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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 21.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2008 Oct 14;118(6):451–458. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01285.x

Table 1.

Prevalence of MDE, activity limitations and role functioning in ESEMeD (weighted estimates)

Number of people Percentage of total (n = 21 425) (%) Percentage of 12-month MDE (n = 847) (%)
12-Month MDE 847 4.0 Not applicable
Mobility 2543 11.9 27.1
Self-care 621 2.9 8.5
Cognition 1056 4.9 29.0
Social interaction 560 2.6 17.3
Discrimination 328 1.5 12.4
Embarrassment 1207 5.6 24.9
Role functioning (days)
 0 17 119 79.9 46.8
 1–7 1813 8.5 32.4
 8–29 1799 8.4 11.6
 30 683 3.2 9.2

MDE, major depressive episode; ESEMeD, European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders.