Table 1.

Characteristics of the general sample and of the sample with self-reported anxiety or depression (%)

	General population			Population with anxiety/depression
	Both genders	Women (51.7 %)	Men (48.3 %)	Both genders	Women (64.5 %)	Men (35.5 %)
Psychiatric outpatient visits last year	n = 10253	n = 5304	n = 4949	n = 1768	n = 1140	n = 628
No	96.1	95.4	96.7	87.6	86.5	89.5
Yes	3.9	4.6	3.3	12.4	13.5	10.5
Age	n = 10253	n = 5304	n = 4949	n = 1768	n = 1140	n = 628
30–39	4.1	4.5	3.7	4.5	4.8	3.8
40–49	29.9	30.5	29.3	29.0	27.1	32.2
50–59	19.6	19.5	19.6	21.4	21.1	22.0
60–69	30.9	29.7	32.1	27.3	26.8	28.0
70–79	12.4	12.3	12.6	14.1	15.3	11.9
80–87	3.1	3.5	2.7	3.7	4.7	1.9
Marital status	n = 10010	n = 5138	n = 4872	n = 1719	n = 1100	n = 619
Single	23.6	29.7	17.1	32.5	36.4	25.7
Married/cohabitant	76.4	70.3	82.9	67.5	63.6	74.3
Household incomea	n = 9625	n = 4858	n = 4767	n = 1640	n = 1033	n = 607
Low	10.2	13.5	6.7	17.9	21.6	11.5
Low middle	25.8	28.5	23.1	32.1	32.8	31.0
High middle	36.3	33.1	39.5	32.4	30.2	36.1
High	27.7	24.9	30.7	17.6	15.3	21.4
Educationb	n = 10149	n = 5249	n = 4900	n = 1740	n = 1126	n = 614
Low	26.2	28.9	23.4	33.7	35.8	29.8
Middle	33.6	31.9	35.3	32.2	32.8	31.3
High	40.2	39.2	41.3	34.1	31.4	38.9
Degree of anxiety/depression	n = 10253	n = 5304	n = 4949	n = 1768	n = 1140	n = 628
Not at all	82.8	78.5	87.3	-	-	-
Moderate	16.8	20.9	12.4	97.3	97.0	97.9
Severe	0.5	0.6	0.3	2.7	3.0	2.1
GP visits last year	n = 10197	n = 5269	n = 4928	n = 1763	n = 1136	n = 627
No	19.3	15.4	23.5	9.5	7.9	12.4
Yes	80.7	84.6	76.5	90.5	92.1	87.6

GP general practitioner

^aLow (<200000 NOK), Low middle (201000–400000 NOK), High middle (401000–700000 NOK), High (>700000 NOK)

^bLow (primary/part of secondary school), Middle (high school), High (college/university)