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Table 2 Demographic characteristics, year of entry and length of prison stay for the prison population in the Canton of Vaud and in all of Switzerland for 2011

From: Disease profiles of detainees in the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland: gender and age differences in substance abuse, mental health and chronic health conditions

 

Prisoners in the Canton of Vaud

National prison population (*) [55]

 

All

Men

Older adults

Women

 

Number of incarcerations

(N = 1,664)

(N = 1,524)

(N = 136)

(N = 140)

Gender in % (N)

      

  Male

91.5 (1524)

100 (1524)

89.70 (122)

0

92.0

7,988

  Female

8.5 (140)

0

10.30 (14)

100

8.0

690

Age (mean, SD, range)

32.8 (10.3, [16, 82])

31.61 (10.6, [16, 82])

57.02 (6.07, [50, 82])

38.8 (10.3, [16, 69])

NA

 

Age group as % of the total

      

  24 and under

23.38 (389)

24.28 (370)

0

13.59 (19)

25.79

2,212

  25–34

39.60 (658)

39.83 (607)

0

36.42 (51)

37.35

3,241

  35–44

22.77 (380)

21.85 (333)

0

33.57 (47)

21.99

1,908

  Over 44

14.24 (237)

14.04 (214)

100

16.42 (23)

15.18

1,317

Nationality in % (N)

      

  Swiss

20.0 (332)

19.2 (292)

51.4 (70)

28.6 (40)

36.02

3,126

  Non-Swiss

80.0 (1,332)

80.8 (1,232)

48.6 (66)

71.4 (100)

63.98

5,552

  Eastern Europe

24.7 (411)

25.2 (385)

14.7 (20)

18.6 (26)

NA

  Africa

24.4 (406)

25.0 (381)

2.9 (4)

17.8 (25)

NA

  Western Europe

13.9 (231)

13.5 (206)

22.0 (30)

17.8 (25)

NA

  North Africa and Middle East

12.1 (202)

13.0 (197)

5.9 (8)

3.7 (3)

NA

  America

3.5 (58)

2.6 (40)

1.5 (2)

12.8 (18)

NA

  Asia

1.4 (24)

1.5 (23)

1.5 (2)

0.7 (1)

NA

Marital status in % (N)§

(N = 1,641)

(N = 1,501)

(N = 135)

(N = 140)

  

  Divorced

13.5 (221)

12.2 (183)

42.9 (58)

27.1 (38)

NA

  Single

65.8 (1,080)

67.5 (1,014)

22.9 (31)

47.1 (66)

NA

  Married

19.2 (316)

19.2 (288)

28.1 (38)

20.0 (28)

NA

  Widowed

1.5 (24)

1.1 (16)

5.9 (8)

5.8 (8)

NA

Year of entry into prison in % (N)

      

  Before 2010

10.7 (177)

10.4 (298)

28.0 (38)

23.6 (19)

NA

  In 2010

27.3 (454)

27.9 (425)

24.2 (33)

20.7 (29)

NA

  In 2011

62.0 (1,033)

61.7 (941)

47.8 (65)

65.7 (92)

NA

Length of stay in 2011 in % (N)

      

  1 month

22.0 (366)

22.1 (338)

19.1 (26)

20.0 (28)

47.55

4,126

  <3 months

54.8 (913)

55.0 (839)

47.0 (64)

52.8 (74)

67.72

5,877

  < 6 months

73.1 (1,217)

72.7 (1,109)

62.5 (85)

77.1 (108)

79.47

6,896

  1. (*) Characteristics of the national prison population refer to the number of incarcerations and not to the number of individuals
  2. NA: Information not available
  3. (§) This information is missing for 23 observations