The Review Board Systems in Canada: An Overview of Results from the Mentally Disordered Accused Data Collection Study
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Age Category
| Demographic Information |
Schizophrenia N (row %) |
Affective Disorders N (row %) |
Delusional Disorders N (row %) |
Mental Retardation N (row %) |
Personality Disorders N (row %) |
Organic Brain Disorders N (row %) |
Substance Abuse Disorders N (row %) |
Other Diagnoses N(row%) |
| Youth (less than 18 years) |
61 (32.5%) |
31 (16.2%) |
0 ( 0.0%) |
51 (26.9%) |
11 (5.7%) |
6 ( 3.3%) |
0 (0.0%) |
29 (15.4%) |
| Adults (18-64 years) |
4,437 (54.7%) |
1,941 (23.9%) |
349 ( 4.3%) |
291 ( 3.6%) |
325 (4.0%) |
181 ( 2.2%) |
169 (2.1%) |
354 ( 4.4%) |
| Seniors (over 64 years) |
40 (16.1%) |
42 (17.1%) |
38 (15.4%) |
4 ( 1.7%) |
11 (4.6%) |
87 (35.3%) |
2 (0.8%) |
22 ( 9.0%) |
Gender
| Demographic Information |
Schizophrenia N (row %) |
Affective Disorders N (row %) |
Delusional Disorders N (row %) |
Mental Retardation N (row %) |
Personality Disorders N (row %) |
Organic Brain Disorders N (row %) |
Substance Abuse Disorders N (row %) |
Other Diagnoses N(row%) |
| Male |
4,003 (55.0%) |
1,520 (20.9%) |
339 (4.7%) |
324 (4.5%) |
289 (4.0%) |
257 (3.5%) |
147 (2.0%) |
334 (4.6%) |
| Female |
569 (40.6%) |
537 (38.3% |
48 (3.4%) |
52 (3.7%) |
59 (4.2%) |
17 (1.2%) |
35 (2.5%) |
71 (5.1%) |
Aboriginal Status
| Demographic Information |
Schizophrenia N (row %) |
Affective Disorders N (row %) |
Delusional Disorders N (row %) |
Mental Retardation N (row %) |
Personality Disorders N (row %) |
Organic Brain Disorders N (row %) |
Substance Abuse Disorders N (row %) |
Other Diagnoses N(row%) |
| Aboriginal |
174 (46.3%) |
67 (17.8%) |
21 (5.6%) |
39 (10.5%) |
19 (5.0%) |
11 (3.0%) |
32 (8.6%) |
12 (3.3%) |
| Non-Aboriginal |
4,397 (53.0%) |
1,990 (24.0%) |
366 (4.4%) |
337 ( 4.1%) |
329 (4.0%) |
263 (3.2%) |
150 (1.8%) |
393 (4.7%) |
- Percentages may not always total 100% due to rounding error or due to the fact that 78 cases (0.9%) with "no diagnoses on file" were omitted from the table.
- Age was calculated based upon the accused’s age at the time of the offence.
