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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Asian Am J Psychol. 2014 Aug 11;5(4):353–363. doi: 10.1037/a0035680

Table 2.

Lifetime prevalence of DSM-IV/WMH-CIDI disorders by gender and nativity (n=2095)

Total Immigrant
(n=1641)
US-born
(n=454)
Men
Men (n=998)
Women
(n=1097)
Immigrant US-born

Men (n=772) Women (n=869) Men (n=226) Women (n=228)

%  95% CI %  95% CI %  95% CI %  95% CI %  95% CI %  95% CI %  95% CI %  95% CI %  95% CI

I. Anxiety Disorders
  Panic disorder 2.1 (1.2–3.8) 1.6 (0.6–4.0) 4.0 (2.4–6.6) 2.2 (0.8–6.4) 2.1 (1.3–3.4) 2.1 (0.5–8.7) 1.1 (0.5–2.7) d 2.5 (1.0–5.9) 5.5 (3.0–9.7) b
  Agoraphobia without panic 0.4 (0.2–0.8) 0.4 (0.2–0.9) 0.4 (0.1–1.3) 0.2 (0.1–0.6) 0.6 (0.3–1.2) 0.3 (0.1–0.8) 0.6 (0.3–1.3)   Dropped 0.8 (0.2–2.6)
  Social phobia 5.3 (4.2–6.8) 4.5 (3.5–5.9) 8.1 (4.6–14.0) 5.7 (4.2–7.6) 5.1 (3.5–7.3) 4.8 (3.4–6.7) 4.3 (2.7–6.6) d 8.2 (3.3–18.9) 8.0 (4.9–12.7) b
  Generalized anxiety disorder 2.5 (2.0–3.2) 2.5 (1.8–3.5) 2.6 (1.4–4.8) 1.4 (0.8–2.6) 3.5 (2.4–5.3) 1.6 (0.8–3.3) 3.3 (1.9–5.7) c 0.8 (0.3–1.8) e 4.5 (2.2–9.2) c
  Post-traumatic stress disorder 2.0 (1.2–3.3) 1.7 (0.9–3.2) 3.1 (1.4–6.5) 1.4 (0.8–2.6) 2.5 (1.4–4.5) 1.7 (0.9–3.3) d 1.7 (0.7–4.2) 0.5 (0.1–2.9) d 5.7 (2.3–13.7) Є
  Any anxiety disorder 10.2 (8.0–13.1) 9.3 (7.3–11.8) 13.3 (8.4–20.5) 9.3 (5.9–14.5) 11.1 (8.8–13.9) 9.2 (6.0–13.8) d 9.5 (7.4–12.1) d 9.8 (4.5–20.1) 16.9 (10.9–25.2)

II. Mood Disorders
  Major depressive disorder 9.1 (7.5–11.1) 8.0 (6.5–9.7) 13.0 (9.5–17.6)** 8.2 (6.0–11.0) 10.0 (7.6–13.1) 8.0 (5.5–11.3) d 8.0 (6.0–10.6) d 8.8 (5.1–14.7) d 17.3 (11.5–25.2) §
  Dysthymia 2.2 (1.4–3.4) 2.0 (1.2–3.6) 2.7 (1.4–5.1) 2.0 (1.0–4.0) 2.4 (1.4–4.2) 2.3 (1.0–5.0) 1.8 (0.9–3.8) 1.1 (0.6–2.0) d 4.4 (2.0–9.8) c
  Any mood disorder 9.5 (7.8–11.4) 8.3 (6.8–10.1) 13.4 (9.8–17.9)** 8.3 (6.1–11.1) 10.6 (8.3–13.4) 8.0 (5.6–11.4) d 8.6 (6.8–10.8) d 9.0 (5.6–14.3) d 17.8 (11.8–25.8) §

VI. Substance Disorders
  Alcohol abuse or dependence 3.4 (2.3–5.2) 2.0 (0.9–4.2) 8.3 (5.6–12.0)** 6.0 (3.6–9.8) 1.1 (0.5–2.6)** 3.8 (1.6–8.7) 0.4 (0.1–0.9) § 12.6 (8.0–19.3) § 3.9 (1.7–8.8)
  Drug abuse or dependence 2.1 (1.4–3.0) 1.0 (0.5–2.0) 5.5 (3.7–8.2)*** 3.1 (1.9–5.0) 1.2 (0.7–2.0)* 1.8 (0.8–3.8) 0.4 (0.1–1.2) § 7.1 (4.2–11.8) 3.9 (1.9–7.7) b
  Any substance disorder 4.0 (2.8–5.6) 2.2 (1.1–4.4) 9.7 (7.1–13.1)*** 6.5 (4.1–10.1) 1.7 (1.0–2.9)** 4.1 (1.9–8.8) 0.6 (0.4–1.0) § 13.8 (9.5–19.4) § 5.6 (2.9–10.4)

V. Any Mental Disorder
  Any disorder 18.1 (15.3–21.4) 15.9 (13.1–19.1) 25.7 (19.7–32.7)** 17.7 (13.3–23.2) 18.5 (15.4–22.1) 15.9 (11.5–21.5) d 15.9 (13.3–18.9) d 23.5 (15.9–33.1) 27.9 (20.1–37.3)
*

Significant gender/nativity difference (p<.05)

**

Significant gender/nativity difference (p<.01)

***

Significant gender/nativity difference (p<.001)

a

Significantly different from immigrant men (p<.05)

b

Significantly different from immigrant women (p<.05)

c

Significantly different from US-born men (p<.05)

d

Significantly different from US-born women (p<.05)

§

Significantly different from all other gender and nativity categories (p<.05)

Significantly different from immigrant women and US-born men (p<.05)

Significantly different from US-born men and US-born women (p<.05)

e

Significantly different from immigrant women men and US-born women (p<.05)

Significantly different from immigrant men and immigrant women (p<.05)

Є

Significantly different from immigrant men and us-born men (p<.05)