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. 2022 Aug 12;22:551. doi: 10.1186/s12888-022-04150-4

Table 2.

Rates of mental disorder of court defendants by ethnicity

White - %, (n = 4566)
unless stated
Mixed- %,
(n = 558)
unless stated
Asian-%, (n = 1088) Black- %, (n = 1832) Chinese- %, (n = 16) Other ethnic group -%, (n) = 448 Chi-square
* = significant at <005 level
Schizophrenia or other delusional dis. 17.1%, (782) 28.9%, (161) 29.0%, (315) 37.2%, (681) 18.8%, (3) 21.6%, (97) X2= (5), 8508, 316.274 P < 001***
Depression 22.1%, (1007) 16.5%, (92) 21.1%, (230) 15.3%, (281) 12.5%, (2) 15.2%, (68) X2= (5), 8508, 49.311 P P < .001***
Bipolar Affective disorder 5.2%, (237) 6.5%, (36) 3.6%, (39) 5.0%, (91) 0.0%, (0) 5.6%, (25) X2= (5), 8508, 8.511 P < ..130
Anxiety 10.8% (491) 10.4%, (58) 10.2%, (111) 7.2%, (132) 6.3%, (1) 6.9%, (31) X2= (5), 8508, 23.624 P < .001***

Neurodevelopmental

Disorders

6.5%, (297) 6.8%, (38) 3.6%, (90) 4.9%, (90) 0.0%, (0) 4.0%, (18) X2= (5), 8508, 21.378 P < .001***
Personality Disorder (n = 4512) (n = 553) (n = 1062) (n = 1803) (n = 443)
21.1% (952) 18.1%, (435) 15.2%, (227) 12.6%, (227) 12.5%, (2) 19.2%, (25) X2= (5), 8309, 70.818 P < .001***
Substance Misuse (n = 3383) (n = 558) (n = 1088) (n = 1088) (n = 13) (n = 310)
43.7%, (1479) 53.3%, (232) 36.4%, (610) 45.6%, (610) 15.4%, (2) 35.5%, (110) X2= (5), 6317, 49.388 P < .001***
Alcohol Misuse (n = 3361) (n = 434) (n = 1088) (n = 1088) (n = 14) (n = 1312)
29.3%, (1340) 19.9%, (111) 22.1%, (331) 18.1%, (331) 6.3%, (1) 13.2%, (59) X2= (5), 6278, 172.876 P < .001***

**p<.01, ***p<.001