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Table 1 Prevalence (1-week) of common mental disorders and substance use by gender in a representative sample of the general population of Greece 18–70, (weighted data, N = 4894)

From: Prevalence and sociodemographic associations of common mental disorders in a nationally representative sample of the general population of Greece

 

Male

Female

p-value

Total

 

% (95% CI1)

% (95% CI1)

(male vs. female)

% (95% CI1)

Depressive Episode

2.10% (1.53 – 2.67)

3.68% (2.94 – 4.42)

0.001

2.90% (2.43 – 3.37)

Any Anxiety Disorder

4.49% (3.66 – 5.31)

8.45% (7.36 – 9.55)

<0.001

6.49% (5.80 – 7.18)

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

2.55% (1.92 – 3.18)

5.62% (4.71 – 6.53)

<0.001

4.10% (3.54 – 4.65)

Panic Disorder

1.19% (0.76 – 1.62)

2.55% (1.93 – 3.17)

<0.001

1.88% (1.50 – 2.26)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

1.27% (0.83 – 1.72)

2.10% (1.54 – 2.67)

0.025

1.69% (1.33 – 2.05)

All Phobias

1.93% (1.39 – 2.43)

3.64% (2.90 – 4.38)

<0.001

2.79% (2.33 – 3.26)

Any Anxiety or Depressive Disorder

5.43% (4.53 – 6.33)

9.87% (8.69 – 11.05)

<0.001

7.67% (6.92 – 8.41)

Other Non Specific Psychiatric Morbidity (“mixed anxiety-depression”)

2.26% (1.67 – 2.85)

3.07% (2.39 – 3.75)

0.078

2.67% (2.22 -3.12)

Harmful Alcohol Use

16.95% (15.45 – 18.44)

8.51% (7.40 – 9.60)

<0.001

12.69% (11.75 – 13.62)

Smoking Use (regular user - past month)

49.56% (47.57 – 51.56)

29.80% (28.0 – 31.61)

<0.001

39.60% (38.22 – 40.97)

Cannabis Use (at least once - past month)

3.54% (2.80 – 4.27)

0.61% (0.30 – 0.91)

<0.001

2.06% (1.66 – 2.46)

Score on the CIS-R ≥12 2

10.84% (9.60 – 12.08)

17.21% (15.72 – 18.70)

<0.001

14.06% (13.08 – 15.03)

  1. 1 CI Confidence intervals, 2 A score on the CIS-R ≥12 represents a dimensional view of clinically significant psychiatric morbidity.