Table 1 
Prevalence of moderate to severe symptoms of depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder in February to May 2023, by selected demographic characteristics 

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Prevalence of moderate to severe symptoms of depression, anxiety and posttraumatic stress disorder in February to May 2023, by selected demographic characteristics
  Moderate to severe symptoms of depression Moderate to severe symptoms of anxiety Moderate to severe symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder Moderate to severe symptoms of at least one disorder6
  %%%%
Overall 17 15 8 25
Age        
18 to 24 years 33 25 15 42
25 to 44 years 22 19 9 31
45 to 64 years 15 14 8 21
65 years and older 8 7 3 12
Gender1        
Men+2 15 13 6 21
Women+3 20 18 9 28
Indigenous identity4        
Indigenous people 29 24 16 36
Non-Indigenous people 17 15 8 24
2SLGBTQ+ identity5        
2SLGBTQ+ 45 35 19 55
Non-2SLGBTQ+ 16 14 7 23
Source(s):
Survey on COVID-19 and Mental Health, February to May 2023 (5330).

Table note 1

Given that the non-binary population is small, data aggregation to a two-category gender variable is sometimes necessary to protect the confidentiality of responses. In these cases, individuals in the category "non-binary persons" are distributed into the other two gender categories and are denoted by the "+" symbol.

Table note 2

This category includes men and some non-binary people.

Table note 3

This category includes women and some non-binary people.

Table note 4

Indigenous people include First Nations people, Métis and Inuit. Excluded from the survey coverage are Indigenous people living on reserves and in the territories.

Table note 5

People are included in the 2SLGBTQ+ population based on their self-reported sexual orientation (lesbian, gay, bisexual or another diverse sexual identity, such as asexual, pansexual or queer) or self-reported sex at birth and gender (transgender or non-binary identities like genderqueer, gender fluid, agender or two-spirit).

Table note 6

This represents the proportion of Canadians who reported moderate to severe symptoms of depression, anxiety or posttraumatic stress disorder.
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