Epidemiology of anxiety disorders in the 21st century

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Table I Large epidemiological community surveys.

Table II Prevalence rates of anxiety disorders in epidemiological surveys. ECA, Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program; NCS-R, National Comorbidity Survey-Replication; ESEMeD, European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders

Table III Female-to-male ratio of prevalence rates for anxiety disorders (calculated from the prevalence rates reported in major epidemiological surveys). ECA, Epidemiologic Catchment Area Program; NCS-R, National Comorbidity Survey-Replication; ESEMeD, European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders

Figure 1. Numbers of patients attending an anxiety disorders unit at the University of Goettingen, Germany over 6 months (May-Oct 1999, n=466). Primary diagnoses according to ICD-10.²⁸ PTSD, post-traumatic stress disorder

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