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Table 1 Number and incidence per 1000 adolescents of visits to primary care stratified by diagnoses

From: Primary care visits due to mental health problems and use of psychotropic medication during the COVID-19 pandemic in Finnish adolescents and young adults

ICD-10a

2019

2020

2021

n

Incidence

n

Incidence

IRR (95% CI)

n

Incidence

IRR (95% CI)

F10-F19 Mental and behavioral disorders due to psychoactive substance use

7967

13.0

6198

10.2

0.78 (0.76–0.81)

6880

11.3

0.87 (0.84–0.90)

F10 Alcohol

1185

1.9

1445

2.4

1.23 (1.14–1.33)

1570

2.6

1.33 (1.23–1.43)

F20-F29 Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders

2108

3.5

2652

4.4

1.27 (1.20–1.34)

2456

4.0

1.17 (1.10–1.24)

F30-F39 Mood [affective] disorders

32,210

52.8

39,145

64.5

1.22 (1.21–1.24)

59,997

98.7

1.87 (1.85–1.90)

F31 Bipolar affective disorder

1209

2.0

1650

2.7

1.37 (1.28–1.48)

2431

4.0

2.02 (1.88–2.16)

F32 Depressive episode

25,005

41.0

29,576

48.8

1.19 (1.17–1.21)

45,898

75.5

1.84 (1.82–1.87)

F33 Recurrent depressive disorder

4503

7.4

5970

9.8

1.33 (1.28–1.39)

8968

14.8

2.00 (1.93–2.07)

F34 Persistent mood [affective] disorders

1035

1.7

1298

2.1

1.26 (1.16–1.37)

1636

2.7

1.59 (1.47–1.72)

F40-F45 Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders

44,038

72.1

59,487

98.1

1.36 (1.34–1.38)

100175

164.8

2.28 (2.26–2.31)

F40 Phobic anxiety disorders

4826

7.9

5713

9.4

1.19 (1.15–1.24)

8593

14.1

1.79 (1.73–1.85)

F41 Other anxiety disorders

29,007

47.5

40,176

66.2

1.39 (1.37–1.42)

70,728

116.3

2.45 (2.42–2.48)

F42 Obsessive–compulsive disorder

2263

3.7

3026

5.0

1.35 (1.27–1.42)

4933

8.1

2.19 (2.08–2.30)

F43 Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disorders

4040

6.6

6490

10.7

1.62 (1.55–1.68)

12,989

21.4

3.23 (3.12–3.35)

F45 Somatoform disorders 

3634

6.0

3685

6.1

1.02 (0.97–1.07)

2350

3.9

0.65 (0.62–0.68)

F50 Eating disorders

2503

4.1

3241

5.3

1.30 (1.24–1.37)

5133

8.4

2.06 (1.96–2.16)

F51 Nonorganic sleep disorders

3783

6.2

6736

11.1

1.79 (1.72–1.87)

11,825

19.5

3.24 (3.03–3.26)

Total combined

92,609

151.7

117459

193.6

1.28 (1.27–1.29)

186466

306.7

2.02 (2.01–2.04)

  1. Pandemic years 2020 and 2021 compared to reference year 2019 by incidence rate ratios (IRR) with 95% confidence intervals (CI)
  2. aICD-10 = International Classification of Diseases 10th version