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. 2015 Feb 27;24(3):210–226. doi: 10.1017/S2045796015000189

Table 4.

Two indicators of severity (proportion of cases reporting severe role impairment due to depression and proportion of cases reporting suicide ideation) among respondents with 12-month DSM-IV/CIDI MDD depending on presence or absence of comorbid anxiety disordersa in the WHO WMH Surveys

Prevalence of severe role impairmentb when comorbid anxiety disorders are … Prevalence of suicide ideationc when comorbid anxiety disorders are … Number of respondents with 12-month MDD where comorbid anxiety disorders are …
Present Absent Present Absent Present Absent
% (s.e.) % (s.e.) % (s.e.) % (s.e.) (n) (n)
I. Low/Middle Income
Brazil – São Paulo 57.0* (3.5) 41.2 (2.9) 18.7* (3.4) 7.1 (1.6) (205) (284)
Bulgaria 51.7* (6.9) 41.5 (5.2) 8.7* (4.5) 16.1 (6.7) (54) (91)
Colombia 49.3* (4.8) 42.1 (4.8) 20.8* (5.9) 13.5 (3.6) (110) (131)
Colombia – Medellin 51.0 (5.9) 51.1 (5.7) 21.3 (5.8) 18.5 (5.3) (73) (78)
Iraq 71.8* (5.0) 36.3 (4.8) 11.8* (5.9) 4.7 (1.8) (81) (101)
Lebanon 63.3 (7.0) 64.5 (5.5) 5.3* (3.8) 9.2 (3.9) (49) (77)
Mexico 45.2* (5.0) 38.6 (4.3) 16.4 (4.3) 15.9 (3.9) (101) (130)
Nigeria 8.0 (8.2) 16.2 (4.8) 20.8 (18.2) 17.7 (6.5) (12) (60)
Peru 35.3 (8.0) 39.7 (6.3) 6.9* (4.7) 18.3 (5.0) (37) (62)
PRCd – Beijing/Shanghai 22.1 (9.3) 32.2 (5.8) 8.2 (5.8) 4.2 (2.8) (21) (66)
PRCd – Shenzhen 41.1* (8.2) 19.4 (2.9) 5.0 (2.9) 3.2 (1.6) (37) (185)
Romania 46.9 (15.8) 40.8 (9.3) 5.0 (5.4) 4.6 (4.6) (11) (29)
Total 61.5* (1.5) 41.9 (1.3) 15.2* (1.8) 9.4 (1.0) (791) (1294)
II. High Income
Australia 77.3* (2.8) 52.4 (3.4) 24.9* (3.9) 7.1 (1.7) (229) (217)
Belgium 66.0 (12.6) 52.4 (9.6) 12.7 (5.2) 10.9 (5.0) (39) (67)
France 67.2 (8.4) 49.3 (7.9) 19.3* (6.3) 7.0 (2.8) (68) (89)
Germany 64.5 (9.6) 54.2 (8.7) 19.1* (6.2) 2.1 (1.5) (55) (54)
Israel 70.8* (6.6) 51.2 (3.3) 15.3* (5.5) 9.7 (2.0) (48) (232)
Italy 59.8 (11.8) 53.6 (8.9) 10.8* (4.4) 5.0 (2.4) (51) (67)
Japan 68.9* (9.4) 28.5 (6.1) 32.7* (11.0) 6.9 (3.6) (25) (56)
Netherlands 68.1 (14.7) 55.7 (9.4) 19.0 (7.2) 14.1 (9.0) (40) (81)
New Zealand 73.2* (2.3) 56.2 (2.6) 28.9* (3.3) 14.7 (2.3) (370) (365)
Northern Ireland 62.6* (4.6) 51.1 (4.8) 14.7* (3.7) 1.2 (0.9) (110) (109)
Poland 56.5* (8.4) 41.7 (5.3) 18.5* (7.0) 8.4 (3.3) (36) (87)
Portugal 59.3* (4.4) 42.1 (3.9) 13.5* (3.1) 8.7 (2.4) (126) (164)
Spain 61.8 (8.4) 52.6 (7.6) 6.8 (3.0) 7.3 (2.7) (87) (142)
Spain – Murcia 50.8* (7.5) 36.4 (4.6) 15.2* (6.0) 6.8 (2.9) (45) (109)
US 67.0* (2.4) 46.0 (3.0) 21.5* (2.4) 7.8 (1.7) (375) (271)
Total 68.8* (1.2) 49.6 (1.2) 21.3* (1.3) 8.7 (0.7) (1704) (2110)
III. Total 64.4* (1.0) 46.0 (0.9) 19.5* (1.1) 8.9 (0.6) (2495) (3404)

*Significant difference depending on whether comorbid anxiety disorders are present v. absent at the 0.05 level, two-sided test.

aAnxiety disorders include generalised anxiety disorder, panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, agoraphobia without a history of panic disorder, specific phobia, social phobia, separation anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.

bRatings of severe or very severe on one or more SDS dimensions in the 1 month in the 12 before interview when the respondent's MDD was most severe.

cAt any time in the 12 months before interview.

dPeople's Republic of China.