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Table 1 Characteristics of the study sample (n = 25,289)

From: The economic burden of mental disorders in China, 2005–2013: implications for health policy

Characteristics

No. of subjects

%

Gender, women

12,813

50.7

Age, years

 18–39

12,439

49.2

 40–54

7,508

29.7

 ≥ 55

5,342

21.1

Marital status

 No single

15,205

60.1

 Single

9,875

39.0

 Missing

209

0.8

Living region

 Rural

12,896

51.0

 Urban

11,717

46.3

 Missing

676

2.7

Patients discharged from hospitals by years

 2005

1,025

4.1

 2006

1,544

6.1

 2007

1,709

6.8

 2008

1,691

6.7

 2009

1,556

6.2

 2010

1,995

7.9

 2011

2,265

9.0

 2012

6,267

24.8

 2013

7,237

28.6

Health insurance

 No or unavailablea

20,083

79.4

 Yes

5,206

20.6

Types of mental disorders (ICD-10 codes)

 Organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders (F04-F09)b

2,678

10.6

 Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use (F10-F19)

1,677

9.6

 Schizophrenia, schizotypal personality disorder, and delusional disorders (F20-F29)

9,230

36.5

 Mood [affective] disorders (F30-F39)

3,973

15.7

 Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders (F40-F48)

4,020

15.9

 Behavioral syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors (F50-F59)

119

0.5

 Disorders of adult personality and behavior (F60-F69)

1,360

5.4

 Mental retardation (F70-F79)

172

0.7

 Behavioral and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence (F90-F98)

2,060

8.1

  1. aData were unavailable due to delays in implementing health insurance policy or electronic hospital information system
  2. bDementia and subtypes of dementia (F00-F03) were excluded from this category