Mental symptoms following the eruption of Eyjafjallajökull
| Likelihood of PTSD* | General Health† | Depression‡ | Anxiety‡ | Stress‡ | |
| Number of valid replies | 138 | 151 | 132 | 130 | 133 |
| Cases§ | 10 (7%) | 59 (39%) | 9 (7%) | 11 (8%) | 9 (7%) |
| Women | 8/62 (13%) | 38/78 (49%) | 6/71 (8%) | 8/69 (12%) | 7/71 (10%) |
| Men | 2/76 (3%) | 21/71 (30%) | 3/62 (5%) | 3/61 (5%) | 2/62 (3%) |
| Age categories | |||||
| 18–34 | 0/27 (0%) | 9/32 (29%) | 0/27 (0%) | 1/27 (4%) | 0/26 (0%) |
| 35–49 | 3/36 (8%) | 24/39 (62%) | 5/35 (14%) | 5/33 (15%) | 6/34 (17%) |
| 50–64 | 6/41 (15%) | 18/47 (38%) | 3/39 (8%) | 3/40 (8%) | 2/40 (5%) |
| >64 | 1/34 (3%) | 8/33 (24%) | 1/31 (3%) | 2/30 (7%) | 1/33 (3%) |
| Lived in the evacuation zone¶ | |||||
| Yes | 4/59 (7%) | 26/69 (38%) | 6/58 (10%) | 7/57 (12%) | 5/59 (8%) |
| No | 6/79 (8%) | 33/82 (40%) | 3/75 (4%) | 4/73 (5%) | 4/73 (5%) |
↵* Derived from the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Symptom Scale–Self Report (PSS-SR).
↵† Derived from the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12).
↵‡ Derived from the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS).
↵§ Those who scored above the cut-off for the various scales.
↵¶ Some areas were evacuated in the first days of the eruption due to flood risks.