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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Geographic variation and sociodemographic correlates of prescription psychotropic drug use among children and youth in Ontario, Canada: a population-based study

Variable

Psychotropic recipients (n = 306,470)

Non-psychotropic recipientsa (n = 371,800)

Standardized Difference

Age (median, IQR)

18 (14–21)

12 (6–19)

0.75

 0–4

1175 (0.4%)

66,067 (17.8%)

0.63

 5–9

30,060 (9.8%)

76,377 (20.5%)

0.30

 10–14

50,826 (16.6%)

76,773 (20.6%)

0.10

 15–19

98,517 (32.1%)

72,626 (19.5%)

0.29

 20–24

125,892 (41.1%)

79,957 (21.5%)

0.43

Female, No. (%)

159,740 (52.1%)

179,670 (48.3%)

0.08

Income quintile

 1 (lowest)

62,279 (20.3%)

73,710 (19.8%)

0.01

 2

57,947 (18.9%)

68,804 (18.5%)

0.01

 3

57,269 (18.7%)

73,995 (19.9%)

0.03

 4

60,796 (19.8%)

77,411 (20.8%)

0.02

 5

68,179 (22.2%)

77,880 (20.9%)

0.03

Residence

 Urban

271,467 (88.6%)

336,659 (90.5%)

0.06

 Rural

35,003 (11.4%)

35,141 (9.5%)

0.06

ADG Category

 0–5

147,812 (48.2%)

272,240 (73.2%)

0.53

 6–9

111,880 (36.5%)

84,390 (22.7%)

0.31

  > 10

46,778 (15.3%)

15,170 (4.1%)

0.39

  1. a10% random sample of children and youth who were not dispensed a psychotropic medication