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Table 1 Twelve-month Prevalence, gender, age and urban-rural distribution of mental disorders among children and adolescents

From: The prevalence of psychiatric disorders among students aged 6~ 16 years old in central Hunan, China

Variable

Sample Rate (%)

95% CI

χ2

P

Prevalence

17,071(9.74%)

9.30~ 10.18%

  

Gender

 Boys

8841(11.79%)

11.12~ 12.46%

87.165

<0.001

 Girls

8230(7.55%)

6.98~ 8.12%

  

Age

  ≤ 11 year

7689(9.33%)

8.68~ 9.98%

2.796

0.247

 12–14 year

7198(10.11%)

9.41~ 10.81%

  

  ≥ 15 year

2184(9.98%)

8.72~ 11.24%

  

Community

 Rural

12,603(9.70%)

9.18~ 10.22%

0.078

0.781

 Urban

4468(9.85%)

8.98~ 10.72%