Chart 28 Percentage of adults who were classified as meeting the criteria of selected mental health disorders, by sex and age group, Canada excluding territories, 2012
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Women | Men | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percent | Error bars | Percent | Error bars | |||
negative | positive | negative | positive | |||
Major depressive episode, past 12 months | ||||||
25 to 44 years | 6.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
45 to 64 years | 5.6 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.8 |
Bipolar disorder, past 12 months | ||||||
25 to 44 years | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
45 to 64 years | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
Generalized anxiety disorder, past 12 months | ||||||
25 to 44 years | 3.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
45 to 64 years | 3.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 |
Notes: Those categorized as having had the selected disorder met the definition and criteria in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). All estimates of bipolar disorder should be used with caution (coefficient of variation from 16.6 to 33.3) Source: Statistics Canada, CANSIM table 105-1101, 2012. |
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