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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Nerv Ment Dis. 2007 Mar;195(3):189–195. doi: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000243779.35541.c6

Table 2.

Lifetime prevalence and lifetime risk for psychiatric disorders among immigrants and natives

Lifetime prevalence Lifetime risk1

Immigrants Natives
% (se) % (se) OR (95% Cl)

Anxiety 22.5 (2.9) 28.6 (1.0) 0.9 (0.6-1.2)
Mood 13.1 (1.8) 21.3 (0.8**) 0.6 (0.4-0.8**)
Impulse control 12.4 (2.0) 16.3 (0.8) 0.7 (0.5-1.0)
Substance use 6.1 (1.2) 15.0 (0.5**) 0.3 (0.2-0.6**)
Any 34.8 (3.5) 46.8 (1.2**) 0.7 (0.5-0.9**)
*

Differences between immigrant and natives significant at p=.05

**

Differences between immigrants and natives significant at p=.01

1

OR and 95% Cl estimated in discrete time survival models with control for sex, age, and ethnicity