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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Abnorm Psychol. 2011 Aug 15;121(1):282–288. doi: 10.1037/a0024780

Table 1. Disorder prevalence rates and odds ratios by gender.

Lifetime Disorders 12-Month Disorders


Women (%) Men (%) Odds Ratio Women (%) Men (%) Odds Ratio
Depression 22.9 13.1 1.46 (1.41-1.51) 10.1 5.5 (1.32-1.45) 1.38
Dysthymia 6.2 3.5 1.31 (1.25-1.38) 2.9 1.6 (1.20-1.39) 1.29
Generalized Anxiety 5.8 3.1 1.34 (1.27-1.42) 3.1 1.4 (1.28-1.47) 1.37
Panic Disorder 7.2 3.7 1.39 (1.32-1.47) 3.1 1.4 (1.29-1.49) 1.39
Social Phobia 5.8 4.3 1.16 (1.10-1.22) 3.4 2.1 (1.15-1.29) 1.22
Specific Phobia 12.4 6.2 1.47 (1.41-1.53) 9.6 4.6 (1.40-1.53) 1.46
Alcohol Dependence 8.0 17.4 0.63 (0.60-0.65) 2.3 5.4 (0.64-.0.72) 0.68
Nicotine Dependence 15.6 20.0 0.84 (0.81-0.87) 11.5 14.1 (0.85-0.91) 0.88
Marijuana Dependence 0.9 1.7 0.77 (0.71-0.83) 0.2 0.5 (0.63-0.83) 0.72
Other Drug Dependence 1.4 2.2 0.84 (0.79-0.90) 0.3 0.5 (0.72-0.95) 0.83*
Antisocial Personality 1.9 5.5 0.68 (0.59-0.66)

Note: All ORs significant at p < .001 except

*

p = .005.

Men are OR comparison group. 95% confidence intervals are given in parentheses. Antisocial personality disorder was only assessed as a lifetime disorder.