Table 2.
Mental health outcomes (and corresponding 95% confidence intervals) of males and females overall and in the intersection that was identified as being important for all three outcomes: older adolescents of low affluence.
| Average positive psychosomatic health score |
Prevalence of symptoms of depression (%) |
Prevalence of a diagnosed mental health illness (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | Difference | Males | Females | Difference | Males | Females | Difference | |
| Overall | 32.9 (32.8, 33.1) | 29.2 (29.1, 29.4) | 3.7 (3.5, 3.9) | 22.5 (21.5, 23.5) | 40.1 (39.0, 41.2) | 17.6 (16.1, 19.1) | 2.8 (2.4, 3.2) | 9.3 (8.7, 10.0) | 6.6 (5.8, 7.3) |
| Older adolescents of low affluence | 31.6 (31.3, 31.9) | 26.6 (26.3, 26.9) | 5.0 (4.5, 5.4) | 29.4 (27.3, 31.5) | 53.7 (51.6, 55.7) | 24.3 (21.4, 27.3) | 4.0 (3.0, 5.2) | 16.5 (14.8, 18.5) | 12.6 (10.4, 14.8) |