Table 1 Age distribution of the sample
From: High prevalence of prescription of psychotropic drugs for older patients in a general hospital
| Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Age | Â | Â | Â |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Â | n | % | mean | SD | median | min | max |
Sex | Department | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Female | surgical departments | 512 | 24.0 | 78.3 | 7.8 | 77 | 65 | 100 |
internal medicine | 525 | 24.7 | 80.9 | 7.6 | 82 | 65 | 101 | |
geriatrics | 194 | 9.1 | 83.8 | 6.7 | 85 | 67 | 99 | |
total | 1231 | 57.8 | 80.3 | 7.8 | 80 | 65 | 101 | |
 Male | surgical departments | 438 | 20.6 | 75.7 | 6.7 | 75 | 65 | 95 |
internal medicine | 364 | 17.1 | 78.7 | 7.1 | 79 | 65 | 97 | |
geriatrics | 97 | 4.6 | 82.4 | 6.3 | 83 | 69 | 95 | |
total | 899 | 42.2 | 77.6 | 7.2 | 77 | 65 | 97 | |
Department | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 surgical depts. |  | 950 | 44.6 | 77.1 | 7.4 | 76 | 65 | 100 |
 internal medicine |  | 889 | 41.7 | 80 | 7.5 | 80 | 65 | 101 |
 geriatrics |  | 291 | 13.7 | 83.3 | 6.6 | 85 | 67 | 99 |
 total |  | 2130 | 100 | 79.2 | 7.7 | 79 | 65 | 101 |