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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet Psychiatry. 2023 Jul 30;10(9):668–681. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(23)00193-1

Table 2.

Count and lifetime prevalence of disorders, by sex

Male Female
Number of
lifetime cases
at time of
interview
Number of
people in the
sample in which
the disorder
was assessed
Lifetime prevalence Number of
lifetime cases
at time of
interview
Number of
people in the
sample in which
the disorder
was assessed
Lifetime prevalence Test statistics
Type of mental disorder N1 N2 % (95% CI) N1 N2 % (95% CI) χ2 (p-value)
I. Anxiety disorders
 Panic disorder and/or agoraphobia 1309 67808 1·9 (1·8-2·1) 3303 83328 3·7 (3·6-3·9) 289·6 (<0·0001)
 Generalized anxiety disorder 1955 71023 2·7 (2·6-2·9) 4500 85308 5·0 (4·8-5·1) 396·8 (<0·0001)
 Post-traumatic stress disorder 1456 35446 2·7 (2·5-2·9) 3721 47223 5·4 (5·2-5·7) 279·8 (<0·0001)
 Social phobia 2254 65428 3·5 (3·3-3·7) 3770 80849 4·6 (4·4-4·8) 69·5 (<0·0001)
 Specific phobia 2825 56355 5·0 (4·8-5·3) 6954 68781 10·0 (9·7-10·2) 744·6 (<0·0001)
 Any anxiety disorder 6559 39060 11·3 (10·9-11·7) 13830 50741 18·8 (18·3-19·2) 669·8 (<0·0001)
II. Mood disorders
 Major depressive disorder 5324 71023 7·5 (7·2-7·7) 12144 85308 13·6 (13·3-13·9) 1160·5 (<0·0001)
 Bipolar disorder 1398 57559 2·5 (2·4-2·7) 1593 68307 2·3 (2·1-2·4) 7·2 (0·0074)
 Any mood disorder 6674 71023 9·5 (9·2-9·7) 13675 85308 15·4 (15·1-15·7) 880·6 (<0·0001)
III. Substance use disorders
 Alcohol abuse disorder 7629 52757 13·7 (13·3-14·1) 2602 67650 3·3 (3·1-3·4) 2226·0 (<0·0001)
 Alcohol dependence 2056 52757 3·5 (3·3-3·7) 840 67650 0·9 (0·9-1·0) 516·5 (<0·0001)
 Drug abuse disorder 2083 46180 4·1 (3·9-4·3) 1204 59642 1·7 (1·6-1·8) 337·4 (<0·0001)
 Drug dependence 711 46180 1·4 (1·3-1·6) 490 59642 0·6 (0·6-0·7) 89·9 (<0·0001)
 Any substance use disorder 7926 46939 15·6 (15·2-16·1) 3181 60943 4·5 (4·2-4·7) 1960·2 (<0·0001)
IV. Externalizing disorders
 Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder 571 19402 2·4 (2·1-2·7) 575 25116 1·5 (1·3-1·7) 26·1 (<0·0001)
 Intermittent explosive disorder 1326 40529 3·5 (3·2-3·7) 1267 49561 2·5 (2·4-2·7) 39·4 (<0·0001)
 Any externalizing disorder 1524 30526 4·3 (3·9-4·6) 1563 39231 3·1 (2·9-3·3) 43·0 (<0·0001)
V. Any mental disorder 14662 36700 28·6 (27·9-29·2) 21485 48444 29·8 (29·2-30·3) 9·2 (0·0024)

Abbreviations: N1, observed (i.e., unweighted) number of respondents classified as meeting criteria for the disorder; N2, observed (i.e., unweighted) number of respondents in the sample; %, the ratio of N1 to N2 in the weighted, not unweighted, data; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval of %; χ2, Wald test for significance of difference between male and female values of %; P, P value of χ2 test.