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. 2007 Oct;6(3):168–176.

Table 3.

Inter-cohort differences in lifetime risk of any DSM-IV anxiety disorder a

Country 18-34 35-49 50-64 65+b χ2 df N

OR 95% CI N OR 95% CI N OR 95% CI N OR 95% CI N
Belgium 2.6* 1.3-5.01 254 1.6 0.8-3.2 331 1.3 0.6-2.6 278 1.0 - 180 14.2* 3 1043
Colombia 1.6* 1.2-2.11 1125 1.3 0.9-1.8 818 1.0 - 438 - - - 10.0* 2 2381
France 3.1* 1.5-6.41 388 3.2* 1.5-6.7 472 1.6 0.8-3.3 362 1.0 - 214 21.3* 3 1436
Germany 3.1* 1.9-5.11 316 2.3* 1.4-3.9 436 2.3* 1.3-4.1 345 1.0 - 226 21.8 * 3 1323
Israel 4.7* 2.6-8.31 1627 2.7** 1.6-4.4 1302 2.1 * 1.4-3.3 1069 1.0 - 861 127.3* 3 4859
Italy 1.5 0.7-3.01 496 1.6 0.9-2.8 516 1.3 0.8-2.2 454 1.0 - 313 113.3 3 1779
Japan 5.6* 2.2-13.8 155 2.8 * 1.3-6.1 219 2.6 * 1.2-5.6 295 1.0 - 218 114.9 * 3 887
Lebanon 3.2* 1.6-6.21 349 2.5 * 1.2-5.1 348 1.0 0.5-2.1 199 1.0 - 135 124.1 * 3 1031
Mexico 2.4* 1.6-3.41 1183 1.6 * 1.1-2.4 750 1.0 - 429 - - - 125.3 * 2 2362
Netherlands 3.6* 2.1-6.11 264 4.5 * 3.0-6.8 358 3.0* 2.0-4.6 302 1.0 - 170 160.6* 3 1094
New Zealand 3.4* 2.7-4.21 2394 2.6 * 2.1-3.1 2474 2.1 * 1.7-2.7 1517 1.0 - 927 126.3* 3 7312
Nigeria 3.1* 1.4-6.91 971 2.3 * 1.1-4.9 549 2.8 * 1.5-5.4 369 1.0 - 254 111.1* 3 2143
PR China 1.7 0.6-4.41 379 1.1 0.5-2.5 726 1.6 0.7-3.9 357 1.0 - 166 113.3 3 1628
South Africa 2.3* 1.3-4.01 2172 1.8* 1.1-3.1 1264 1.3 0.8-2.1 638 1.0 - 241 116.5* 3 4315
Spain 3.8* 2.2-6.51 545 2.8* 1.5-5.2 556 1.3 0.8-2.2 456 1.0 - 564 128.7 * 3 2121
Ukraine 1.7* 1.1-2.61 420 1.0 0.6-1.6 434 1.0 0.7-1.6 0 412 1.0 - 454 116.5 3 1720
United States 3.5* 2.8-4.41 1939 3.4 * 2.7-4.1 1831 2.5 * 2.0-3.0 1213 1.0 - 709 159.2* 3 5692

a Based on discrete-time survival models with person-year as the unit of analysis, controls are time intervals

bReferent category

* Significant at the .05 level, two-sided test