Table 1.
Epidemiology of schizophrenia for the Key Community Alliance from 2011 to 2015
2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | χ2 | P d | |
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Population (million) | 20.6 | 18.7 | 17.6 | 16.3 | 16.5 | ||
Schizophrenia cases | 1308 | 1364 | 1433 | 1495 | 1549 | ||
aPrevalence (%) | 0.63 | 0.73 | 0.81 | 0.92 | 0.94 | 21.91 | <0.001 |
New schizophrenia cases | 146 | 111 | 130 | 148 | 161 | ||
bIncidence (per 1000) | 0.71 | 0.59 | 0.74 | 0.91 | 0.98 | 21.52 | <0.001 |
Cases with aggression | 402 | 456 | 496 | 503 | 623 | ||
cRate of aggression (%) | 30.7 | 33.4 | 34.6 | 33.6 | 40.2 | 23.68 | <0.001 |
aPrevalence = Number of schizophrenia cases/population × 100.
bIncidence = Number of new schizophrenia cases/population × 1000.
cRate of aggression = Number of cases with aggression/number of schizophrenia cases × 100.
dP: from tendency chi-square test.