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. 2019 Sep 9;16:137. doi: 10.1186/s12978-019-0802-x

Table 3.

Percentiles for PHQ-9 and PHQ-2 scores by gender

Percentiles Total Male Female
PHQ-9 PHQ-2 PHQ-9 PHQ-2 PHQ-9 PHQ-2
1 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 1 0 0 0 3 0
20 3 1 2 0 4 1
25 3 1 2 0 5 2
30 4 1 3 0 5 2
40 6 2 4 1 7 2
50 7 2 5 1 9 3
60 9 3 7 2 11 3
70 12 3 9 3 13 4
75 13 4 10 3 15 4
80 14 4 12 4 16 5
90 17 5 15 5 19 5
95 21 6 18 6 22 6
99 24 6 24 6 25 6

PHQ-9 Patient Health Questionnaire-9; PHQ-2: Patient Health Questionnaire-2