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Table 2 Prevalence of anxiety disorders in different age groups

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

Disorder

<=5 (n = 286)

6-9 (n = 416)

10-13 (n = 550)

14-19 (n = 335)

Total (n = 1587)

Any anxiety disorder

72 (25.2%)

103 (24.8%)

148 (26.9%)

100 (29.9%)

423 (26.7%)

(20.3%- 30.6%)

(20.7%-29.2%)

(23.2%-30.8%)

(25.0%35.1%)

(24.5%-28.9%)

Panic disorder

5 (1.7%)

13 (3.1%)

14 (2.5%)

16 (4.8%)

48 (3.0%)

(0.6% - 4.0%)

(1.7% - 5.3%)

(1.4% - 4.2%)

(2.8% - 7.6%)

(2.2% - 4.0%)

(b) Agoraphobia

9 (3.1%)

20 (4.8%)

15 (2.7%)

16 (4.8%)

60 (3.8%)

(1.4% - 5.9%)

(3.0% - 7.3%)

(1.5% - 4.5%)

(2.8% - 7.6%)

(2.9% - 4.8%)

Separation anxiety disorder

22 (7.7%)

30 (7.2%)

30 (5.5%)

10 (3.0%)

92 (5.8%)

(4.9% - 11.4%)

(4.9% - 10.1%)

(3.7% - 7.7%)

(1.4% - 5.4%)

(4.7% - 7.1%)

Social phobia (social anxiety disorder)

13 (4.5%)

24 (5.8%)

29 (5.3%)

17 (5.1%)

83 (5.2%)

(2.4% - 7.6%)

(3.7% - 8.5%)

(3.6% - 7.5%)

(3.0% - 8.0%)

(4.2% - 6.4%)

Specific phobia

58 (20.3%)

67 (16.1%)

81 (14.7%)

44 (13.1%)

250 (15.8%)

(15.8%- 25.4%)

(12.7%-20.0%)

(11.9%-18.0%)

(9.7%-17.2%)

(14.0%-17.6%)

Obsessive compulsive disorder

0

4 (0.96%)

4 (0.73%)

1 (0.30%)

9 (0.57%)

(0–1.3%)

(0.26% - 2.4%)

(0.20% - 1.9%)

(0.01%-1.7%)

(0.26%-1.07%)

Post-traumatic stress disorder

0

19 (4.6%)

43 (7.8%)

43 (12.8%)

105 (6.6%)

(0 – 1.3%)

(2.8% - 7.0%)

(5.7% - 10.4%)

(9.4%-16.9%)

(5.4% - 8.0%)

Generalized Anxiety disorder

0

8 (1.9%)

9 (1.6%)

5 (1.5%)

22 (1.4%)

(0 – 1.3%)

(0.8% - 3.8%)

(0.8% - 3.1%)

(0.5% - 3.4%)

(0.87%-2.09%)

Adjustment disorder

0

3 (0.7%)

3 (0.5%)

2 (0.6%)

8 (0.50%)

 

(0 – 1.3%)

(0.1% - 2.1%)

(0.1% - 1.6%)

(0.1% - 2.1%)

(0.22%-0.99%)