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Table 1 Characterization of the study areas and psychiatric departments

From: Factors associated with involuntary psychiatric hospitalization in Portugal

 

Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca EPE

Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental EPE

Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa

Hospital de Magalhães Lemos EPE

Unidade Local de Saúde do Baixo Alentejo EPE

Characteristics of the hospital

General hospital with community teams

General hospital with community teams

Psychiatric Hospital

Psychiatric Hospital

General hospital

Study areas (municipalities)

Amadora

Lisboa (Western parishes) and Oeiras

Lisboa (Eastern parishes) and Mafra

Porto, Póvoa de Varzim and Vila do Conde

Aljustrel, Almodôvar, Alvito, Barrancos, Beja, Castro Verde, Cuba, Ferreira do Alentejo, Mértola, Moura, Ourique, Serpa, Vidigueira

Resident population in the study areas (inhabitants)

 2001

175,872

212,386

199,160

284,971

135,105

 2011

175,136

218,208

213,863

279,310

126,692

Population growth between 2001 and 2011 (%)

− 0.4

2.7

7.4

− 2.0

− 6.2

Population density (inhabitant/Km2)

 2001

7551

3613

792

1121

16

 2011

7368

3704

848

1098

15

Ageing index (individuals aged 65 or older per 100 aged 0 to 14 years)

 2001

94

132

173

97

176

 2011

126

142

151

128

189

Unemployment rate (%)

 2001

7.7

6.4

5.6

6.4

12.1

 2011

14.9

10.8

10.7

14.4

15.1

Population with higher education (%)

 2001

12.0

19.4

10.3

7.2

3.0

 2011

17.9

32.8

19.3

13.5

6.2

One person household (%)

 2001

21.2

23.4

21.7

13.7

22.4

 2011

27.7

29

24.7

17.3

26.6

Average monthly earnings (€)

 2004

1045.1

1405.3

1016.8

821.1

716.6

 2011

1249.4

1648.8

1232.7

1049.5

900.7

  1. Sources: Statistics Portugal Censos 2001 and 2011; Strategy and Planning Office of the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security