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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Arch Womens Ment Health. 2014 Aug 13;18(1):103–111. doi: 10.1007/s00737-014-0453-4

Table 3.

Prevalence of past 12 month mental health disorders by past-year oral contraceptive use among United States women age 20–39 in 1999–2004.

% (SE) with outcome
Past year
OC users
Past year non-users
Outcome All non-
users
Never
users
Former
users
Anxiety
Generalized anxiety disorder,
diagnosis or subthreshold
Panic
5.7 (1.4) 8.2 (1.4) 4.9 (1.6) 9.7 (1.8)
Panic disorder, diagnosis or
subthreshold
Depression
2.6 (1.0) 6.7 (1.2) 2.6 (1.2) 8.7 (1.6)
Major depression, diagnosis 8.3 (1.9) 9.8 (1.1) 4.9 (1.8) 12.2 (1.6)
Major depression, subthreshold 4.3 (1.3) 3.9 (0.9) 2.8 (1.2) 4.5 (1.1)
Disorders combined
Any disorder, diagnosis 9.8 (1.9) 13.7 (1.3) 7.9 (1.8) 16.5 (1.9)
Any disorder, subthreshold 7.8 (1.6) 7.4 (0.9) 5.5 (1.2) 8.3 (1.3)