TABLE 1.

Gender Distribution of First Admissions to Psychiatric Inpatient Facilities in the United States, England and Wales, and Northern Italy, 1946–1985

	Percent of First Admissions
	Untied Statesa		England and Walesb		Northern Italyc
Period	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
1946–1947	52	48
1946–1349
1950–1951			42	58
1952–1953
1954–1955	56,	44	42	58
1956–1957
1958–l959
1960–1961	56	44
1962–1963
1964–1965
1965–1967
1968–1969	60	40
1970–1971
1972–1973	68	32	41	59	62	38
1974–1975	67	33	41	59
1976–1977					51	49
1973–1979
1930–1981	68	32	43	57	52	48
1982–1983					54	49
1984–1935					43	58

^aFirst admissions to state and county mental hospitals, 1946–1947, 1954–1955, 1960–1961, and 1972 (9); first admissions to all psychiatric hospitals, 1974–1975 and 1980–1981 (11).

^bFirst admissions to all psychiatric hospitals in England and Wales, 1950–1951 and 1954–1955 (10) and 1972–1973,1974–1975, and 1980–1981 (12).

^cFirst admissions to all types of psychiatric facilities as estimated by live studies conducted in Matova in 1968–1976 (N=86) (table reports average for 1968–1976) (26), Trieste in 1977 (N = 226) and 1984 (N = 161) (27), Cagliari in 1981 (N = 372) (28), and 36 facilities in northern Italy in 1983 (N = 209) (29).