Table 1. Results of systematic reviews conducted to identify community-representative epidemiological data for higher and low prevalence mental disorders.
Mental disorders | Number of electronic databases data sources | Number of data sources, other | Data sources used in deriving burden estimates* | |||
Prevalence | Incidence | Remission | Mortality | |||
High Prevalence Disorders | ||||||
Depressive disorders | 35,579 | 36 | 267 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
Anxiety disorders | 22,423 | 34 | 96 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Low Prevalence Disorders | ||||||
Bipolar disorder | 2,442 | 44 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Schizophrenia | 3,673 | 14 | 51 | 33 | 12 | 32 |
Eating disorders | 12,777 | 4 | 33 | 7 | 21 | 11 |
Total | 76,894** | 132 | 479 | 51 | 44 | 60 |
Number of data sources by disorder. Note that some studies report data for more than one disorder.
In total 96,349 data sources were identified for the review series (ie. high and low prevalence disorders and disorders with onset in childhood).