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. 2007 Oct;6(3):168–176.

Table 4.

Inter-cohort differences in lifetime risk of any DSM-IV mood 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 11.3* 6.1-20.9 573 4.9* 3.2-7.51 775 3.6 * 2.0-6.4 570 1.0 - 501 87.3 * 3 2419
Colombia 6.3 * 4.2-9.31 2000 2.3 * 1.6-3.11 1577 1.0 - 849 - - 530 92.7* 2 4426
France 9.0 * 6.0-13.5 743 3.0* 2.2-4.21 942 1.8* 1.2-2.6 719 1.0 - 490 146.4* 3 2894
Germany 12.2 * 7.1-21.0 815 5.2* 3.5-7.71 1180 2.4* 1.6-3.4 893 1.0 - 667 94.4* 3 3555
Israel 16.5* 4.5-9.41 1627 2.8* 2.0-4.01 1302 1.8* 1.3-2.5 1069 1.0 - 861 118.4* 3 4859
Italy 15.7 * 3.8-8.41 1326 * 3.6* 2.6-5.01 1393 2.3* 1.6-3.3 1153 1.0 - 840 91.3* 3 4712
Japan 23.7* 3.4-42.0 410 7.7* 4.5-13.2 571 3.8* 2.4-5.8 764 1.0 - 691 146.2* 3 2436
Lebanon 16.2* 3.0-12.8 965 3.1* 1.4-6.71 931 1.7 0.8-3.2 553 1.0 - 408 60.5* 3 2857
Mexico 14.0 * 2.6-6.11 2871 1.6* 1.1-2.31 1888 1.0 - 1023 - - 646 65.0* 2 5782
Netherlands 11.7 * 6.6-20.8 564 6.4* 4.0-10.2 729 2.9* 1.7-4.8 627 1.0 - 452 115.7* 3 2372
New Zealand 10.0 * 8.2-12.2 3747 5.0* 4.1-6.01 4102 2.9* 2.4-3.6 2697 1.0 - 2244 635.9* 3 12790
Nigeria 13.7 * 1.8-7.61 3175 1.8 0.9-3.61 1631 1.2 0.7-2.1 1104 1.0 - 842 19.4* 3 6752
PR China 20.8 * 9.4-45.8 1209 4.4* 2.3-8.41 2261 2.5* 1.4-4.4 1184 1.0 - 547 76.5* 3 5201
South Africa 19.6 * 5.5-16.7 2172 5.5* 3.1-9.91 1264 2.5* 1.4-4.4 638 1.0 - 241 95.6 3 4315
Spain 19.6 * 6.6-13.9 1567 4.2* 3.0-5.91 1431 2.2* 1.6-3.0 1024 1.0 - 1451 176.3* 3 5473
Ukraine 11.9 * 1.4-2.41 1194 1.0 0.8-1.31 1225 0.9 0.8-1.1 1180 1.0 - 1126 38.2* 3 4725
United States 19.5* 7.3-12.4 3034 5.0** 3.7-6.61 2865 3.0* 2.3-3.9 1922 1.0 - 1461 383.6* 3 928

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