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Table 3 Twelve-month prevalence of major depressive episode by country and religious affiliation among. older adults in SAGE participant countries, 2007–2010

From: Religious affiliation and major depressive episode in older adults: a cross-sectional study in six low- and middle- income countries

Religious affiliation

China

Ghana

India

México

Rusia

Sudáfrica

%

(CI 95%) a

None

1. 6 (1.2–1.9)

11.8 (4.4–19.1)

NEa,b

6.0 (0.8–12.9)

5.2 (2.6–8.4)

1.92 (0.4–4.2)

Buddhist

1.2 (0.1–2.4)

NEb

35.3 (5.9–64.7)

NEb

NEb

NEb

Christian

2.2 (1.1–5.5)

8.5 (7.1–9.9)

11.6 (9.2–32.5)

6.3 (4.4–8.3)

5.6 (3.5–7.5)

2.00 (0.4–3.6)

Hindu

NEb

NEb

15.8 (13.8–17.8)

9.7 (0.7–20.0)

NEb

7.1 (1.0–15.1)

Muslim

2.6 (2.5–7.7)

14.1 (9.9–18.4)

22.8 (16.1–29.5)

10.3 (4.6–25.2)

7.5 (2.3–12.6)

8.9 (5.3–23.0)

Other

NEb

8.2 (4.8–11.7)

24.5 (7.6–41.4)

15.9 (0.6–32.4)

6.7 (2.5–15.8)

13.3 (1. 9–28. 5)

  1. aPercentages and confidence intervals represent the prevalence of mayor depressive episode for each combination of country and religion. b NE: Non-estimable