Table 1.

Subject characteristics

	History with outpatient commitment orders (n = 8879)		Only hospital- initiated orders (n = 7720)		Both hospital- and community- initiated orders (n = 744)		Only community- initiated orders (n = 415)
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Variables
Age (years), mean±SD	42.4 ± 16.3		42.8±16.4		37.5 ± 12.6		43.2 ± 18.1
Gender:
Male	5275	59	4554	59	498	67	223	54
Female	3604	41	3166	41	246	33	192	46
Education:
<11th grade education	6796	76	5894	76	565	76	337	81
>11th grade education	2083	24	1826	24	179	24	78	19
Employment:
Employed	920	10	793	10	79	11	48	12
Other	7959	90	6927	90	665	89	367	88
Marital status:
Never married	5023	57	4302	56	502	68	219	53
Currently married	1563	18	1397	18	83	11	83	20
Once married	1650	19	1456	19	109	15	85	20
Not known	643	7	565	7	50	7	28	7
Diagnosis
Dementia or other nervous system disorders	872	10	760	11	64	9	48	12
Schizophrenic disorders	6911	78	5951	77	650	87	310	75
Paranoia and acute psychotic	194	2	179	2	7	1	8	2
disorders
Major affective disorders	628	7	575	7	20	3	33	8
Other disorders	274	3	250	3	3	0	16	3