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. 2018 May 16;75(7):678–686. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.0577

Table. Age- and Sex-Adjusted Prevalence of Psychotic Disorder and Psychotic Experience.

Countries Unweighted No. of Respondents Age- and Sex-Adjusted Weighted Prevalence, % (SE)a
Psychotic Disorder Psychotic Experience
Overall Urban Residence Rural Residence Overall Urban Residence Rural Residence
Low-income countries
Bangladesh 5942 0.7 (0.2) 1.0 (0.3) 0.7 (0.2) 13.1 (1.2) 12.6 (1.7) 13.2 (1.5)
Burkina Faso 4948 1.3 (0.3) 1.0 (0.5) 1.3 (0.3) 23.3 (1.9) 26.9 (2.3) 22.5 (2.3)
Chad 4870 3.1 (0.4) 3.4 (0.9) 3.0 (0.4) 16.3 (1.6) 18.7 (2.6) 15.4 (1.9)
Ethiopia 5089 1.5 (0.2) 2.3 (0.7) 1.3 (0.2) 16.6 (0.8) 14.8 (2.7) 16.9 (0.8)
Ghana 4165 0.7 (0.1) 0.9 (0.3) 0.5 (0.1) 4.9 (0.5) 4.1 (0.6) 5.5 (0.6)
Kenya 4640 0.8 (0.2) 0.9 (0.5) 0.7 (0.2) 17.9 (1.4) 11.9 (2.8) 19.9 (1.0)
Laos 4988 0.4 (0.1) 0.7 (0.3) 0.3 (0.1) 5.7 (0.5) 7.7 (1.1) 5.2 (0.5)
Malawi 5551 1.2 (0.2) 0.8 (0.5) 1.3 (0.2) 4.7 (0.6) 5.0 (1.2) 4.8 (0.6)
Mali 4886 2.2 (0.4) 1.2 (0.5) 2.7 (0.5) 14.1 (0.9) 17.3 (2.2) 12.5 (0.9)
Mauritania 3902 2.6 (0.5) 2.5 (0.7) 3.0 (0.7) 9.6 (1.2) 11.3 (1.6) 7.1 (1.9)
Myanmar 6045 0.3 (0.1) 0.4 (0.2) 0.3 (0.2) 2.6 (0.6) 2.0 (1.1) 2.9 (0.7)
Nepal 8820 2.6 (0.2) 1.9 (0.5) 2.7 (0.2) 45.1 (0.8) 39.1 (2.6) 46.2 (0.8)
Pakistan 6501 1.1 (0.2) 1.0 (0.3) 1.1 (0.2) 2.0 (0.3) 2.9 (0.7) 1.5 (0.3)
Senegal 3461 1.4 (0.3) 0.7 (0.2) 2.0 (0.6) 18.7 (1.4) 19.9 (1.9) 17.8 (2.0)
Vietnam 4174 0.1 (0.03) 0 (0) 0.1 (0.04) 0.7 (0.2) 0.3 (0.2) 0.8 (0.3)
Zambia 4165 0.6 (0.1) 0.9 (0.4) 0.6 (0.1) 10.6 (0.8) 9.3 (1.3) 11.4 (1.0)
Zimbabwe 4290 1.1 (0.2) 0.7 (0.4) 1.3 (0.3) 8.5 (0.8) 8.3 (1.2) 8.7 (1.1)
Middle-income countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1031 0.1 (0.1) 0.1 (0.1) 0.1 (0.1) 1.8 (0.5) 2.4 (0.9) 1.2 (0.5)
Brazil 5000 1.7 (0.2) 1.7 (0.2) 1.6 (0.5) 31.6 (0.9) 31.7 (1.0) 30.9 (2.6)
