“Making the Mentally Ill Count”, lessons from a Health and Demographic Surveillance System for people with mental and neurological disorders in the Kintampo districts of Ghana

Table 1 Demographics and classifications of PMNDs in Kintampo in 2010

Variable	Population	Percentage
Case type
Mental disorders	329	57.8
Epilepsy	240	42.2
Gender
Male	261	45.9
Female	308	54.1
Age group
<18	135	23.7
18–34	223	39.2
35–64	175	30.8
65+	34	6.0
Education
None	279	49.0
Basic	228	40.1
Secondary	30	5.3
Tertiary	11	1.9
Vocational	21	3.7
Marital status
Single	377	66.3
Married	135	23.7
Cohabiting	31	5.4
Widowed	26	4.6
National Health Insurance scheme
Registered	198	34.8
Unregistered	369	65.2

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