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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics by age, gender and early- or late-onset for patients in outpatient and inpatient treatment

From: Older adults in treatment for alcohol use disorders: service utilisation, patient characteristics and treatment outcomes

 

Outpatient treatment

Inpatient treatment

≤59a

60 +

60 +

male

60 +

female

60 +

earlyb

60+

latec

≤59a

60 +

60 +

male

60 +

female

60 +

earlyb

60+

latec

N

76,235

8598

5576

3022

3149

2425

28,338

2262

1513

749

962

786

Age (mean)

–

64.7

64.4

65.3

64.0

65.5

–

64.3

64.0

64.8

63.6

65.2

Sex female (%)

28.1

35.1

–

–

30.9

41.6

26.7

33.1

–

–

27.9

38.4

Marital status (%)

 Single (unmarried)

47.6

11.3

12.6

8.6

14.4

8.1

44.4

10.5

12.2

6.9

11.9

5.1

 Married-living together

24.4

48.2

52.7

40.0

43.1

51.6

20.3

42.8

45.4

37.4

40.1

49.3

 Married - living separately

6.2

5.8

6.4

4.8

6.2

5.6

8.6

9.3

10.5

7.0

9.7

8.6

 Divorced

20.1

22.0

21.1

23.7

26.0

17.9

24.4

23.2

24.2

21.2

26.1

20.2

 Widowed

1.7

12.8

7.3

22.9

10.3

16.8

2.3

14.2

7.7

27.5

12.2

16.9

Living situation alone (%)

43.6

41.6

37.0

50.0

44.8

40.1

56.4

49.2

46.8

54.4

49.5

43.8

Education highd (%)

14.5

21.5

24.0

17.5

20.9

23.2

14.6

21.3

23.9

16.3

21.4

22.2

Employment

 Regularly employed (%)

49.6

23.5

25.0

20.5

24.6

22.0

43.0

27.4

29.5

22.8

26.8

24.5

 Retired (%)

5.0

58.1

56.1

61.7

53.2

64.4

5.5

52.0

49.3

57.7

47.8

60.9

  1. Definitions: a≤ 59 = sample of patients with an AUD in the German addiction care system under 60 years old; bearly = early-onset of the AUD (≤45 years); clate = late-onset of the AUD (≥45 years); dcorresponding to A-levels