Table 1.

Prevalence of anxiety and depressive symptoms and self-rated health.

		Anxiety symptoms			Depressive symptoms			Self-rated health
	N	Low (<44) (%, 95% CI)	Moderate/high (≥44) (%, 95% CI)	Minimal/mild (<10) (%, 95% CI)		Moderate/severe (≥10) (%, 95% CI)	Very good/good (%, 95% CI)		Poor/very poor (%, 95% CI)
Sex
Total	1208	636	572	1033		174	1097		110
		(52.65, 49.83–55.45)	(47.35, 44.55–50.17)	(85.51, 83.42–87.39)		(14.40, 12.54–16.50)	(90.81, 89.05–92.31)		(9.11, 7.61–10.86)
Female	633	333	300	528		105	562		71
		(52.61, 48.71–56.47)	(47.39, 43.53–51.29)	(83.41, 80.31–86.11)		(16.59, 13.89–19.69)	(88.78, 86.09–91.01)		(11.22, 8.99–13.91)
Male	575	303	272	506		69	535		39
		(52.70, 48.61–56.75)	(47.30, 43.25–51.39)	(88.00, 85.09–90.41)		(12.00, 9.59–14.91)	(93.04, 90.67–94.85)		(6.78, 5.00–9.14)
Age (years)
18–24	129	52	77	100		29	120		9
		(40.31, 32.24–48.94)	(59.69, 51.06–67.76)	(77.52, 69.58–83.87)		(22.48, 16.13–30.42)	(93.02, 87.27–96.29)		(6.98, 3.71–12.73)
25–34	188	95	94	163		25	175		12
		(50.53, 43.45–57.60)	(50.00, 42.92–57.08)	(86.70, 81.11–90.83)		(13.30, 9.17–18.89)	(93.09, 88.53–95.91)		(6.38, 3.69–10.82)
35–44	227	112	115	197		30	220		8
		(49.34, 42.90–55.80)	(50.66, 44.20–57.10)	(86.78, 81.76–90.58)		(13.22, 9.42–18.24)	(96.92, 93.77–98.50)		(3.52, 1.80–6.80)
45–54	242	134	109	208		35	223		18
		(55.37, 49.07–61.50)	(45.04, 38.90–51.34)	(85.95, 81.01–89.77)		(14.46, 10.59–19.45)	(92.15, 88.06–94.92)		(7.44, 4.76–11.45)
55–64	193	125	68	168		24	175		19
		(64.77, 57.80–71.16)	(35.23, 28.84–42.20)	(87.05, 81.58–91.07)		(12.44, 8.50–17.84)	(90.67, 85.74–94.02)		(9.84, 6.39–14.86)
≥65	213	111	102	182		31	172		42
		(52.11, 45.43–58.72)	(47.89, 41.28–54.57)	(85.45, 80.08–89.55)		(14.55, 10.45–19.92)	(80.75, 74.93–85.48)		(19.72, 14.93–25.58)
Missing	16	8	8	14		1	13		3
		(50.00, 28.00–72.00)	(50.00, 28.00–72.00)	(87.50, 63.98–96.50)		(6.25, 1.11–28.33)	(81.25, 56.99–93.41)		(18.75, 6.59–43.01)
Education level
≤Primary	215	108	106	164		50	172		42
		(50.23, 43.60–56.85)	(49.30, 42.69–55.94)	(76.28, 70.16–81.47)		(23.26, 18.11–29.34)	(80.00, 74.15–84.80)		(19.53, 14.79–25.35)
Secondary	543	289	253	465		78	497		46
		(53.22, 49.02–57.38)	(46.59, 42.44–50.80)	(85.64, 82.43–88.34)		(14.36, 11.66–17.57)	(91.53, 88.88–93.59)		(8.47, 6.41–11.12)
≥Tertiary	442	236	206	397		45	420		22
		(53.39, 48.73–57.99)	(46.61, 42.01–51.27)	(89.82, 86.65–92.30)		(10.18, 7.70–13.35)	(95.02, 92.58–96.69)		(4.98, 3.31–7.42)
Missing	8	2	6	7		1	7		1
		(25.00, 7.15–59.07)	(75.00, 40.93–92.85)	(87.50, 52.91–97.76)		(12.50, 2.24–47.09)	(87.50, 52.91–97.76)		(12.50, 2.24–47.09)

Note. The data was weighted by sex, age, and education level based on the data of population census in Hong Kong. CI=confidence interval.