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. 2013 Aug 6;185(11):E545–E552. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.122120

Table 3:

Weighted cumulative incidence of all mental disorders diagnosed in the study cohort and of the subset of diagnoses attributed at least partially to Afghanistan-related deployments

Disorder Weighted* cumulative incidence of diagnoses

Overall Attributed to Afghanistan mission


No. % (95% CI) No. % (95% CI)
PTSD 2703 8.9 (7.8–9.9) 2436 8.0 (7.0–9.0)

Other anxiety disorder 1486 4.9 (4.0–5.8) 987 3.2 (2.5–3.9)

Any anxiety disorder 3738 12.3 (11.0–13.5) 3012 9.9 (8.8–11.0)

Depressive disorder 2553 8.4 (7.2–9.5) 1919 6.3 (5.3–7.3)

Bipolar disorder 90 0.3 (0.04–0.6) 34 0.1 (0–0.2)

Other mood disorder 97 0.3 (0.07–0.6) 81 0.3 (0.03–0.5)

Any mood disorder 2698 8.8 (7.7–10.0) 1992 6.5 (5.5–7.6)

Adjustment disorder 1408 4.6 (3.8–5.4) 913 3.0 (2.4–3.6)

Somatoform disorder 102 0.3 (0.1–0.6) 16 0.1 (0–0.1)

Substance-related disorder 975 3.2 (2.4–4.0) 599 2.0 (1.5–2.4)

Any of the above disorders 5798 19.0 (17.4–20.6) 4108 13.5 (12.1–14.8)

Note: CI = confidence interval, PTSD = posttraumatic stress disorder.

*

Sample design weights were used to compute the cumulative incidence estimates and associated 95% CIs for the entire study population.

Many individuals had more than 1 diagnosed mental disorder.