Table 1

Descriptive statistics with regard to main and secondary disability pension (DP) diagnoses and duration and grade of DP in the cohort of 46 515 women and men, aged 19–64 years, living in Sweden on 31 December 2004, and in 2005 on DP due to common mental disorders

	All		Women		Men		Age 19–44 years		Age 45–64 years		p Value for difference by χ²
Characteristic	N	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent
Total	46 515	100	30 883	100	15 632	100	13 931	100	32 584	100
Main DP diagnosis
Depressive disorders	22 032	47.4	14 907	48.3	7125	45.6	5242	37.6	16 790	51.5	<0.001
Anxiety disorders	13 516	29.1	8558	27.7	4958	31.7	6007	43.1	7509	23.0
Stress-related mental disorders	10 967	23.6	7418	24.0	3549	22.7	2682	19.3	8285	25.4
Secondary DP diagnosis
No secondary diagnosis	20 042	43.1	13 254	42.9	6788	43.4	5217	37.4	14 825	45.5	<0.001
Substance abuse disorders	950	2.0	378	1.2	572	3.7	344	2.5	606	1.9
Personality disorders	2313	5.0	1294	4.2	1019	6.5	1232	8.8	1081	3.3
Other mental disorders	12 329	26.5	8237	26.7	4092	26.2	4924	35.3	7405	22.7
Musculoskeletal disorders	4911	10.5	3716	12.0	1195	7.6	980	7.0	3931	12.1
Other somatic disorders	5970	12.8	4004	13.0	1966	12.6	1234	8.9	4736	14.5
Number of years on DP in 2005
1	5994	12.5	4168	13.5	1826	11.7	2280	16.4	3714	11.4	>0.01
2–3	20 846	44.8	14 162	45.9	6684	42.8	6726	48.3	14 120	43.3
≥4	19 675	42.3	12 553	40.6	7122	45.6	4925	35.4	14 750	45.3
DP grade in 2005
Part-time	11 371	24.4	8651	28.0	2720	17.4	2671	19.2	8700	26.7	<0.001
Full-time	35 144	75.6	22 232	72.0	12 912	82.6	11 260	80.8	23 884	73.3	<0.001