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Table 1 Australian adults 16–85 years: Prevalence of mental disorders in the 12 months prior to the survey, and smoking rate, by type of disorder

From: Smoking and mental illness: results from population surveys in Australia and the United States

 

Proportion with mental disorder

(%)

95% CI

Smoking rate

(%)

95% CI

Mental disorders

    

   Anxiety disorders

    

Panic disorder

2.6

2.1 – 3.1

39.6

33.4 – 45.8

Agoraphobia

2.8

2.3 – 3.3

37.0

32.7 – 41.4

Social phobia

4.7

4.1 – 5.3

32.9

29.6 – 36.2

Generalised anxiety disorder

2.7

2.1 – 3.3

45.8

39.0 – 52.7

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

1.9

1.5 – 2.3

41.1

33.1 – 49.2

Post-traumatic stress disorder

6.4

5.8 – 7.0

33.7

30.2 – 37.1

Any anxiety disorder *

14.4

13.5 – 15.3

33.4

31.0 – 35.9

   Affective disorders

    

Depressive episode

4.1

3.5 – 4.7

38.4

33.5 – 43.3

Dysthymia

1.3

1.0 – 1.6

38.3

29.4 – 47.2

Bipolar affective disorder

1.8

1.4 – 2.2

58.1

49.1 – 67.1

Any affective disorder *

6.2

5.5 – 6.9

43.4

39.2 – 47.5

   Substance use disorders

    

Alcohol harmful use

2.9

2.4 – 3.4

43.7

37.7 – 49.7

Alcohol dependence

1.4

1.1 – 1.7

61.3

51.3 – 71.2

Drug use disorder

1.4

1.1 – 1.7

72.6

62.6 – 82.5

Any substance use disorder *

5.1

4.5 – 5.7

53.6

48.8 – 58.5

Any mental disorder *

20.0

18.9 – 21.1

36.2

32.9 – 39.6

No mental disorder

80.0

78.9 – 81.1

18.8

17.2 – 20.4

Total persons aged 16–85 years

100.0

 

22.3

20.9 – 23.7

  1. * Note: As a person may have had more than one disorder in the 12 months prior to the survey, the components will not add to the totals shown.
  2. Source: 2007 Australian Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing [43].