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Table 3 Age at selected percentiles on the standardized age of onset distributions of DSM-IV SAD with projected lifetime risk at age 75

From: The cross-national epidemiology of social anxiety disorder: Data from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative

Country

Ages at selected percentiles

Lifetime prevalence of SAD

Projected risk at age 75

5

10

25

50

75

90

95

99

%

SE

%

SE

Low/lower-middle income countries

7

8

11

15

19

26

36

57

1.6

0.1

1.7

0.1

 Colombiaa

6

8

11

15

19

26

31

39

5.0

0.5

5.3

0.5

 Iraq

7

9

13

14

18

23

36

36

0.8

0.2

0.8

0.2

 Nigeria

7

7

7

11

19

23

24

24

0.2

0.1

0.2

0.1

 Perua

9

10

13

16

19

27

34

41

2.6

0.3

2.7

0.3

 PRC China

8

12

14

14

17

19

37

37

0.5

0.1

0.5

0.1

 PRC Shen Zhen

5

7

11

14

18

26

31

41

0.9

0.2

1.0

0.2

 Ukraine

7

8

11

14

16

25

37

57

2.6

0.2

2.9

0.3

Upper-middle income countries

5

7

11

15

20

36

49

67

2.9

0.1

3.4

0.2

 Brazil

5

7

11

14

17

29

41

54

5.6

0.4

6.1

0.4

 Bulgaria

8

8

11

14

18

24

31

38

0.8

0.2

0.9

0.2

 Colombia (Medellin)a

5

5

8

13

16

21

31

41

4.6

0.5

4.7

0.5

 Lebanon

6

7

11

14

18

20

26

30

1.9

0.4

2.0

0.4

 Mexicoa

6

7

11

15

19

26

40

54

2.9

0.2

3.2

0.3

 Romania

10

13

14

21

36

58

58

58

1.3

0.3

1.8

0.4

 South Africa

11

13

16

26

49

67

67

67

2.8

0.4

4.7

1.2

High income countries

5

6

9

13

17

29

42

59

4.0

0.1

6.0

0.1

 Australia

5

6

9

14

20

37

46

68

8.5

0.4

9.6

0.5

 Belgium

5

5

7

13

17

25

36

36

2.0

0.4

2.2

0.4

 France

7

8

11

14

20

31

45

57

4.3

0.5

4.9

0.5

 Germany

7

9

11

14

35

50

62

62

2.5

0.3

3.0

0.5

 Italy

5

7

13

15

20

28

36

56

1.9

0.2

2.0

0.3

 Japan

5

5

9

13

16

29

43

48

1.4

0.2

1.6

0.2

 New Zealand

5

6

8

13

17

27

38

57

9.5

0.3

10.4

0.4

 Northern Ireland

5

6

10

14

20

40

49

54

6.0

0.4

7.1

0.5

 Polandb

5

5

8

11

14

17

19

21

1.4

0.1

1.4

0.1

 Portugal

5

5

9

14

18

29

43

61

4.7

0.5

5.2

0.5

 Spain

5

5

9

13

19

22

48

48

1.2

0.2

1.3

0.2

 Spain (Murcia)

5

5

5

13

18

33

37

40

1.7

0.2

1.9

0.3

 The Netherlands

5

7

11

17

29

41

49

52

2.6

0.4

3.1

0.5

 USA

5

6

8

13

15

23

32

51

12.1

0.4

13.0

0.5

All countries combined

5

6

9

14

18

31

44

62

4.0

0.1

4.4

0.1

WHO regions

            

 Region of the Americas

5

6

9

13

17

26

36

52

6.4

0.2

6.9

0.2

 African region

7

13

15

23

47

67

67

67

1.2

0.2

2.0

0.5

 Western Pacific region

5

6

9

14

18

33

46

66

5.5

0.2

6.1

0.2

 Eastern Mediterranean region

6

8

11

14

18

23

26

36

1.2

0.2

1.3

0.2

 Western European region

5

6

10

14

20

36

45

61

3.0

0.1

3.4

0.1

 Eastern European region

5

7

9

13

17

24

38

58

1.5

0.1

1.7

0.1

  1. aThe projected risk for these countries is at age 65 because the age range of these surveys is between 18–65
  2. bThe projected risk for this country is at age 64 because the age range of this survey is between 18–64
  3. SE standard error