TABLE 1.
Age-standardized prevalence of psychological distress in the Australian working age population, 2001–2017/18.
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| ns | Ratea | 95% | CI | Ratea | 95% | CI | |
| Age Group | |||||||
| 18 – 24 | 7846 | 4.05% | 3.62% | 4.49% | 15.75% | 14.95% | 16.56% |
| 25 – 34 | 17292 | 3.55% | 3.27% | 3.82% | 12.78% | 12.28% | 13.28% |
| 35 – 44 | 19874 | 3.97% | 3.69% | 4.24% | 12.99% | 12.52% | 13.46% |
| 45 – 54 | 17742 | 5.39% | 5.05% | 5.72% | 14.00% | 13.49% | 14.51% |
| 55 – 64 | 15470 | 4.53% | 4.20% | 4.85% | 12.96% | 12.43% | 13.49% |
| Locationa | |||||||
| Major cities | 51289 | 4.09% | 3.92% | 4.27% | 13.13% | 12.83% | 13.43% |
| Inner regional | 15073 | 4.75% | 4.40% | 5.10% | 14.42% | 13.83% | 15.00% |
| Other | 11862 | 4.24% | 3.87% | 4.61% | 13.66% | 13.01% | 14.30% |
| Sexra | |||||||
| Male | 36809 | 3.30% | 3.12% | 3.49% | 10.90% | 10.57% | 11.22% |
| Female | 41415 | 5.18% | 4.96% | 5.41% | 16.05% | 15.68% | 16.42% |
| Male and Yeara | |||||||
| 2001 | 6797 | 3.01% | 2.60% | 3.41% | 10.86% | 10.11% | 11.61% |
| 2004 | 7135 | 3.27% | 2.86% | 3.69% | 11.33% | 10.57% | 12.08% |
| 2007 | 6095 | 2.87% | 2.46% | 3.28% | 10.29% | 9.52% | 11.06% |
| 2011 | 5871 | 3.08% | 2.63% | 3.52% | 9.54% | 8.77% | 10.31% |
| 2014 | 5197 | 3.43% | 2.92% | 3.93% | 10.35% | 9.50% | 11.19% |
| 2017/18 | 5714 | 4.19% | 3.66% | 4.72% | 12.57% | 11.68% | 13.46% |
| Female and Yeara | |||||||
| 2001 | 7844 | 5.19% | 4.69% | 5.69% | 17.00% | 16.15% | 17.84% |
| 2004 | 8033 | 5.02% | 4.54% | 5.50% | 16.73% | 15.89% | 17.58% |
| 2007 | 6509 | 4.59% | 4.08% | 5.11% | 15.33% | 14.44% | 16.23% |
| 2011 | 6461 | 4.61% | 4.09% | 5.13% | 13.72% | 12.85% | 14.58% |
| 2014 | 6099 | 5.43% | 4.85% | 6.02% | 15.50% | 14.55% | 16.44% |
| 2017/18 | 6469 | 5.90% | 5.31% | 6.50% | 16.97% | 16.03% | 17.92% |
| Household income quintiles | |||||||
| (poor) 1 | 10031 | 10.88% | 9.25% | 12.51% | 24.56% | 22.36% | 26.76% |
| 2 | 10050 | 6.06% | 4.78% | 7.35% | 20.11% | 17.95% | 22.26% |
| 3 | 13307 | 1.98% | 1.41% | 2.56% | 11.82% | 10.27% | 13.37% |
| 4 | 15601 | 2.14% | 1.47% | 2.81% | 9.12% | 7.82% | 10.43% |
| (rich) 5 | 16897 | 1.01% | 0.58% | 1.45% | 5.76% | 4.82% | 6.70% |
| Female and Household income quintiles | |||||||
| (poor) 1 | 5915 | 11.91% | 9.78% | 14.03% | 26.94% | 24.06% | 29.82% |
| 2 | 6005 | 6.80% | 5.07% | 8.52% | 23.31% | 20.37% | 26.24% |
| 3 | 7078 | 2.53% | 1.59% | 3.46% | 14.99% | 12.55% | 17.43% |
| 4 | 7840 | 2.75% | 1.66% | 3.84% | 11.44% | 9.38% | 13.49% |
| (rich) 5 | 7736 | 1.75% | 0.92% | 2.58% | 7.79% | 6.16% | 9.42% |
| Male and Household income quintiles | |||||||
| (poor) 1 | 4120 | 9.64% | 7.13% | 12.15% | 21.72% | 18.35% | 25.08% |
| 2 | 4050 | 5.12% | 3.22% | 7.03% | 15.99% | 12.86% | 19.11% |
| 3 | 6229 | 1.45% | 0.77% | 2.13% | 8.70% | 6.83% | 10.58% |
| 4 | 7761 | 1.54% | 0.75% | 2.33% | 6.88% | 5.29% | 8.47% |
| (rich) 5 | 9161 | 0.43% | 0.01% | 0.85% | 4.16% | 3.09% | 5.24% |
aStandardized to 2001 Australian Census. Derived from a total of n = 78,204 survey participants aged 18–64 years. SNumber of survey respondents.