Table 2.
Percentages and 95 % Confidence Intervals (95 % CI) of those with generalized anxiety (GAD-7 ≥ 10) among 13–20-year-old Finns from 2013 to 2021 by sex and age group.
| 2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
2019 |
2021 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (95 % CI) |
% (95 % CI) |
% (95 % CI) |
% (95 % CI) |
% (95 % CI) |
|
| Females, total | 15.5 (15.3–15.7) |
16.9 (16.6–17.2) |
18.3 (18.0–18.6) |
19.7 (19.4–20.0) |
30.2 (29.9–30.5) |
| Females by age group | |||||
| 13–15 years old | 15.9 (15.5–16.3) |
16.2 (15.7–16.7) |
17.4 (17.0–17.8) |
19.0 (18.6–19.4) |
29.7 (29.2–30.2) |
| 16–17 years old | 15.0 (14.7–15.3) |
17.1 (16.7–17.5) |
18.8 (18.4–19.2) |
19.8 (19.4–20.2) |
30.4 (29.9–30.9) |
| 18–20 years old | 16.2 (15.5–16.9) |
17.6 (16.8–18.4) |
20.1 (19.1–21.1) |
23.0 (22.0–24.0) |
31.4 (30.4–32.4) |
| Males, total | 6.0 (5.8–6.2) |
6.0 (5.8–6.2) |
5.3 (5.1–5.5) |
5.5 (5.3–5.7) |
7.8 (7.6–8.0) |
| Males by age group | |||||
| 13–15 years old | 5.9 (5.7–6.1) |
5.7 (5.4–6.0) |
5.4 (5.1–5.7) |
5.3 (5.1–5.5) |
7.5 (7.2–7.8) |
| 16–17 years old | 5.9 (5.7–6.1) |
5.9 (5.6–6.2) |
5.1 (4.9–5.3) |
5.4 (5.2–5.6) |
7.7 (7.4–8.0) |
| 18–20 years old | 7.1 (6.6–7.6) |
7.3 (6.7–7.9) |
6.0 (5.4–6.6) |
7.3 (6.7–7.9) |
10.1 (9.3–10.9) |