Table 1 Demographics of patients with psychiatric disorder or substance abuse
Covariate | No, N = 13 | Yes, N = 238 | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
Patient characteristics | |||
Age (at time of Baker Act) | 0.01† | ||
Median (Q1, Q3) | 55 (48, 67) | 42 (28, 53) | |
Range | 20, 91 | 18, 94 | |
Gender | 0.82‡ | ||
Female | 7 (53.8%) | 136 (57.1%) | |
Male | 6 (46.2%) | 102 (42.9%) | |
Race | 0.29§ | ||
White | 9 (69.2%) | 193 (81.1%) | |
Non-White | 4 (28.6%) | 45 (18.9%) | |
Marital status | < 0.001§ | ||
Married | 10 (76.9%) | 64 (26.9%) | |
Not married | 3 (23.1%) | 174 (73.1%) | |
Housing | 0.98§ | ||
Missing | 0 (0.0) | 11 (4.6) | |
Own/rent house/apartment | 12 (92.3%) | 197 (82.8%) | |
Homeless/shelter/institution/living in another’s home | 1 (7.7%) | 30 (12.6%) | |
Payer | 0.07§ | ||
Self-pay | 1 (7.7%) | 81 (34.0%) | |
All others | 12 (92.3%) | 157 (66.0%) | |