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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 27.
Published in final edited form as: Br J Psychiatry. 2009 Oct;195(4):301–307. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.059485

Table 1.

Prevalence estimates for men and women

Men, % (n = 1011) Women, % (n = 1759)
Subthreshold disorder One full disorder More than one full disorder Subthreshold disorder One full disorder More than one full disorder
Panic disorder 7.8 1.0 – 14.7 3.9 –
Generalised anxiety disorder 5.9 0.9 – 13.1 3.0 –
Phobiasa – 10.7 2.2 – 18.5 12.4
Obsessive–compulsive disorder 4.0 1.5 – 7.1 2.4 –
Post-traumatic stress disorder 7.2 0.7 – 9.5 2.8 –
a

Includes agoraphobia and social and specific phobias, subthreshold not defined.

Gender differences were significant (P<0.006) for all disorders.