TABLE 1.

Demographic characteristics of the study population at their first access to the Regional Mental Health Department

		Severe mental disorders		Schizophrenia and other functional psychosis		Mania and bipolar affective disorders
		n	%	n	%	n	%
Total		12,385	100.0	7940	100.0	4445	100.00
Gender	Women	6524	52.68	3989	50.24	2535	57.03
	Men	5861	47.32	3951	49.76	1910	42.97
Age group. years	18–24	1443	11.65	1174	14.79	269	6.05
	25–44	4528	36.56	3066	38.61	1462	32.89
	45–64	4113	33.21	2255	28.40	1858	41.80
	65–74	1359	10.97	777	9.79	582	13.09
	75–84	728	5.88	505	6.36	223	5.02
	85+	214	1.73	163	2.05	51	1.15
Citizenship	Italian	10,659	86.06	6561	82.63	4098	92.19
	Non Italian	1726	13.94	1379	17.37	347	7.81
Residency	Urban a	4895	39.52	2961	37.29	1934	43.51
	Rural	7490	60.48	4979	62.71	2511	56.49

^a All residents in municipalities with more than 60,000 inhabitants.