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Table 2 Prevalence of high psychological distress and selected past 12-month disorders by age and gender

From: Prevalence of psychological distress and mental disorders, and use of mental health services in the epidemiological catchment area of Montreal South-West

Symptoms

Gender

Age

Total

 

M

F

15-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55 +

Cochran-Armitage trend test (P-value)

 
 

n

n

n

n

n

n

n

 

n

 

%

%

%

%

%

%

%

 

%

High psychological distress

412.24

497.68

169.11

185.85

201.89

185.36

167.71

<0.001

909.92

 

35.38

40.31*

43.99

37.59

40.08

36.94

32.53**

 

37.92

Mood disorders

87.74

141.64

31.20

48.78

57.28

58.21

33.91

0.61

229.38

 

7.49

11.28**

7.96

9.76

11.30

11.44

6.52*

 

9.45

Depression

79.22

129.97

26.70

45.14

51.39

52.05

33.91

0.92

209.19

 

7.05

10.73**

7.08

9.53

10.45

10.48

6.84

 

8.96

Mania

17.89

26.76

6.73

8.83

15.09

10.35

3.65

0.30

44.65

 

1.54

2.15

1.72

1.81

3.00

2.05

0.71

 

1.86

Anxiety disorders

36.85

106.86

20.61

37.16

36.92

24.64

24.39

0.17

143.72

 

3.14

8.50***

5.26

7.39

7.28

4.84

4.69

 

5.91

Panic

10.83

33.22

6.97

9.90

12.53

8.09

6.56

0.43

44.05

 

0.93

2.69**

1.80

2.00

2.51

1.61

1.29

 

1.84

Social Phobia

21.04

59.04

12.25

23.63

19.31

12.48

12.42

0.11

80.08

 

1.81

4.78***

3.18

4.75

3.84

2.49

2.43

 

3.34

Agoraphobia

8.87

20.18

2.71

7.04

7.91

5.21

6.18

0.78

29.06

 

0.76

1.62

0.69

1.41

1.57

1.04

1.20

 

1.20

PTSD

4.17

13.59

3.77

5.65

4.14

3.72

0.48

0.047

17.76

 

0.36

1.10*

0.97

1.14

0.84

0.74

0.10

 

0.74

Substance dependence

98.13

52.10

37.94

32.99

37.47

26.34

15.48

<0.001

150.23

 

8.47

4.18***

9.71

6.63

7.42

5.22

3.04***

 

6.24

Alcohol dependence

65.35

31.15

24.60

16.55

25.69

19.32

10.35

<0.01

96.50

 

5.71

2.52***

6.34

3.39

5.13

3.86

2.05*

 

4.05

Drug dependence

47.08

29.63

21.08

18.69

21.60

10.20

5.13

<0.001

76.71

 

4.07

2.39*

5.45

3.76

4.28

2.03

1.01***

 

3.20

All disorders

176.74

229.21

69.96

90.38

92.20

90.74

62.68

0.02

405.95

 

15.07

18.23*

17.84

17.98

18.19

17.83

12.06*

 

16.70

  1. *** P < 0.001 **p < 0.01 * p < 0.05 from chi-square tests for comparing the sexes and across subgroups by age.