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. 2008 May 13;116(9):1248–1253. doi: 10.1289/ehp.11164

Table 1.

Prevalence and associations between probable PTSD, major depression, and panic disorder by respondent characteristics.

Characteristic No. PTSD (%) Depression (%) Panic (%)
Total 10,132 11.1 8.8 5.0
Sex (p-value) NS < 0.001 < 0.001
 Male 8,847 10.9 8.0 4.6
 Female 1,285 12.1 14.2 7.6
Age (p-value) < 0.001 < 0.001 NS
 ≤35 years 2,474 10.2 7.1 4.9
 36–45 years 4,085 9.9 7.6 4.7
 45–55 years 2,726 13.0 11.5 5.7
 ≥55 years 847 13.1 11.1 4.4
Marital status (p-value) < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
 Single 1,689 11.6 8.5 6.0
 Married/partnered 6,709 10.2 7.7 4.3
 Separated/divorced 1,277 14.6 14.3 7.2
 Widowed 77 13.0 15.6 2.6
Education (p-value) < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
 < High school 885 17.2 15.7 8.2
 High school 2,565 12.2 10.5 4.8
 Attended college 3,785 9.6 6.9 4.2
 Graduated college 1,405 8.8 6.0 5.1
 Graduate school 786 10.7 7.0 5.6
Race/ethnicity (p-value) < 0.01 < 0.001 < 0.05
 White 6,480 10.5 7.9 5.0
 Black 1,129 10.8 6.8 3.9
 Hispanic 2,230 13.1 12.8 5.8
 Asian 131 11.5 6.1 1.5
 Other 162 8.0 9.3 4.9
Union member (p-value) < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.01
 Member 8,663 10.5 8.1 4.8
 Not a member 1,421 14.6 13.3 6.4
Days at site (p-value) < 0.001 < 0.001 NS
 ≤ 2 weeks 1,938 9.1 8.2 4.9
 Up to 1.5 months 1,976 9.1 6.6 4.7
 Up to 3 months 2,170 11.5 9.4 5.3
 Up to 5.5 months 1,948 11.9 9.4 4.9
 > 5.5 months 1,991 13.3 10.6 5.3
Present 9/11–9/12 (p-value) < 0.001 < 0.001 < 0.001
 Yes 6,146 10.2 6.3 4.5
 No 3,986 12.5 12.8 5.8

NS, not significant.