Prevalence and factors associated with lifetime mental health disorders
| Alcohol abuse | Drug abuse | Substance abuse | Depression | Mania | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JA | GUY | JA | GUY | JA | GUY | JA | GUY | JA | GUY | |
| Prevalence rate | 2.2 | 3.6 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 4.7 | 7.4 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Age | ||||||||||
| 18–29 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 8.6 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 |
| 30–44 | 1.2 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 6.5 | 8.1 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 45–59 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 4.2 | 8.1 | 4.6 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| 60 and above | 6.5 | 2.9 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| p Value | 0.002 | 0.033 | 0.795 | 0.013 | 0.015 | 0.029 | 0.023 | 0.495 | 0.275 | 0.144 |
| Gender | ||||||||||
| Male | 5.7 | 6.5 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 6.2 | 8.7 | 5.9 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 |
| Female | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 8.1 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| p Value | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.025 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.192 | 0.185 | 0.033 | 0.129 |
| Marital status | ||||||||||
| Married | 1.2 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 3.4 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| Partnered | 4.3 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Sep–Div–Widow | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 6.7 | 5.5 | 8.3 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Never married | 1.5 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 5.4 | 8.3 | 5.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| p Value | 0.012 | 0.929 | 0.068 | 0.003 | 0.009 | 0.251 | 0.342 | 0.061 | 0.674 | 0.873 |
| Equalised income | ||||||||||
| Bottom quintile | 4.3 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 7.8 | 6.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Second quintile | 2.0 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 2.4 | 3.8 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Middle quintile | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 10.5 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Fourth quintile | 1.6 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Highest quintile | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 10.8 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 2.4 |
| p Value | 0.143 | 0.021 | 0.068 | 0.036 | 0.118 | 0.003 | 0.532 | 0.388 | 0.817 | 0.000 |
| Education | ||||||||||
| Primary/some HS | 4.4 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 6.7 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| High school grad | 1.8 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 4.7 | 7.6 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| College–Voc–Tech | 0.4 | 4.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 8.3 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| p Value | 0.003 | 0.663 | 0.070 | 0.200 | 0.028 | 0.935 | 0.757 | 0.426 | 0.365 | 0.006 |
| Employment status | ||||||||||
| Employed | 2.1 | 4.9 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Unemployed | 2.6 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 5.8 | 10.2 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 |
| Not in labour force | 2.4 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| p Value | 0.866 | 0.000 | 0.388 | 0.001 | 0.914 | 0.000 | 0.008 | 0.960 | 0.280 | 0.006 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||
| Black | – | 2.0 | – | 1.3 | – | 2.8 | – | 4.9 | – | 0.5 |
| Indo-Guyanese | – | 6.0 | – | 0.4 | – | 6.1 | – | 3.7 | – | 0.6 |
| Mixed/other | 2.7 | – | 3.6 | – | 6.3 | – | 3.1 | – | 0.0 | |
| p Value | – | 0.000 | – | 0.000 | – | 0.001 | – | 0.245 | – | 0.277 |