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Table 1 Sample socio-demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Long-term observations on the mortality of mentally ill patients admitted to a short-stay psychiatric hospital: 23 years retrospective Egyptian study

The study sample

N=46

Age in years

M±SD

42.2±14.7

Range

20–81

Age per gender

Male

41.4±14.5

Female

42.8±15.1

Reported deaths in 23 years

Males

20 (43.5%)

Females

26 (56.5%)

Number of admission in 23 years

Males

13,167

Females

4395

Duration of hospitalization in days

M±SD

11.5±14.7

Range

1–90 days

Die in the first week

28 (60.8%)