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Table 1 Prevalence of anxiety disorders in males and females

From: Prevalence, comorbidity and predictors of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents in rural north-eastern Uganda

Disorder

Males (n = 734)

Females (n = 853)

Total (n = 1587)

Any anxiety disorder

172 (23.4%)

251 (29.4%)

423 (26.6%)

(20.4% - 26.7%)

(26.4% - 32.6%)

(24.5% - 28.9%)

Panic disorder

15 (2.0%)

33 (3.9%)

48 (3.0%)

(1.1% - 3.3%)

(2.7% - 5.4%)

(2.2% - 4.0%)

(b) Agoraphobia

25 (3.4%)

35 (4.1%)

60 (3.8%)

(2.2% - 5.0%)

(2.9% - 5.7%)

(2.9% - 4.8%)

Separation anxiety disorder

40 (5.4%)

52 (6.1%)

92 (5.8%)

(3.9% - 7.3%)

(4.6% - 7.9%)

(4.7% - 7.1%)

Social phobia (social anxiety disorder)

36 (4.9%)

47 (5.5%)

83 (5.2%)

(3.5% - 6.7%)

(4.1% - 7.3%)

(4.2% - 6.4%)

Specific phobia

97 (13.2%)

153 (17.9%)

250 (15.8%)

(10.8% - 15.9%)

(15.4% - 20.7%)

(14.0% - 17.6%)

Obsessive compulsive disorder

3 (0.41%)

6 (0.70%)

9 (0.57%)

(0.08% - 1.19%)

(0.26% - 1.52%)

(0.26% - 1.07%)

Post-traumatic stress disorder

46 (6.3%)

59 (6.9%)

105 (6.6%)

(4.6% - 8.3%)

(5.3% - 8.8%)

(5.4% - 8.0%)

Generalized anxiety disorder

4 (0.54%)

18 (2.1%)

22 (1.4%)

(0.15% - 1.40%)

(1.3% - 3.3%)

(0.87% - 2.09%)

Adjustment disorder

3 (0.41%)

5 (0.59%)

8 (0.50%)

 

(0.08% - 1.2%)

(0.19% - 1.4%)

(0.22% - 0.99%)