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Table 3 The Prevalence of different types of psychiatric disorders by sex (N = 25180)

From: An epidemiological survey of psychiatric disorders in Iran

Type of psychiatric disorders

Males (n = 12660)

Females (n = 12520)

Total (n = 25180)

 

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

Mood psychiatric disorders

Major depressive disorder

201

1.59

549

4.38

750

2.98

Minor Depressive disorder

28

0.22

54

0.43

82

0.33

Bipolar mood disorder

23

0.18

15

0.12

38

0.96

Mood disorder with psychotic feature

3

0.02

2

0.02

5

0.02

Total

255

2.01

620

4.95

875

4.29

Psychotic disorders

Schizophrenia

23

0.18

39

0.31

62

0.25

Schizoaffective

9

0.07

16

0.13

25

0.10

Short term psychotic disorder

6

0.05

5

0.04

11

0.04

Schizopherniform

4

0.03

2

0.02

6

0.02

Other psychotic disorders

43

0.34

78

0.62

121

0.48

Total

85

0.67

140

1.12

225

0.89

Anxiety disorders

Panic disorder

100

0.79

274

2.19

374

1.49

Generalized anxiety disorder

93

0.73

243

1.94

336

1.33

Obsessive compulsive disorder

91

0.7

353

2.8

444

1.8

Agoraphobia

34

0.27

141

1.13

175

0.70

Phobic disorders

113

0.89

403

3.22

516

2.05

Post traumatic stress disorder

98

0.77

150

1.20

248

0.98

Total

529

4.15

1564

12.48

2093

8.35

The neuro-cognitive disorders

Epilepsy

199

1.57

255

2.04

454

1.80

Mental retardation (Severe)

56

0.44

51

0.41

107

0.42

Dementia

65

0.51

75

0.60

140

0.56

Total

320

2.52

381

3.05

701

2.78

Dissociative and Somatization disorders

Somatization Disorder

16

0.13

30

0.24

46

0.18

Dissociative Fugue

3

0.02

5

0.04

8

0.03

Dissociative Amnesia

65

0.51

61

0.49

126

0.50

Depersonalization Disorder

7

0.06

7

0.06

14

0.06

Total

91

0.72

103

0.83

194

0.77

Total

1280

10.07

2808

22.43

4088

17.08

  1. Each subjects may suffered from more than one of the above psychiatric disorders.