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Table 2 12-month period 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

     

 Jay, 1997

Reunion Island (France)

88,000

0.75 %

Cross-sectional

15+

North America

     

 Goldner, 2003

Canada

2,703,588

0.42 %

Cohort

15–64

 Vanasse, 2012

Canada

5,996,925

0.56 %

Cohort

18+

 Alessi-Severini, 2008

Canada

2,703,588

0.6 %

Cohort

All ages

 Desai, 2013

US

140,000

0.25 %

Cohort

All ages

 Wu, 2006

US

10,000,000

0.51 %a

Cohort

All ages

Asia

     

 Cho, 2010

South Korea

6,510

0.1 %a

Cross-sectional

18–64

 Chang, 2008

South Korea

40,000,000

0.4 %

Cohort

All ages

 Chien, 2004

Taiwan

136,045

0.33 %

Cohort

15+

 Chien, 2009

Taiwan

4,417

0.58 %

Cohort

18+

Europe

     

 Ni Nuallain, 1990

Ireland

112,000

0.33 %

Cohort

15–64

 Youssef, 1991

Ireland

25,178

0.33 %

Cross-sectional

All ages

 Youssef, 1999

Ireland

21,520

0.34 %

Cross-sectional

All ages

 de Salvia, 1993

Italy

72,512

0.27 %

Cohort

15+

 Bijl, 1998

Netherlands

7,076

0.2 %a

Cross-sectional

18–64

 Moreno, 2008

Spain

400,000

0.29 %a

Cohort

14+

 Lindström, 1997

Sweden

64,886

0.43 %

Cohort

>18

 Goldacre, 1994

UK

527,000

0.06 %

Cohort

All ages

 McCreadie, 1997

UK

140,603

0.26 %

Cross-sectional

All ages

 Bamrah, 1991

UK

74,176

0.70 %

Cohort

15+

Oceania

     

 Kake, 2008

New Zealand

3,736,269

0.10 %

Cohort

All ages

  1. aAdjusted prevalence