116.193342

Table 3.

Service use by ethnic groupa

White British Black Caribbean Black African
Admissions, rate ratios (n = 281)
    Unadjusted IRR (95% CI) 1.00 1.41** (1.23–1.63) 1.38** (1.14–1.63)
    Adjusted IRR (95% CI) 1.00 1.22** (1.04–1.44) 1.18 (0.96–1.45)

Compulsory admissions, rate ratios (n = 272)
    Unadjusted IRR (95% CI) 1.00 2.21** (1.83–2.68) 2.22** (1.75–2.82)
    Adjusted IRR (95% CI) 1.00 1.85** (1.48–2.31) 1.84** (1.40–2.42)

Compulsory admission, ever (n = 303)
    Unadjusted OR (95% CI) 1.00 2.62** (1.50–4.61) 3.70** (1.55–8.84)
    Adjusted OR (95% CI) 1.00 2.45** (1.26–4.74) 3.58** (1.35–9.48)

Police involvement, rate ratios (n = 271)
    Unadjusted IRR (95% CI) 1.00 3.32** (2.52–4.36) 2.52** (1.77–3.58)
    Adjusted IRR (95% CI) 1.00 2.64** (1.93–3.61) 1.92** (1.30–2.84)

Police involvement, ever (n = 309)
    Unadjusted OR (95% CI) 1.00 2.87** (1.73–4.78) 3.05** (1.52–6.10)
    Adjusted OR (95% CI) 1.00 2.30** (1.25–4.24) 2.28* (1.02–5.13)

IRR, incidence rate ratio.

a.

n refers to white British, Black Caribbean and Black African only. Adjusted fgures are adjusted for study centre, age, gender and baseline diagnosis.

*

P ⩽ 0.05;

**

P ⩽ 0.01.

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