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Table 2 Description of the participants’ demographics, lifestyle and diagnoses with percentage in parentheses

From: Severity and prevalence of various types of mental ill-health in a general adult population: age and sex differences

 

Age (years)

Sex

All

18–39 (n = 929)

40–59 (n = 1180)

60–79 (n = 1297)

Women (n = 1898)

Men (n = 1508)

(n = 3406)

Married/living with partner

740 (80)***

1015 (87)

989 (77)

1522 (81)ns

1222 (82)

2744 (81)

Education

 Primary school

39 (4)***

136 (12)

648 (51)

425 (23)***

398 (27)

823 (24)

 Senior high school

347 (38)

511 (44)

279 (22)

565 (30)

572 (38)

1137 (34)

 University

533 (58)

524 (44)

348 (27)

884 (47)

521 (35)

1405 (42)

Smoking regulary

50 (5)***

122 (10)

126 (10)

186 (10)*

112 (7)

298 (9)

Physical exercise ≥ 2 times a week

558 (61)***

748 (64)

949 (74)

1345 (72)***

910 (61)

2255 (67)

Alcohol consumption ≥ 2 times a week

52 (5.6)***

189 (16)

185 (14)

212 (11)***

214 (14)

426 (12)

Perceived stress†

156 (28)***

147 (15)

95 (9)

273 (17)***

125 (10)

398 (14)

Excellent, very good or good self-rated health

802 (87)***

914 (78)

785 (31)

1514 (75)ns

1135 (75)

2501 (74)

Self-reported physician-based diagnosis

 Generalized anxiety disorder

9 (0.9)ns

14 (1)

9 (0.6)

23 (1)ns

9 (0.5)

32 (0.9)

 Depression

65 (1.9)***

68 (2.0)

37 (1.1)

125 (3.7)***

45 (1.3)

170 (5.0)

 Exhausion syndrome

22 (0.6)***

79 (2.3)

43 (1.3)

109 (3.2)***

35 (1)

144 (4.2)

 Panic disorder

21 (0.6)**

21 (0.6)

8 (0.2)

36 (1.1)*

14 (0.4)

50 (1.5)

 PTSD

4 (0.1)**

17 (0.5)

6 (0.2)

23 (0.7)**

4 (0.1)

27 (0.8)

 ADHD

9 (0.3)*

7 (0.2)

1 (0.03)

9 (0.3) ns

8 (0.2)

17 (0.5)

  1. Differences between age groups and sex were tested with chi-square analysis
  2. *p < .05; **p < .01, ***p < .001, nsnon-significant
  3. † Percived Stress Scale [36]