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. 2013 Jul 10;7:21. doi: 10.1186/1753-2000-7-21

Table 2.

Prevalence of anxiety disorders in different age groups

Disorder <=5 (n = 286) 6-9 (n = 416) 10-13 (n = 550) 14-19 (n = 335) Total (n = 1587)
Any anxiety disorder
72 (25.2%)
103 (24.8%)
148 (26.9%)
100 (29.9%)
423 (26.7%)
(20.3%- 30.6%)
(20.7%-29.2%)
(23.2%-30.8%)
(25.0%35.1%)
(24.5%-28.9%)
Panic disorder
5 (1.7%)
13 (3.1%)
14 (2.5%)
16 (4.8%)
48 (3.0%)
(0.6% - 4.0%)
(1.7% - 5.3%)
(1.4% - 4.2%)
(2.8% - 7.6%)
(2.2% - 4.0%)
(b) Agoraphobia
9 (3.1%)
20 (4.8%)
15 (2.7%)
16 (4.8%)
60 (3.8%)
(1.4% - 5.9%)
(3.0% - 7.3%)
(1.5% - 4.5%)
(2.8% - 7.6%)
(2.9% - 4.8%)
Separation anxiety disorder
22 (7.7%)
30 (7.2%)
30 (5.5%)
10 (3.0%)
92 (5.8%)
(4.9% - 11.4%)
(4.9% - 10.1%)
(3.7% - 7.7%)
(1.4% - 5.4%)
(4.7% - 7.1%)
Social phobia (social anxiety disorder)
13 (4.5%)
24 (5.8%)
29 (5.3%)
17 (5.1%)
83 (5.2%)
(2.4% - 7.6%)
(3.7% - 8.5%)
(3.6% - 7.5%)
(3.0% - 8.0%)
(4.2% - 6.4%)
Specific phobia
58 (20.3%)
67 (16.1%)
81 (14.7%)
44 (13.1%)
250 (15.8%)
(15.8%- 25.4%)
(12.7%-20.0%)
(11.9%-18.0%)
(9.7%-17.2%)
(14.0%-17.6%)
Obsessive compulsive disorder
0
4 (0.96%)
4 (0.73%)
1 (0.30%)
9 (0.57%)
(0–1.3%)
(0.26% - 2.4%)
(0.20% - 1.9%)
(0.01%-1.7%)
(0.26%-1.07%)
Post-traumatic stress disorder
0
19 (4.6%)
43 (7.8%)
43 (12.8%)
105 (6.6%)
(0 – 1.3%)
(2.8% - 7.0%)
(5.7% - 10.4%)
(9.4%-16.9%)
(5.4% - 8.0%)
Generalized Anxiety disorder
0
8 (1.9%)
9 (1.6%)
5 (1.5%)
22 (1.4%)
(0 – 1.3%)
(0.8% - 3.8%)
(0.8% - 3.1%)
(0.5% - 3.4%)
(0.87%-2.09%)
Adjustment disorder
0
3 (0.7%)
3 (0.5%)
2 (0.6%)
8 (0.50%)
  (0 – 1.3%) (0.1% - 2.1%) (0.1% - 1.6%) (0.1% - 2.1%) (0.22%-0.99%)