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Table 3 Specific illnesses or injuries students nominated as the main causes of death or disability in Australia (N = 380*)

From: The assessment of depression awareness and help-seeking behaviour: experiences with the International Depression Literacy Survey

 

2nd Year Medical

4th Year Medical

ANU

Chinese

2nd vs 4th Year Medical

ANU vs Chinese

 

n = 103

n = 81

n = 37

n = 159

p valuea

p valuea

Heart attack or other heart disease %

93

91

92

57

0.850

< 0.001

Depression %

67

84

30

19

0.014

0.215

Stroke or other brain disease %

71

53

46

24

0.020

0.013

Diabetes %

31

63

38

45

< 0.001

0.523

Lung cancer %

39

14

73

42

< 0.001

0.001

Road traffic accidents %

49

16

35

38

< 0.001

0.860

Alcohol abuse %

28

46

27

34

0.021

0.538

Alzheimer's disease or other dementias %

22

22

19

21

1.000

0.914

Asthma %

20

22

11

21

0.904

0.246

Osteoarthritis %

22

44

16

3

0.002

0.003

HIV infection or AIDS %

3

0

8

38

0.336

0.001

Colon or rectum (bowel) cancer %

18

12

16

16

0.450

1.000

Suicide or self-harm %

3

11

8

25

0.053

0.042

Emphysema or chronic bronchitis %

28

20

0

7

0.253

0.211

Lung or other chest infections %

31

7

5

9

< 0.001

0.729

  1. a Adjusted alpha = 0.05/15 = 0.003.
  2. * Data were missing for 7% of the valid sample (n = 27/407).