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Published in final edited form as: Compr Psychiatry. 2013 Mar 20;54(6):627–638. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2012.12.020

Table 3.

Three-year incidence (%) and odds ratios (ORs) of DSM-IV anxiety disorder by sociodemographic characteristics.

Sociodemographic characteristics Anxiety Disorder
Panic (n =34,863)
Social phobia (n = 32,932)
Specific phobia (n =31,246)
GAD (n =33,160)
% (SE) OR (95% CI) % (SE) OR (95% CI) % (SE) OR (95% CI) % (SE) OR (95% CI)
Total 1.88 (0.10) 1.58 (0.08) 2.48 (0.12) 3.33 (0.13)
Sex Male 1.21 (0.12) 0.47 (0.38–0.59) 1.32 (0.10) 0.72 (0.59–0.88) 1.86 (0.13) 0.59 (0.49–0.71) 2.07 (0.15) 0.45 (0.38–0.53)
Female 2.52 (0.15) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.83 (0.12) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 3.10 (0.20) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 4.52 (0.21) 1.00 (1.00–1.00)
Age (years) 18–29 2.80 (0.26) 3.49 (2.18–5.58) 2.28 (0.24) 4.27 (2.80–6.53) 3.15 (0.28) 2.76 (1.91–3.98) 3.68 (0.32) 2.24 (1.62–3.09)
30–44 2.03 (0.17) 2.51 (1.60–3.93) 1.81 (0.16) 3.37 (2.21 –5.16) 2.79 (0.20) 2.44 (1.74–3.41) 3.98 (0.23) 2.43 (1.83–3.22)
45–64 1.66 (0.18) 2.04 (1.27–3.29) 1.43 (0.15) 2.65 (1.72–4.07) 2.42 (0.18) 2.11 (1.49–2.98) 3.31 (0.23) 2.00 (1.48–2.71)
65+ 0.82 (0.16) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 0.54 (0.10) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.16 (0.19) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.68 (0.21) 1.00 (1.00–1.00)
Race/ethnicity White 1.87 (0.11) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.60 (0.10) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 2.43 (0.14) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 3.45 (0.15) 1.00 (1.00–1.00)
Black 1.86 (0.27) 1.00 (0.73–1.36) 1.67 (0.19) 1.04 (0.80–1.36) 2.63 (0.23) 1.09 (0.89–1.32) 3.11 (0.25) 0.90 (0.75–1.07)
Native American 2.06 (0.66) 1.10 (0.58–2.10) 3.05 (0.78) 1.93 (1.14–3.27) 2.96 (0.86) 1.23 (0.67–2.25) 4.16 (0.95) 1.22 (0.75–1.98)
Asian 1.87 (0.64) 1.00 (0.50–2.02) 0.99 (0.35) 0.61 (0.29–1.30) 2.05 (0.62) 0.84 (0.44–1.60) 2.99 (0.72) 0.86 (0.52–1.43)
Hispanic 1.94 (0.23) 1.03 (0.79–1.35) 1.35 (0.21) 0.84 (0.60–1.18) 2.72 (0.27) 1.12 (0.91–1.38) 2.79 (0.36) 0.80 (0.60–1.07)
Education < High school 2.56 (0.32) 1.54 (1.15–2.06) 1.58 (0.23) 1.02 (0.76–1.37) 2.69 (0.31) 1.13 (0.86–1.48) 3.68 (0.36) 1.11 (0.89–1.38)
High school 1.93 (0.16) 1.15 (0.93–1.43) 1.64 (0.16) 1.06 (0.84–1.34) 2.56 (0.24) 1.07 (0.85–1.34) 3.13 (0.21) 0.94 (0.80–1.10)
Some college 1.68 (0.13) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.55 (0.10) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 2.39 (0.16) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 3.34 (0.16) 1.00 (1.00–1.00)
Marital status Married, living with someone as if married 1.73 (0.12) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.26 (0.10) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 2.10 (0.13) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 3.16 (0.16) 1.00 (1.00–1.00)
Widowed/separated/divorced 1.93 (0.19) 1.12 (0.87–1.45) 1.88 (0.19) 1.50 (1.17–1.93) 2.85 (0.27) 1.37 (1.10–1.71) 3.61 (0.28) 1.15 (0.95–1.38)
Never married 2.32 (0.26) 1.36 (1.04–1.76) 2.36 (0.22) 1.90 (1.47–2.44) 3.36 (0.32) 1.62 (1.30–2.02) 3.61 (0.29) 1.15 (0.96–1.38)
Income $0–$19,999 2.16 (0.18) 1.27 (0.97–1.67) 2.02 (0.20) 1.76 (1.27–2.43) 2.55 (0.21) 1.02 (0.80–1.30) 3.80 (0.27) 1.30 (1.02–1.66)
$20,000–$34,999 2.23 (0.26) 1.31 (0.95–1.80) 1.94 (0.19) 1.68 (1.23–2.31) 2.62 (0.23) 1.05 (0.81 –1.37) 3.79 (0.31) 1.30 (1.01–1.68)
$35,000–$69,999 1.62 (0.17) 0.94 (0.71 –1.24) 1.40 (0.14) 1.21 (0.88–1.65) 2.34 (0.21) 0.93 (0.72–1.21) 3.03 (0.21) 1.03 (0.81 –1.30)
$70,000 or more 1.71 (0.18) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.16 (0.14) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 2.50 (0.24) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 2.94 (0.26) 1.00 (1.00–1.00)
Urbanicity Urban 1.92 (0.12) 1.12 (0.82–1.51) 1.59 (0.09) 1.02 (0.77–1.34) 2.55 (0.14) 1.15 (0.92–1.44) 3.39 (0.16) 1.10 (0.91 –1.32)
Rural 1.73 (0.23) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.57 (0.19) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 2.22 (0.21) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 3.10 (0.23) 1.00 (1.00–1.00)
Region Northeast 1.46 (0.15) 0.77 (0.55–1.07) 1.16 (0.17) 0.67 (0.47–0.97) 2.31 (0.27) 0.92 (0.68–1.26) 2.69 (0.25) 0.82 (0.63–1.05)
Midwest 2.05 (0.25) 1.08 (0.75–1.55) 1.67 (0.19) 0.98 (0.72–1.33) 2.48 (0.32) 0.99 (0.71 –1.38) 3.40 (0.28) 1.04 (0.81 –1.32)
South 2.00 (0.16) 1.06 (0.78–1.43) 1.68 (0.13) 0.98 (0.76–1.28) 2.57 (0.19) 1.03 (0.80–1.33) 3.66 (0.21) 1.12 (0.91 –1.38)
West 1.90 (0.24) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 1.71 (0.18) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 2.50 (0.25) 1.00 (1.00–1.00) 3.28 (0.27) 1.00 (1.00–1.00)