Depression in late adolescence: a cross-sectional study in senior high schools in Greece

BMC Psychiatry

Table 1 Prevalence of depressive disorders in 2427 16–18 years-old adolescents in Greece, by gender

	Total	Female	Male
	N ^a (%) 95 % CI ^b	N ^a (%) 95 % CI ^b	N ^a (%) 95 % CI ^b
Depressive episode according to ICD-10	246 (5.7 %)	194 (8.9 %)	52 (2.6 %)
Depressive episode according to ICD-10	4.9 % - 6.6 %	7.5 % - 10.4 %	1.9 % - 3.5 %
Depressive symptoms^c	643 (17.4 %),	472 (24 %)	171 (11 %)
Depressive symptoms^c	15.8 % - 19.2 %	21.6 % - 26.7 %	9 % - 13.3 %

^aActual number of observations; percentages are weighted to take into account the stratified random sampling procedure; ^b CI: Confidence Interval; ^cDepressive symptoms: Experiencing depressive mood and depressive ideas but not meeting full criteria for ICD-10 depressive episode (see methods)

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