Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Table 1 Prevalence (%) distribution of psychiatric disorders of the overall population by the socio-demographic factors (N = 25180)

From: An epidemiological survey of psychiatric disorders in Iran

Demographic variables			Disorders
		Sample(n)	Cases(n)	(%)	95% CI	P. value
Sex	Men	12660	929	7.34	6.9–7.8	<0.001
	Women	12520	1807	14.34	13.8–15.0
Age Groups	18–25	7730	701	9.07	8.4–9.7	<0.001
	26–40	8196	904	11.03	10.4–11.7
	41–55	5604	707	12.62	11.7–13.5
	56–65	1932	196	10.14	8.8–11.5
	>65	1659	206	12.42	10.8–14.0
Marital Status	Single	7334	641	8.74	8.1–9.4	<0.001
	Married	16982	1925	11.34	10.9–11.8
	Divorced or separated	121	27	22.31	14.9–29.7
	Dead spouse	640	129	20.16	17.0–23.3
Residential area	Rural	9466	886	9.36	8.8–9.9	<0.001
	Urban	15714	1850	11.77	11.3–12.3
Education	High Education	2513	203	8.08	7.1–9.2	<0.001
	Diploma	4774	447	9.36	8.5–10.2
	High or Guidance School	4972	459	9.23	8.4–10.0
	Elementary	6715	784	11.68	10.9–12.4
	Illiterate	5839	806	13.80	12.9–14.7
Occupation	Worker	2263	172	7.60	6.5–8.8	<0.001
	Officers	2730	191	7.00	6.1–8.0
	Student	1713	148	8.64	7.4–10.1
	Private sector	5245	319	6.08	5.4–6.7
	Retired	710	79	11.13	8.8–13.4
	Housewife	9592	1485	15.48	14.8–16.2
	Unemployed	1947	240	12.33	10.9–13.8
	Others	909	99	10.89	8.9–12.9
Total		25180	2736	10.81	10.5–11.3

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