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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 12.
Published in final edited form as: S Afr Med J. 2009 May;99(5 Pt 2):346–352.

Table III.

Twelve-month treatment use and province stratified by status of 12-month DSM-IV disorders (N=4 317)

Any mental health care Any health care Any non-health care Any treatment
Any DSM-IV disorder
 Western Cape 11.4 (5.1) 15.6 (5.5) 5.5 (2.4) 19.2 (5.7)
 Eastern Cape 4.3 (2.5) 16.4 (3.4) 13.2 (4.3) 22.0 (3.4)
 Northern Cape 5.7 (3.3) 17.3 (6.8) 5.3 (3.9) 22.5 (7.3)
 Free State 3.7 (1.3) 20.3 (5.6) 18.3 (4.6) 26.6 (6.1)
 KwaZulu-Natal 4.0 (2.6) 22.6 (5.4) 9.2 (3.0) 27.3 (6.6)
 North West 10.7 (5.1) 21.6 (7.5) 15.9 (7.6) 31.8 (12.7)
 Gauteng 3.6 (2.7) 12.1 (3.4) 9.5 (4.9) 18.9 (5.7)
 Mpumalanga 2.2 (1.6) 11.5 (6.7) 8.8 (5.2) 19.1 (6.6)
 Limpopo 5.0 (2.7) 34.8 (7.4) 23.0 (5.1) 43.8 (7.1)
 χ2 (p) 5.3 (0.721) 9.6 (0.314) 18.0 (0.035) 9.4 (0.331)
No DSM-IV disorder
 Western Cape 2.3 (0.9) 6.5 (1.9) 2.5 (1.1) 8.3 (2.6)
 Eastern Cape 1.3 (0.6) 9.1 (1.5) 5.7 (1.6) 12.5 (1.8)
 Northern Cape 1.2 (0.8) 3.5 (1.5) 4.9 (1.9) 6.9 (2.3)
 Free State 1.9 (0.5) 11.0 (2.7) 6.6 (2.7) 14.2 (4.0)
 KwaZulu-Natal 2.0 (0.5) 9.8 (1.9) 7.0 (1.4) 14.7 (2.2)
 North West 1.5 (1.1) 13.5 (4.6) 4.9 (2.3) 14.9 (4.6)
 Gauteng 2.3 (1.0) 9.7 (1.6) 4.5 (0.9) 11.8 (1.3)
 Mpumalanga 2.4 (1.0) 8.8 (1.6) 8.8 (2.4) 14.8 (3.1)
 Limpopo 1.1 (0.4) 14.4 (1.7) 7.5 (1.2) 19.3 (1.9)
 χ2 (p) 4.6 (0.794) 23.6 (0.007) 14.5 (0.091) 22.1 (0.011)
Total
 Western Cape 4.4 (1.6) 8.6 (2.1) 3.2 (1.1) 10.8 (2.7)
 Eastern Cape 1.6 (0.7) 10.0 (1.6) 6.6 (1.5) 13.6 (1.9)
 Northern Cape 2.1 (0.8) 6.2 (1.6) 5.0 (1.8) 9.9 (2.1)
 Free State 2.3 (0.6) 13.3 (2.3) 9.4 (2.5) 17.2 (3.3)
 KwaZulu-Natal 2.3 (0.7) 11.6 (2.2) 7.3 (1.5) 16.5 (2.5)
 North West 3.0 (1.2) 14.9 (4.7) 6.8 (2.7) 17.7 (5.5)
 Gauteng 2.5 (1.2) 10.1 (1.6) 5.3 (1.1) 13.0 (1.9)
 Mpumalanga 2.4 (0.9) 9.2 (1.9) 8.8 (2.3) 15.4 (3.0)
 Limpopo 1.8 (0.6) 18.0 (2.2) 10.2 (1.3) 23.6 (2.0)
 χ2 (p) 3.3 (0.907) 20.8 (0.016) 24.1 (0.007) 28.9 (0.002)

Values are percentages with standard errors in parentheses.