Research Article
Pattern of Presentation and Utilization of Services for Mental and Neurological Disorders in Northeastern Nigeria: A Ten-Year Study
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of the patients utilizing mental and neurologic services in northeast between 2001 and 2010.
| | Sample | Percentage (%) |
| Sex | | | Male | 21925 | 46% | Female | 25739 | 54% | Marital status | | | Married | 28646 | 60.1% | Single | 16349 | 34.3% | Divorced | 1954 | 4.1% | Widowed | 715 | 1.5% | Education | | | Primary | 19065 | 40.0% | Secondary | 5052 | 10.6% | Tertiary | 2860 | 6.0% | None | 21449 | 43.4% | Occupation | | | Employed | 12726 | 26.7% | Not employed | 34938 | 73.3% |
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