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Table 2 Prevalence of current mental and alcohol use disorder among homeless people, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

From: Burden of mental disorders and unmet needs among street homeless people in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Condition

Severity

Number

Percenta

Psychosis

Any under

89

41.0

Mental distress N = 121

Any mental distress (excluding psychosis)

90

74.4

Mild

25

20.7

Moderate

24

19.8

Severe

41

33.9

Alcohol use disorder N = 188

Hazardous use

38

20.2

Harmful use

21

11.2

Dependent use

53

28.2

Suicidality

Frequent/persistent death wish (n = 184)

77

41.8

Frequent/persistent suicidal ideation (n = 184)

40

21.7

Suicide attempt (n = 209)b

31

14.8

  1. aPercentage for psychosis based on the total screened adults (n = 217) as denominator; for other percentages, the denominators are provided under specific categories. The denominators represent the number of individuals with complete information for a particular variable or outcome of interest.
  2. bSupplemented by information from informants.