Descriptive statistics of 66 097 women and men, aged 18–59 years on 31 December 2005 with at least one new sick-leave spell due to a common mental disorder in 2006 in Sweden with regard to morbidity and socioeconomic status, stratified by migration status
| Sweden | Western countries* | Non-Western countries† | Significance test‡ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Specialised healthcare 2001–2006 | ||||
| Mental diagnosis | ||||
| None | 44 612 (78.3) | 2748 (78.1) | 4073 (73.2) | χ2=75.8 |
| Any | 12 399 (21.7) | 772 (21.9) | 1493 (26.8) | p<0.001 |
| Somatic diagnosis | ||||
| None | 9509 (16.7) | 569 (16.2) | 690 (12.4) | χ2=68.2 |
| Any | 47 502 (83.3) | 2951 (83.8) | 4876 (87.6) | p<0.001 |
| Psychiatric medication§ 2006 | ||||
| None | 21 049 (36.9) | 1185 (33.7) | 1800 (32.3) | χ2=145.6 |
| Antidepr only | 10 918 (19.2) | 618 (17.6) | 903 (16.2) | p<0.001 |
| Hyp/Sed/Anx only | 6413 (11.2) | 416 (11.8) | 684 (12.3) | |
| Mixed medications | 18 631 (32.7) | 1301 (37.0) | 2179 (39.1) | |
| Socioeconomic status | ||||
| Education, 2005 | ||||
| Low | 6982 (12.2) | 546 (15.5) | 1071 (19.2) | χ2=263.8 |
| Medium | 29 960 (52.6) | 1645 (46.7) | 2697 (48.5) | p<0.001 |
| High | 20 069 (35.2) | 1329 (37.8) | 1798 (32.3) | |
*Western countries include the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway), EU25 (all countries included in the European Union in 2006 without Sweden), North America and Oceania.
†Non-Western countries comprise all remaining countries.
‡χ2 test.
§Antidepr, antidepressants; Hyp, hypnotics; Sed, sedatives; Anx, anxiolytics.