For Mental Health Disorders by Diagnostic Category
Table 3. 12-month prevalence estimates for mental health disorders by diagnostic category
| Total | Gender | Age | ||||||
| Condition | (%) | Female (%) |
Male (%) |
18-29 (%) |
30-44 (%) |
45-59 (%) |
60+ (%) |
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| Any anxiety disorder | 19.1 | 23.4 | 14.3 | 22.3 | 22.7 | 20.6 | 9.0 | |
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Specific phobia | 9.1 | 12.2 | 5.8 | 10.3 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 9.6 |
| Social phobia | 7.1 | 8.0 | 6.0 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 6.8 | 3.1 | |
| PTSD | 3.6 | 5.2 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 5.3 | 1.0 | |
| Any mood disorder | 9.7 | 11.6 | 7.7 | 12.9 | 11.9 | 9.4 | 3.6 | |
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Major depressive disorder (MDD) | 6.8 | 8.6 | 4.9 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 7.0 | 2.9 |
| Bipolar disorders | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 2.2 | 0.7 | |
| Dysthymia | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.5 | |
| Any impulse control disorder | 10.5 | 9.3 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 9.2 | – | – | |
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ADHD | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 4.2 | – | – |
| Intermittent explosive disorder | 4.1 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 8.3 | 4.6 | 2.1 | 0.9 | |
| Conduct disorder | 1.0 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.8 | – | – | |
| Oppositional-defiant disorder | 1.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | – | – | |
| Any substance disorder | 13.4 | 11.6 | 15.4 | 22.0 | 13.8 | 11.2 | 5.9 | |
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Nicotine dependence | 11.0 | 10.5 | 11.6 | 11.6 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 5.6 |
| Alcohol misuse | 3.1 | 1.8 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 3.3 | 1.6 | 0.3 | |
| Drug misuse | 1.4 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 16.7 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | |
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Note: Table is simplified and adapted from Table 5 in Lerner et al 2018.1 Underlying data is from the 2007 National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Table lists the total percentages for key diagnostic categories and the top 3 individual diagnoses for additional context.
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Footnotes
- Lerner D, Lyson M, Sandberg E, & Rogers W.H. (2018).The High Cost of Mental Disorders- Facts for Employers.Retrieved from https://onemindinitiative.org/at-work/the-business-case/