Table 3 Percentages and comparisons of sociodemographic and clinical correlates between profiles of physician follow-up care (N = 170,957, or other as specified)

Sociodemographic correlates (measured at the detection of the incident mental disorder (MD) in 2019–20, or other when specified)

Women

49.25^2,3,4,5

57.99^1,3,4,5

56.91^1,2,4,5

66.58^1,2,3,5

42.11^1,2,3,4

Age group (years)

12–17

23.50^2,3,4,5

8.87^1,3,4,5

7.12^1,2,4,5

3.28^1,2,3,5

21.68^1,2,3,4

18–29

16.43

16.88

24.91

13.63

20.45

30–44

22.66

21.98

31.97

28.39

22.57

45–64

26.68

27.81

23.48

35.02

23.11

65+

10.73

24.46

12.52

19.68

12.18

Living in more materially deprived areas: quintiles 4–5 (N = 159,823)

43.41⁴

41.13^4,5

41.81^4,5

39.99^1,2,3,5

43.17^2,3,4

Living in more socially deprived areas: quintiles 4–5 (N = 159,823)

47.52^2,4,5

41.97^1,3,4,5

46.83^2,4,5

40.09^1,2,3,5

43.47^1,2,3,4

Type of residential area (N = 169,975)

Metropolitan areas (> 1,000,000)

33.78^2,4,5

35.90^1,3,5

30.98^2,4,5

36.42^1,3

36.64^1,2,3

Other urban areas (10,000 to 1,000,000)

49.93

44.37

52.25

43.62

43.18

Rural areas (< 10,000)

16.29

19.72

16.77

19.96

20.18

Living in university regions (N = 170,518)

41.19^2,4,5

37.22^1,3,4

41.63^2,4,5

35.84^1,2,3

36.44^1,3

Being homeless within the prior 2 years (hospitalized with this diagnostic code)

2.56^2,3,4,5

0.29^1,3,4,5

0.55^1,2,4,5

0.14^1,2,3,5

1.29^1,2,3,4

Clinical correlates

Incident principal MD (measured in 2019–20, including the previous 3-year clearance period without MD)

Serious MD

59.67^2,3,4,5

17.51^1,3,4,5

25.64^1,2,4,5

18.61^1,2,3,5

18.08^1,2,3,4

Personality disorders

7.82

5.71

7.43

6.41

5.95

Common MD

32.07

71.97

64.97

73.61

67.51

Substance-related disorders (SRD) without MD

0.44

4.82

1.95

1.37

8.46

Number of prior MD episodes (not including the incident principal MD detected in 2019–20, measured from April 1, 1997 to the date of the 2019-20 incident MD)

0

51.90^2,3,5

55.89^1,3,4,5

58.93^1,2,4,5

50.91^2,3,5

63.90^1,2,3,4

1

34.98

31.35

29.93

34.11

26.39

2+

13.12

12.75

11.15

14.97

9.71

Clinical correlates (continued)

Severity of chronic physical illnesses (3 + such illnesses) (measured within 5 years before, and during the incident principal MD in 2019–20)

11.62^2,3,4,5

17.41^1,3,4,5

11.98^1,2,4,5

15.19^1,2,3,5

13.11^1,2,3,4

Suicide attempts (measured from April 1, 1997 to the 2019–20 incident MD)

6.71^2,3,4,5

1.48^1,3,5

2.56^1,2,4

1.64^1,3,5

2.20^1,2,4

Co-occurring MD-SRD (measured in 2019–2020)

16.67^2,3,4

10.99^1,3,4,5

12.74^1,2,4,5

6.43^1,2,3,5

17.33^2,3,4

Co-occurring MD-SRD-chronic physical illnesses (measured in 2019–2020)

5.77⁴

5.93^3,4

5.43^2,4

4.33^1,2,3,5

5.79⁴