Table 1.
Demographic and diagnostic characteristics of hospitalized psychiatric patients in Victoria, Australia, who were or were not placed on conditional release between 1990 and 2000
| Total (N=24,973) | Given conditional release (N=8,879) | Not given conditional release(N=16,094) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | N | % | N | % | N | % |
| Age (M±SD) | 44.2±18.3 | 42.4±16.3 | 45.2±19.2 | |||
| Gender | ||||||
| Male | 13,936 | 56 | 5,275 | 59 | 8,661 | 54 |
| Female | 11,037 | 44 | 3,604 | 41 | 7,433 | 46 |
| Education | ||||||
| 11th grade or less | 19,030 | 76 | 6,796 | 77 | 12,234 | 76 |
| More than 11th grade | 5,943 | 24 | 2,083 | 23 | 3,860 | 24 |
| Employment | ||||||
| Employed | 3,294 | 13 | 920 | 10 | 2,374 | 15 |
| Unemployed | 5,943 | 24 | 2,467 | 28 | 3,476 | 22 |
| Not in labor force | 10,879 | 44 | 3,730 | 42 | 7,149 | 44 |
| Unknown | 4,857 | 19 | 1,762 | 20 | 3,095 | 19 |
| Marital status | ||||||
| Never married | 11,969 | 48 | 5,023 | 57 | 6,946 | 43 |
| Currently married | 6,090 | 24 | 1,563 | 18 | 4,527 | 28 |
| Once married | 5,021 | 20 | 1,650 | 19 | 3,371 | 21 |
| Not known | 1,893 | 8 | 643 | 7 | 1,250 | 8 |
| Diagnosis | ||||||
| Dementia or other nervous system disorder | 2,333 | 9 | 872 | 10 | 1,681 | 10 |
| Schizophrenic disorder | 14,634 | 59 | 6,911 | 78 | 7,723 | 48 |
| Paranoia and acute psychotic disorder | 616 | 2 | 194 | 2 | 422 | 3 |
| Major affective disorder | 3,279 | 13 | 628 | 7 | 2,651 | 16 |
| Other disorder | 4,111 | 16 | 274 | 3 | 3,617 | 22 |