title: The relationship between socioeconomic class and prevalence of schizophrenia, alcoholism, and affective disorders treated by inpatient care in a suburban area.
abstract: This study relates inpatient-treated prevalence of the three mental illnesses most often requiring inpatient treatment--schizophrenia, alcoholism, and affective disorders--to social class in a suburban area. Rates were developed for the total population, including those living in domiciliary care, for those living in households only, and for first-admission patients living in households. Log-linear models supported the finding that low socioeconomic status was related to a high prevalence of alcoholism and affective disorders. In contrast, socioeconomic status was not related to the prevalence of schizophrenia among those living in households or among first-admission patients living in households.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009518:New York; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D013383:Suburban Population