Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants by gender

Variable	Women		Men		Pa
	n	%	n	%
Totalb	2121	58.3	1518	41.7
Ethnicity
Māori	454	21.4	334	22.0	0.696
Non-Māori	1667	78.6	1184	78.0
Age (mid-year), yearsc
18–29	424	20.0	338	22.3	0.269
30–44	680	32.1	451	29.7
45–64	987	46.5	705	46.4
NZDep_Quintiled
1	277	13.1	193	12.7	0.324
2	276	13.0	222	14.6
3	396	18.7	251	16.5
4	594	28.0	419	27.6
5	571	26.9	429	28.3
Bipolar diagnosis
Bipolar I disorder	1282	60.4	968	63.8	<0.001
Bipolar I single episode	135	6.4	104	6.9
Bipolar II disorder	303	14.3	145	9.6
Bipolar NOS	401	18.9	301	19.8
Psychiatric comorbidities
No psychiatric comorbidity	1411	66.5	954	62.8	0.024
Psychoses	150	7.1	168	11.1	<0.001
Alcohol disorders	116	5.5	139	9.2	<0.001
Substance use disorders	131	6.2	182	12.0	<0.001
Mood disorders	156	7.4	108	7.1	0.833
Anxiety and related	228	10.7	99	6.5	<0.001
Personality disorder	124	5.8	66	4.3	0.054
Other recorded	67	3.2	32	2.1	0.069

NOS, not otherwise specified.

^a.P-value from χ² test comparing profile of each characteristic for men and women.

^b.Row percentages (proportion of total sample by gender).

^c.54 people were aged under 18 at mid-year but had service use after turning 18 in 2015.

^d.11 individuals were missing deprivation status.