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Table 4 Lifetime prevalence estimates, by country

From: An evaluation of variation in published estimates of schizophrenia prevalence from 1990─2013: a systematic literature review

Author, Year

Country

Sample size

Prevalence estimate

Study design

Screened age range

Africa

     

 Kebede, 1999

Ethiopia

10,203

0.4 %a

Cross-sectional

15+

 Kebede, 2003

Ethiopia

68,378

0.47 %

Cross-sectional

15–49

 Awas, 1999

Ethiopia

10,468

0.8 %a

Cross-sectional

15+

 Rumble, 1996

South Africa

3,032

5 %a

Cross-sectional

NR

 Bondestam, 1990

Tanzania

10,776

0.06 %

Cross-sectional

All ages

North America

     

 Woogh, 2001

Canada

140,000

0.25 %

Cohort

NR

 Vanasse, 2012

Canada

5,996,925

1.46 %

Cohort

18+

 Kendler, 1994

US

8,098

0.15 %a

Cross-sectional

15–54

Asia

     

 Chen, 1993

China

7,229

0.13 %

Cross-sectional

18–64

 Ran, 2003

China

123,572

0.41 %

Cross-sectional

15+

 Xiang, 2008

China

5,926

0.52 %

Cross-sectional

15+

 Barrett, 2005

Malaysia

91,056

0.24 %

Cross-sectional

NR

 Cho, 2010

South Korea

6,510

0.1 %a

Cross-sectional

18–64

 Phanthunane, 2010

Thailand

11,700

0.88 %a

Cross-sectional

15–59

Europe

     

 van, 2004

Denmark

1,020,063

0.33 %

Cohort

25

 Perala, 2007

Finland

8,028

0.87 %a

Cross-sectional

30+

 Hovatta, 1997

Finland

2,400,000

1.21 %

Cohort

5–51

 Lehtinen, 1990

Finland

7,217

1.3 %a

Cross-sectional

30+

 Arajarvi, 2005

Finland

12,368

1.54 %

Cohort

29–58

 Wittchen, 1992

Germany

1,366

0.60 %a

Cohort

25–64

 Stefansson, 1991

Iceland

862

0.35 %

Cohort

55–57

 Scully, 2004

Ireland

29,542

0.39 %

Cross-sectional

All ages

 Kendler, 1994

Ireland

20,686

0.61 %

Cohort

15–57

 de Salvia, 1993

Italy

72,512

0.52 %

Cohort

15+

 Schrier, 2001

Netherlands

337,362

0.21 %

Cohort

20–64

 Bijl, 1998

Netherlands

7,076

0.4 %a

Cross-sectional

18–64

 Ochoa, 2008

Spain

1,645

0.49 %

Cross-sectional

18+

Oceania

     

 Cutajar, 2010

Australia

2,677

0.75 %

Cohort

18–58

 Waldo, 1999

Micronesia

5,500

0.40 %

Cohort

All ages

All Regions

     

 Nuevo, 2012

Multinational (52 countries)

181,445

1.11 %a

Cross-sectional

18+

  1. aAdjusted prevalence