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. 2007 Oct;6(3):177–185.

Table 5.

Socio-demographic predictors of lifetime treatment contact for any mood disorder

Country Sex χ2 Cohort (age at interview) χ2 Age of onset χ2



Female Age 18-34 Age 35-49 Age 50-64 Early Early-average Late-average



OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
The Americas
Colombia 1.5 (0.9-2.3) 2.7 3.2 (1.3-7.7) 1.7 (1.0-3.2) 1.0 - 6.7 0.2 (0.1-0.4) 0.3 (0.2-0.7) 0.8 (0.5-1.3) 33.6
Mexico 1.6 (1.0-2.4) 4.6 2.1 (0.9-4.9) 1.7 (0.8-3.3) 1.0 - 3.1 0.3 (0.2-0.6) 0.5 (0.2-0.9) 0.8 (0.4-1.6) 25.1
USA 1.3 (1.1-1.5) 10.2 4.4 (3.2-6.1) 3.1 (2.3-4.1) 1.9 (1.4-2.6) 115.5 0.2 (0.1-0.3) 0.3 (0.2-0.3) 0.4 (0.3-0.6) 176.7

Europe
Belgium a 1.4 (0.9-2.1) 2.5 3.9 (1.2-12.5) 3.9 (1.5-10.5) 1.7 (0.7-4.0) 14.5 0.2 (0.1-0.6) 0.4 (0.2-0.9) 0.6 (0.4-0.9) 14.2
France a 1.3 (0.9-1.8) 2.9 5.7 (3.1-10.5) 4.4 (2.4-8.0) 2.0 (1.1-3.5) 44.3 0.2 (0.1-0.4) 0.4 (0.2-0.8) 0.6 (0.3-1.2) 54.9
Germany a 1.2 (0.8-2.0) 0.9 1.9 (0.7-5.1) 1.2 (0.6-2.8) 1.2 (0.5-2.5) 6.3 0.3 (0.1-0.6) 0.5 (0.2-1.0) 1.1 (0.5-2.1) 22.5
Italy a 1.4 (0.9-2.0) 2.6 1.4 (0.7-2.8) 1.6 (0.8-2.9) 1.1 (0.6-2.1) 2.8 0.4 (0.2-0.8) 0.8 (0.4-1.6) 0.8 (0.4-1.4) 15.7
Netherlands a 0.9 (0.7-1.3) 0.1 3.9 (1.7-8.9) 2.7 (1.6-4.4) 1.0 - 18.5 0.1 (0.0-0.3) 0.3 (0.1-0.6) 0.5 (0.3-0.8) 27.1
Spain a 1.2 (0.8-1.8) 1.1 1.9 (0.9-3.8) 2.7 (1.4-5.1) 1.3 (0.8-2.1) 11.3 0.4 (0.2-0.8) 0.4 (0.2-0.9) 0.7 (0.4-1.2) 8.3

Africa and Middle East
Israel 1.1 (0.9-1.5) 0.7 5.4 (2.9-10.0) 4.0 (2.3-6.8) 2.3 (1.4-3.7) 30.9 0.3 (0.2-0.6) 0.4 (0.2-0.6) 0.6 (0.4-1.0) 20.8
Lebanon 1.1 (0.7-1.8) 0.2 13.8 (2.3-83.0) 8.8 (1.5-51.1) 5.0 (0.8-30.8) - 13.4 0.4 (0.2-0.8) 0.2 (0.1-0.7) 0.7 (0.3-1.4) 10.6
Nigeria 1.4 (0.5-3.6) 0.5 2.7 (0.3-22.4) 0.5 (0.1-3.7) 1.0 - 6.8 2.6 (0.2-33.6) 1.2 (0.0-31.2) 3.3 (0.3-41.1) 3.0

Asia and the Pacific
Japan 1.6 (0.8-3.5) 1.7 3.9 (1.1-13.4) 2.0 (0.7-6.2) 1.5 (0.6-4.2) 5.0 0.2 (0.0-0.6) 0.5 (0.2-1.3) 0.8 (0.4-1.9) 9.8
PR China 0.8 (0.2-3.6) 0.1 0.7 (0.2-2.9) 0.4 (0.1-1.3) 1.0 - 2.4 0.5 (0.1-3.3) 0.4 (0.1-1.7) 0.5 (0.1-1.9) 2.3

Oceania
New Zealand 1.4 (1.2-1.6) 16.9 3.7 (2.7-5.2) 2.3 (1.7-3.1) 1.6 (1.2-2.2) 84.1 0.2 (0.2-0.3) 0.3 (0.3-0.4) 0.6 (0.5-0.8) 205.6

a Used major depressive episode instead of any mood disorder