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. 2020 Oct 9;2(41):804–809. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2020.219

Table 1. Overall incidence, prevalence, and burden indicators of mental and substance use disorders — China, 1990−2019.

Disease Gender Year Incidence Prevalence YLDs DALYs
N P’ N P’ N P’ N P’
Note: N: Number of cases for incidence and prevalence; number of person years for years lived with disability (YLDs) and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs).
P’: Standardized rate calculated using the 2010 National Census as the standard population, expressed as 1/100,000.
* Percent change was calculated as difference value between 2019 and 2000 divided by quantity in 2000.
Mental disorders
Male 1990 17,202,840 2,970.34 67,652,491 11,446.77 7,273,363 1,317.04 7,273,427 1,317.05
2000 19,931,663 3,064.56 77,058,444 11,458.69 8,488,240 1,323.53 8,488,287 1,323.54
2019 21,301,694 2,863.96 78,905,611 10,926.44 9,382,016 1,275.38 9,382,921 1,275.52
2019 vs. 2000*(%) 6.87 −6.55 2.40 −4.64 10.53 −3.64 10.54 −3.63
Female 1990 25,699,004 4,897.47 64,975,588 12,391.56 8,364,066 1,638.24 8,364,774 1,638.36
2000 26,844,223 4,487.62 75,693,881 12,437.26 9,620,483 1,612.06 9,621,742 1,612.25
2019 31,423,301 4,221.31 81,257,083 11,297.32 10,909,569 1,502.04 10,910,906 1,502.27
2019 vs. 2000*(%) 17.06 −5.93 7.35 −9.17 13.40 −6.82 13.40 −6.82
Both 1990 42,901,844 3,908.01 132,628,079 11,913.81 15,637,430 1,473.49 15,638,201 1,473.55
2000 46,775,886 3,763.25 152,752,326 11,951.35 18,108,723 1,465.29 18,110,029 1,465.38
2019 52,724,995 3,541.04 160,162,694 11,141.86 20,291,586 1,388.44 20,293,827 1,388.63
2019 vs. 2000*(%) 12.72 −5.90 4.85 −6.77 12.05 −5.24 12.06 −5.24
Substance use disorders
Male 1990 8,129,143 1,479.60 17,723,860 3,247.16 2,586,887 460.62 3,639,417 667.18
2000 8,993,793 1,401.98 19,580,679 3,083.95 2,839,423 440.24 4,454,353 701.94
2019 10,006,860 1,417.60 22,632,420 3,168.36 3,120,261 439.82 4,184,659 586.44
2019 vs. 2000*(%) 11.26 1.11 15.59 2.74 9.89 −0.10 −6.05 −16.45
Female 1990 2,456,217 464.82 5,916,017 1,082.33 1,210,470 217.95 1,873,445 345.66
2000 3,109,561 502.29 6,869,216 1,103.42 1,275,070 203.93 1,837,561 293.89
2019 3,072,714 457.06 7,347,936 1,081.51 1,416,512 206.30 1,571,000 228.24
2019 vs. 2000*(%) −1.18 −9.01 6.97 −1.99 11.09 1.16 −14.51 −22.34
Both 1990 10,585,360 991.07 23,639,877 2,204.45 3,797,357 343.90 5,512,862 512.71
2000 12,103,354 964.63 26,449,895 2,120.34 4,114,493 325.35 6,291,914 503.51
2019 13,079,574 945.99 29,980,356 2,141.67 4,536,773 325.07 5,755,658 410.24
2019 vs. 2000*(%) 8.07 −1.93 13.35 1.01 10.26 −0.09 −8.52 −18.52