Croatia 993 2.0 (0.5) 1.7 (0.6) 2.5 (1.1) 7.3 (1.1) 6.6 (1.4) 9.2 (1.9)
Czech Republic 949 0.4 (0.2) 0.5 (0.3) 0.1 (0.1) 9.0 (1.5) 7.1 (1.3) 13.8 (3.6)
Dominican Republic 5027 1.0 (0.2) 0.7 (0.2) 1.4 (0.5) 21.5 (1.3) 21.3 (1.7) 22.1 (2.6)
Ecuador 5675 0.9 (0.2) 1.0 (0.3) 0.9 (0.3) 8.9 (1.0) 9.1 (1.2) 8.5 (1.7)
Estonia 1020 1.5 (0.5) 2.0 (0.6) 0.2 (0.2) 11.8 (1.2) 14 (1.7) 6.6 (1.6)
Georgia 2950 0.5 (0.2) 0.5 (0.3) 0.5 (0.2) 1.8 (0.5) 1.5 (0.7) 1.8 (0.5)
Hungary 1419 2.4 (0.5) 2.1 (0.7) 3.1 (0.7) 6.7 (0.7) 5.6 (0.9) 8.7 (1.2)
Kazakhstan 4499 0.5 (0.1) 0.3 (0.1) 0.8 (0.3) 3.0 (0.6) 1.9 (0.6) 4.5 (1.3)
Latvia 929 0.8 (0.4) 0.8 (0.5) 0.7 (0.7) 13.7 (1.7) 12.8 (2.1) 15.5 (2.9)
Malaysia 6145 0.2 (0.1) 0.2 (0.1) 0.1 (0.1) 7.1 (0.5) 6.6 (0.6) 7.8 (0.8)
Mauritius 3968 0.6 (0.1) 0.4 (0.1) 0.8 (0.2) 7.7 (1.0) 6.3 (1.4) 9.1 (1.5)
Mexico 38 746 0.4 (0.04) 0.4 (0.1) 0.3 (0.1) 8.7 (0.3) 9.1 (0.4) 7.5 (0.6)
Morocco 5000 0.7 (0.2) 0.7 (0.3) 0.5 (0.2) 17.6 (1.2) 19.6 (1.8) 14.5 (1.3)
Namibia 4379 3.0 (0.4) 3.3 (1.1) 3.0 (0.5) 10.9 (0.8) 12.2 (1.4) 10.1 (0.9)
Paraguay 5288 0.5 (0.1) 0.4 (0.1) 0.5 (0.2) 9.0 (0.5) 9.6 (0.8) 8.2 (0.6)
Philippines 10 083 0.4 (0.1) 0.3 (0.1) 0.6 (0.1) 8.9 (0.7) 8.8 (0.9) 9.1 (1.0)
Slovakia 2535 0.3 (0.1) 0.4 (0.2) 0 (0) 9.6 (1.7) 10.4 (1.5) 8.4 (3.3)
South Africa 2629 1.2 (0.3) 0.9 (0.3) 1.6 (0.5) 14.9 (1.6) 10.4 (1.4) 21.1 (3.2)
Sri Lanka 6805 0.6 (0.2) 0.8 (0.7) 0.6 (0.1) 2.2 (0.3) 3.3 (0.8) 1.9 (0.4)
Swaziland 3117 6.2 (0.9) 6.4 (1.2) 6.4 (1.1) 17.8 (1.3) 17.1 (2.0) 18.0 (1.5)
Tunisia 5202 1.9 (0.3) 1.7 (0.3) 2.2 (0.5) 14.7 (1.2) 13.2 (1.6) 17.4 (1.7)
Ukraine 2860 0.6 (0.1) 0.6 (0.2) 0.5 (0.3) 7.1 (0.9) 6.7 (1.0) 7.9 (1.9)
Uruguay 2996 0.7 (0.1) 0.8 (0.1) 0.6 (0.4) 5.5 (1.1) 5.6 (1.2) 4.2 (1.4)
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All age- and sex-adjusted weighted estimates were calculated using the United Nations population pyramids for 2010.26