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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008 Jan 22;94(1-3):234–245. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.11.022

Table 1.

Prevalence and Mean Age of Onseta of Lifetime DSM-IV Disorders in the General Population, NESARC 2001–2002.

Total Men Women

Pop. Prevalence Age of Onset Pop. Prevalence Age of Onset Pop. Prevalence Age of Onset

DSM-IV Disorder % SE n Mean (yrs) SE % SE n Mean (yrs) SE % SE n Mean (yrs) SE
Alcohol Use Disorders
 Alcohol Abuse Only 17.8 0.25 6427 22.5 0.11 24.6 0.39 4104 22.5 0.14 11.5 0.26 2323 22.5 0.18
 Alcohol Dependence 12.5 0.21 4696 24.1 0.15 17.4 0.35 2906 23.9 0.18 8.0 0.23 1790 24.4 0.25
Anxiety Disorders
 Specific Phobia 9.5 0.19 3922 14.6 0.22 6.2 0.22 1103 14.3 0.42 12.5 0.28 2819 14.7 0.26
 Social Phobia 5.0 0.13 1949 15.2 0.30 4.3 0.18 719 14.9 0.45 5.8 0.19 1230 15.4 0.38
 Panic w/ Agoraphobia 1.1 0.06 487 28.5 0.70 0.7 0.08 132 26.0 1.39 1.5 0.09 355 29.6 0.75
 Panic 4.4 0.13 1765 32.3 0.41 2.9 0.16 517 32.3 0.74 5.7 0.19 1248 32.3 0.49
 General Anxiety Disorder 4.5 0.12 1878 33.3 0.43 3.1 0.16 552 32.8 0.74 5.8 0.19 1326 33.5 0.49
Mood Disorders
 Hypomania 2.4 0.09 980 23.2 0.39 2.5 0.15 434 22.2 0.55 2.3 0.11 546 24.1 0.55
 Mania 3.6 0.12 1480 25.4 0.39 3.5 0.17 608 23.5 0.57 3.7 0.15 872 27.0 0.51
 Major Depression 18.2 0.23 7754 29.7 0.20 13.1 0.30 2400 29.7 0.37 22.9 0.33 5354 29.7 0.23
 Dysthymia 4.9 0.13 2124 31.2 0.41 3.5 0.17 629 30.4 0.72 6.2 0.19 1495 31.6 0.49
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The prevalence and mean age of onset is provided for all individuals with the specific disorder, regardless of the presence of comorbid disorders.