Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of health plan members receiving first diagnosis of psychotic disorder compared to matched control groups selected from members making at least one outpatient visit and members receiving a first diagnosis of unipolar depression.

	1st Diagnosis of Psychotic Disorder		1st Diagnosis of Unipolar Depression		General outpatient
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Male	6976	59.6	13626	58.2	20881	58.7
Age
15–17	2368	20.2	5041	21.5	7845	22.1
18–25	7501	64.0	14411	61.6	21741	61.1
26–30	1844	15.7	3963	16.9	5990	16.8
Race/Ethnicity
White	5060	43.2	11930	51.0	13974	39.3
Black	1722	14.7	1825	7.8	3249	9.1
Hispanic	3030	25.9	6202	26.5	10590	29.8
Asian	948	8.1	1957	8.4	4375	12.3
Native American/Alaskan Native	73	0.6	159	0.7	167	0.5
Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	113	1.0	185	0.8	335	0.9
Other or Unknown	767	6.6	1376	5.9	3262	9.2
Any Mental Health Diagnosis in Prior Year	6748	57.6	10667	45.6	2695	7.6
Any Substance Use Disorder Diagnosis in Prior Year	2972	25.4	2275	9.7	621	1.7
Charlson Comorbidity Score
Score >=1	1569	13.4	2718	11.6	2247	6.3
Score >=2	179	1.5	227	1.0	190	0.5
Specific Chronic Conditions
Chronic pulmonary disease	1303	11.1	2309	9.9	1848	5.2
Diabetes	115	1.0	268	1.1	219	0.6
Any malignancy	48	0.4	57	0.2	83	0.2
Cerebrovascular disease	57	0.5	41	0.2	21	0.1
Renal disease	31	0.3	44	0.2	42	0.1
Rheumatic disease	24	0.2	23	0.1	38	0.1
Hemiplegia or paraplegia	35	0.3	26	0.1	16	<0.1