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Table 2 US adult civilian non-institutionalised population 18 years and over: Prevalence of mental disorders in the 12 months prior to the survey, and smoking rate, by type of disorder

From: Smoking and mental illness: results from population surveys in Australia and the United States

 

Proportion with mental disorder

(%)

95% CI

Smoking rate

(%)

95% CI

Mental disorders

    

   Anxiety disorders

    

Panic disorder

3.7

3.1 – 4.2

45.2

40.6 – 49.7

Agoraphobia

3.6

3.2 – 3.9

42.0

35.9 – 48.1

Social phobia

7.7

7.0 – 8.3

35.0

30.6 – 39.5

Generalised anxiety disorder

2.7

2.3 – 3.1

45.2

37.9 – 52.5

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

n.a.

   

Post-traumatic stress disorder

4.4

3.7 – 5.1

40.0

32.8 – 47.3

Any anxiety disorder *

15.3

14.3 – 15.9

37.8

34.5 – 41.0

   Affective disorders

    

Depressive episode

3.4

3.0 – 3.7

41.3

34.3 – 48.3

Dysthymia

2.4

2.1 – 2.8

45.8

38.5 – 53.0

Bipolar affective disorder

2.5

2.2 – 2.9

50.4

42.8 – 58.0

Any affective disorder *

6.9

6.3 – 7.6

45.1

41.1 – 49.2

   Substance use disorders

    

Alcohol harmful use

2.9

2.4 – 3.5

62.3

55.8 – 68.9

Alcohol dependence

1.4

1.0 – 1.8

70.9

59.6 – 82.3

Drug use disorder

1.3

1.0 – 1.6

67.1

54.3 – 80.0

Any substance use disorder *

3.8

3.1 – 4.6

63.6

56.6 – 70.6

Any mental disorder *

19.7

18.9 – 20.6

40.1

37.6 – 42.7

No mental disorder

80.3

79.4 – 81.1

21.3

20.1 – 22.5

Total persons aged 18 years and over

100.0

 

25.0

23.9 – 26.2