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Published in final edited form as: Mol Psychiatry. 2008 Apr 22;14(11):1051–1066. doi: 10.1038/mp.2008.41

Table 4.

One-Year Incidence and Associations of DSM-IV Anxiety Disorders and Sociodemographic Characteristics

Characteristic Panic Disorder
Social Phobia
Specific Phobia
Generalized Anxiety
% (SEa) ORb (99% CIc) % (SE) OR (99% CI) % (SE) OR (99% CI) % (SE) OR (99% CI)
Sex
 Men 0.4 (0.06) 0.5 (0.28–0.80) 0.3 (0.05) 0.8 (0.42–1.57) 0.3 (0.06) 0.6 (0.32–0.99) 0.7 (0.08) 0.5 (0.34–0.72)
 Women 0.8 (0.08) 1.0 0.4 (0.05) 1.0 0.6 (0.07) 1.0 1.5 (0.12) 1.0
Age, y
 20–29 0.8 (0.14) 2.7 (1.21–6.09) 0.6 (0.12) 5.1 (1.52–16.79) 0.5 (0.13) 1.9 (0.69–5.34) 1.1 (0.18) 1.9 (0.97–3.74)
 30–54 0.7 (0.08) 2.6 (1.31–5.19) 0.4 (0.06) 4.0 (1.58–10.22) 0.6 (0.08) 3.1 (1.50–6.47) 1.5 (0.12) 2.9 (1.80–4.81)
 55+ 0.4 (0.07) 1.0 0.1 (0.04) 1.0 0.2 (0.04) 1.0 0.7 (0.09) 1.0
Race-ethnicity
 White 0.6 (0.06) 1.0 0.3 (0.05) 1.0 0.4 (0.06) 1.0 1.2 (0.09) 1.0
 Black 0.6 (0.10) 0.8 (0.47–1.39) 0.3 (0.08) 0.8 (0.35–1.66) 0.6 (0.10) 1.1 (0.58–2.10) 1.2 (0.17) 0.8 (0.52–1.18)
 Hispanic 0.7 (0.15) 0.9 (0.44–1.69) 0.4 (0.08) 0.8 (0.37–1.78) 0.5 (0.14) 1.0 (0.46–2.31) 0.7 (0.13) 0.5 (0.27–0.91)
Family income, $
 0–19,999 1.0 (0.13) 2.3 (1.12–4.67) 0.6 (0.12) 5.5 (2.08–14.71) 0.5 (0.10) 1.2 (0.51–2.93) 1.6 (0.17) 2.1 (1.15–3.85)
 20,000–34,999 0.6 (0.10) 1.2 (0.58–2.60) 0.2 (0.06) 1.7 (0.60–4.92) 0.3 (0.10) 0.7 (0.25–2.08) 1.1 (0.17) 1.5 (0.83–2.69)
 35,000–69,999 0.5 (0.09) 1.2 (0.58–2.27) 0.4 (0.07) 2.6 (0.95–6.83) 0.5 (0.09) 1.2 (0.57–2.56) 1.0 (0.11) 1.2 (0.76–1.96)
 70,000+ 0.5 (0.08) 1.0 0.2 (0.04) 1.0 0.4 (0.08) 1.0 0.9 (0.13) 1.0
Marital status
 Married/cohabiting 0.6 (0.07) 1.0 0.3 (0.05) 1.0 0.4 (0.06) 1.0 0.9 (0.09) 1.0
 Separated/divorced/widowed 0.6 (0.11) 0.9 (0.49–1.69) 0.4 (0.08) 1.3 (0.65–2.74) 0.4 (0.08) 1.2 (0.57–2.54) 1.6 (0.18) 1.6 (1.02–2.42)
 Never married 0.8 (0.12) 0.9 (0.48–1.75) 0.5 (0.10) 0.9 (0.41–2.06) 0.7 (0.15) 1.9 (0.88–4.04) 1.4 (0.20) 1.3 (0.76–2.08)
Education
 Less than high school 0.9 (0.15) 1.5 (0.78–2.74) 0.3 (0.10) 0.8 (0.29–2.31) 0.6 (0.17) 1.5 (0.59–3.74) 1.2 (0.22) 1.0 (0.53–1.81)
 High school 0.5 (0.07) 0.8 (0.49–1.45) 0.3 (0.06) 0.8 (0.39–1.60) 0.4 (0.08) 0.9 (0.43–1.76) 0.8 (0.11) 0.6 (0.41–1.01)
 Some college or beyond 0.6 (0.07) 1.0 0.3 (0.05) 1.0 0.5 (0.06) 1.0 1.2 (0.10) 1.0
Urbanicity
 Urban 0.7 (0.06) 1.5 (0.81–2.73) 0.3 (0.04) 0.8 (0.41–1.54) 0.5 (0.05) 1.3 (0.62–2.71) 1.2 (0.08) 1.4 (0.86–2.22)
 Rural 0.5 (0.09) 1.0 0.4 (0.09) 1.0 0.4 (0.09) 1.0 0.9 (0.15) 1.0
Region
 Northeast 0.6 (0.11) 1.1 (0.56–2.08) 0.2 (0.06) 0.7 (0.26–1.99) 0.4 (0.10) 1.1 (0.46–2.74) 1.0 (0.16) 0.9 (0.54–1.58)
 Midwest 0.6 (0.12) 1.1 (0.58–2.07) 0.4 (0.09) 1.1 (0.40–2.81) 0.4 (0.09) 0.9 (0.39–2.22) 1.0 (0.15) 1.0 (0.57–1.66)
 South 0.7 (0.10) 1.2 (0.61–2.18) 0.3 (0.06) 1.0 (0.42–2.36) 0.5 (0.08) 1.4 (0.68–2.86) 1.2 (0.13) 1.1 (0.75–1.72)
 West 0.6 (0.10) 1.0 0.3 (0.08) 1.0 0.4 (0.09) 1.0 1.1 (0.13) 1.0

Note: Figures in boldface are significant at p < 0.01.

a

SE = standard error.

b

OR = odds ratio.

c

CI = 99% confidence interval.