Table 2.

Diagnostic rates of anxiety and depressive disorders and comparisons between noncancer and colorectal cancer patients with or without a previous cancer diagnosis (1998–2002).

Diagnostic Category	Colorectal Cancer			Noncancer
	Newly	Previously	Full	Sample (%)
	Diagnosed (%)	Diagnosed (%)	Sample (%)	(being compared)
1998	N = 6045	N = 1263	N = 7308	N = 142696
Depressive disorders	93 (1.5)*	18 (1.4)	111 (1.5)	2789 (2.0)
Major depression	25	4	29	647
Neurotic depression	10	1	11	301
Depression NOS	65	14	79	1973
Adjustment disorder w depressive mood	3	0	3	112
Anxiety states	54 (0.9)	7 (0.6)	61 (0.8)	1624 (1.1)
1999	N = 5760	N = 1286	N = 7046	N = 150447
Depressive disorders	107 (1.9)	19 (1.5)	126 (1.8)	3119 (2.1)
Major depression	23	1	24	618
Neurotic depression	8	1	9	298
Depression NOS	75	16	91	2324
Adjustment disorder w depressive mood	6	1	7	100
Anxiety states	72 (1.3)	15 (1.2)	87 (1.2)	1852 (1.2)
2000	N = 12519	N = 1292	N = 13811	N = 155383
Depressive disorders	177 (1.4)***	24 (1.9)	201 (1.5)	3500 (2.3)
Major depression	34	5	39	642
Neurotic depression	13	1	14	349
Depression NOS	135	20	155	2637
Adjustment disorder w depressive mood	6	1	7	32
Anxiety states	113 (0.9)***	15 (1.2)	128 (0.9)	2122 (1.4)
2001	N = 12400	N = 1419	N = 13819	N = 162300
Depressive disorders	209 (1.7)***	30 (2.1)	239 (1.7)	3782 (2.3)
Major depression	31	2	33	626
Neurotic depression	16	1	17	336
Depression NOS	168	28	196	2948
Adjustment disorder w depressive mood	8	1	9	134
Anxiety states	131 (1.1)**	15 (1.1)	146 (1.1)	2192 (1.4)
2002	N = 12554	N = 1644	N = 14198	N = 174372
Depressive disorders	204 (1.6)***	41 (2.5)	245 (1.7)	4340 (2.5)
Major depression	28	3	31	674
Neurotic depression	17	5	22	411
Depression NOS	166	35	201	3439
Adjustment disorder w depressive mood	7	1	8	140
Anxiety states	138 (1.1)***	20 (1.2)	158 (1.1)	2682 (1.5)

*P ≤ .05. **P ≤ .01. ***P ≤ .0001.