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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 30.
Published in final edited form as: Res Hum Dev. 2007;4(1):19–47. doi: 10.1080/15427600701480980

Table 2.

Incidence rates for onset of depressive, anxiety, and substance-use disorders for U.S.-born Latinos and for immigrant Latinos before and after arrival to the U.S. by age of arrival 1.

Immigrants
U.S. born Age of arrival 0−6 y Age of arrival 7−17 y Age of arrival ≥18 y
Sample N 924 203 378 1041
Any depressive disorder
    Number of onsets observed before arrival in U.S.2 - 0 20 92
    Number of onsets observed after arrival in U.S. 182 36 50 81
    Incidence rate (per 1000 person-year) before arrival in U.S. - 0.0 3.7 2.8
    Incidence rate (per 1000 person-year) after arrival in U.S. 5 5.3 4.7 4.2
Any anxiety disorder
    Number of onsets observed before arrival in U.S.2 - 2 29 115
    Number of onsets observed after arrival in U.S. 166 36 30 47
    Incidence rate (per 1000 person-year) before arrival in U.S. - 5.0 5.3 3.0
    Incidence rate (per 1000 person-year) after arrival in U.S. 5.2 5.8 2.6 2.8
Substance-use disorder
    Number of onsets observed before arrival in U.S.2 - 0 2 19
    Number of onsets observed after arrival in U.S. 158 21 17 27
    Incidence rate (per 1000 person-year) before arrival in U.S. - 0.0 0.3 0.6
    Incidence rate (per 1000 person-year) after arrival in U.S. 5.6 3.8 2.1 2.1
1

Sample N and numbers of observed onsets are unweighted.

Incidence rates are crude weighted estimates (not age-adjusted).

2

Onsets that occurred in the same year as arrival in U.S. are included in "before" category.