Table 1.

Demographic distribution of the German population, the respondents of the main survey (DEGS1) and the respondents of the mental health supplement (DEGS1‐MH) unweighted (N, %) and weighted (%w)

	German population 31 December 2010 (in thousand)		DEGS1 N = 7116a			DEGS1‐MH N = 5318
	N	%	N	%	%w RKI	N	%	%w RKI	%w TUD
Men
18–24	3 444.2	10.8	318	9.3	10.8	213	8.4	10.0	10.8
25–34	4965.4	15.6	399	11.7	15.6	283	11.1	14.6	15.2
35–44	5901.3	18.5	485	14.2	18.6	378	14.9	19.6	19.2
45–54	6766.5	21.2	673	19.7	21.3	501	19.7	21.5	21.1
55–64	4990.1	15.7	612	17.9	15.6	456	18.0	15.7	15.2
65–69	2106.1	6.6	370	10.8	6.6	290	11.4	7.2	7.1
70–79	3 676.1	11.5	554	16.2	11.6	419	16.5	11.4	11.4
	31 849.7
Women
18–24	3 292.5	10.2	312	8.4	10.2	213	7.7	9.4	10.4
25–34	4827.8	15.0	428	11.6	15.0	309	11.1	14.4	14.6
35–44	5693.1	17.7	562	15.2	17.7	423	15.2	18.1	17.9
45–54	6562.2	20.3	794	21.4	20.3	625	22.5	21.1	20.3
55–64	5123.4	15.9	680	18.4	15.9	513	18.5	16.0	15.5
65–69	2275.8	7.1	373	10.1	7.1	299	10.8	7.6	7.6
70–79	4 479.6	13.9	556	15.0	13.9	396	14.3	13.4	13.7
	32 254.4
Total
18–24	6 736.7	10.5	630	8.9	10.5	426	8.0	9.7	10.6
25–34	9793.2	15.3	827	11.6	15.3	592	11.1	14.5	14.9
35–44	11594.4	18.1	1047	14.7	18.1	801	15.1	18.8	18.5
45–54	13328.7	20.8	1467	20.6	20.8	1126	21.2	21.3	20.7
55–64	10113.5	15.8	1292	18.2	15.7	969	18.2	15.8	15.4
65–69	4381.9	6.8	743	10.4	6.8	589	11.1	7.4	7.3
70–79	8 155.7	12.7	1110	15.6	12.7	815	15.3	12.4	12.5
	64 104.1

^aDEGS1 respondents aged 18–79 years with both interview and examination data

Note: %w^RKI, sample weight provided by RKI, accounting for selection probabilities of sampling points and age groups, regional distribution, German citizenship, education and re‐participation probability of former GNHIES98 participants; %w^TUD, post‐stratification weight provided by TUD to additionally account for non‐participation in DEGS1‐MH