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. 2020 May 6;51(15):2581–2589. doi: 10.1017/S0033291720001087

Table 1.

Demographic overview

Number %
Serious mental illness samplea 18 641
Age (years)b 44.5 (mean) 17.0 (s.d.)
Gender
Male 9856 52.9%
Female 8785 47.1%
Ethnicity
White British 9278 49.8%
Irish 565 3.0%
Black Caribbean 4946 26.5%
Black African 2573 13.8%
South Asian 1279 6.9%
Area-level deprivation (increasing deprivation, cut at decile)
1st (Most deprived) 1824 9.8%
2nd 1925 10.3%
3rd 1831 9.8%
4th 1881 10.1%
5th 1829 9.8%
6th 1896 10.2%
7th 1878 10.1%
8th 1893 10.2%
9th 1879 10.1%
10th (Least deprived) 1805 9.7%
Diagnosis
Non-affective (Schizophrenia-spectrum) 13 476 72.3%
Affective (Bipolar disorders) 5165 27.7%
Depression samplec 20 203
Age (years)b 46.3 (mean) 19.5 (s.d.)
Gender
Male 7634 37.8%
Female 12 569 62.2%
Ethnicity
White British 13 903 68.8%
Irish 754 3.7%
Black Caribbean 2942 14.6%
Black African 1863 9.2%
South Asian 741 3.7%
Area-level deprivation (increasing deprivation cut at decile)
1st (Most deprived) 2000 9.9%
2nd 2040 10.10%
3rd 2012 9.96%
4th 2004 9.92%
5th 2040 10.10%
6th 2025 10.02%
7th 2005 9.92%
8th 2010 9.95%
9th 2033 10.06%
10th (Least deprived) 2034 10.07%
a

Serious mental illness includes schizophrenia-spectrum (F2*) and bipolar disorders (F30,F31).

b

Age on 1 January 2011 (study start date).

c

Depression sample includes depression (F32, F33).