Table 1 Prevalence of OCD by sex, age group and marital status.

Sex

M (n: 12628)

0.7 (91)

X² = 160.03, df = 1, P = 0.001

F (n: 12520)

2.8 (353)

T (n: 25178)

1.8 (444)

Age

18–25

M (n: 3906)

0.9 (37)

X² = 10.45, df = 4, P = 0.03^a

F (n: 3823)

2.5 (96)

X² = 8.15, df = 4, P = 0.08^b

T (n: 7754)

1.7 (133)

X² = 7.54, df = 4, P = 0.11^c

26–40

M (n: 3966)

0.7 (26)

F (n: 4229)

2.8 (120)

T (n: 8219)

1.8 (146)

41–55

M (n: 2747)

0.7 (19)

F (n: 2857)

3.5 (100)

T (n: 5614)

2.1 (119)

56–65

M (n: 1050)

0.8 (8)

F (n: 882)

2.4 (21)

T (n: 1939)

1.5 (29)

+65

M (n: 954)

0.1 (1)

F (n: 705)

2.3 (16)

T (n: 1675)

1 (17)

Marital Status

Single

M (n: 4203)

1 (40)

X² = 8.72, df = 3, P = 0.03^a

F (n: 3132)

2.1 (65)

X² = 5.22, df = 3, P = 0.26^b

T (n: 7361)

1.4 (105)

X² = 9.65, df = 3, P = 0.02^c

Married

M (n: 8298)

0.6 (51)

F (n: 8684)

3.1 (269)

T (n: 17033)

1.9 (320)

Separated or Divorce

M (n: 35)

0

F (n: 86)

1.2 (1)

T (n: 121)

0.8 (1)

Widow/ Widower

M (n: 74)

0

F (n: 566)

2.8 (16)

T (n: 643)

2.5 (16)