Table 2 Lifetime prevalence (%) of DSM-V psychiatric disorders by gender
From: Prevalence study of mental disorders in an Italian region. Preliminary report
Psychiatric disorders | Males | Females | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lifetime prevalence | CI 95% | Lifetime prevalence | CI 95% | Lifetime prevalence | CI 95% | Z-test | P-value | |
Major depressive episode | 14.7 | [9.6–19.8] | 25.5 | [19.5–31.5] | 20.4 | [16.6–24.7] | −2.65 | 0.01 |
Major depressive disorder (DDM) | 12.5 | [7.7–17.3] | 21.1 | [15.5–26.7] | 17.0 | [13.6–21.1] | −2.25 | 0.02 |
Manic episode | 3.3 | [0.7–5.9] | 4.5 | [1.6–7.3] | 3.9 | [2.4–6.4] | −0.59 | 0.56 |
Hypomanic episode | 1.1 | [0.0–2.7] | 1.0 | [0.0–2.5] | 1.1 | [0.4–2.8] | 0.09 | 0.92 |
Panic disorder | 8.1 | [4.2–12.0] | 12.3 | [7.8–16.8] | 10.3 | [7.6–13.7] | −1.34 | 0.18 |
Psychotic disorder | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | – | 0.0 | – | – | – |
Antisocial personality disorder | 1.1 | [0.0–2.6] | 0.5 | [0.0–1.5] | 0.8 | [0.3–2.4] | 0.67 | 0.50 |
Bipolar I disorder | 3.3 | [0.7–5.9] | 4.5 | [1.6–7.3] | 3.9 | [2.4–6.4] | −0.59 | 0.56 |
Bipolar II disorder | 0.0 | – | 0.5 | [0.0–1.4] | 0.3 | [0.0–1.8] | −0.95 | 0.34 |
At least one of the listed | 23.2 | [17.2–29.3] | 33.2 | [26.7–39.6] | 28.5 | [24.2–33.2] | −2.17 | 0.03 |