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Table 4 Australian adults 16–85 years: Prevalence of anxiety and affective disorders with and without comorbid substance disorders and smoking rates, by age group and sex

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

Mental disorder*

Proportion with mental disorder

(%)

95% CI

Smoking rate

(%)

95% CI

Males aged 18–34 years

Anxiety with substance use

3.0

1.8 – 4.1

63.4

40.4 – 86.3

Anxiety without substance use

7.5

5.5 – 9.5

33.5

20.6 – 46.5

Affective with substance use

2.2

0.9 – 3.6

72.6

44.5 – 100.0

Affective without substance use

3.5

2.2 – 4.8

46.2

23.9 – 68.5

No 12-month disorder

77.2

73.7 – 80.7

26.5

22.1 – 30.9

Males aged 35–54 years

Anxiety with substance use

2.7

1.5 – 3.9

79.9

65.7 – 94.1

Anxiety without substance use

11.8

9.0 – 14.5

25.3

15.9 – 34.8

Affective with substance use

1.8

0.8 – 2.8

86.2

72.5 – 100.0

Affective without substance use

5.6

3.8 – 7.5

38.5

22.5 – 54.6

No 12-month disorder

80.2

76.6 – 83.8

24.4

19.8 – 28.9

Males aged 55 years and over

Anxiety with substance use

0.4

0.0 – 0.7

7.8

0.0 – 26.1

Anxiety without substance use

6.3

4.9 – 7.7

22.6

13.9 – 31.2

Affective with substance use

0.1

0.0 – 0.2

95.0

60.0 – 100.0

Affective without substance use

2.0

1.1 – 3.0

25.4

8.0 – 42.9

No 12-month disorder

91.2

89.6 – 92.8

14.7

12.3 – 17.1

Females aged 18–34 years

Anxiety with substance use

2.3

1.4 – 3.2

56.6

39.6 – 73.6

Anxiety without substance use

19.1

17.0 – 21.2

31.4

25.4 – 37.4

Affective with substance use

1.6

0.9 – 2.4

62.4

34.2 – 90.6

Affective without substance use

6.9

5.5 – 8.4

36.4

25.8 – 46.9

No 12-month disorder

71.6

68.9 – 74.3

15.6

13.0 – 18.3

Females aged 35–54 years

Anxiety with substance use

1.4

0.7 – 2.2

54.0

21.2 – 86.8

Anxiety without substance use

19.8

17.0 – 22.6

36.1

27.0 – 45.3

Affective with substance use

0.6

0.3 – 0.9

75.2

50.9 – 99.6

Affective without substance use

7.5

5.3 – 9.6

45.5

30.9 – 60.1

No 12-month disorder

74.9

71.8 – 78.1

20.1

16.3 – 24.0

Females aged 55 years and over

Anxiety with substance use

0.1

0.0 – 0.2

55.5

20.0 – 85.0

Anxiety without substance use

9.8

8.4 – 11.1

14.8

7.9 – 21.7

Affective with substance use

0.0

0.0 – 0.4

50.0

10.0 – 90.0

Affective without substance use

4.5

3.5 – 5.6

13.3

3.6 – 23.0

No 12-month disorder

87.8

86.3 – 89.3

10.5

8.6 – 12.3

  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].