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Table 3 Current adult smokers: Proportion with one or more mental disorders in the 12 months prior to the survey, by type of disorder

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

 

US (NCS-R)a

Australia (SMHWB)b

 

Proportion of current smokers

(%)

95% CI

Proportion of current smokers

(%)

95% CI

Mental disorders

    

   Anxiety disorders

    

Panic disorder

6.6

5.5 – 7.7

4.6

3.2 – 6.0

Agoraphobia

6.0

4.9 – 7.1

4.7

3.6 – 5.8

Social phobia

10.7

9.1 – 12.3

7.0

5.6 – 8.4

Generalised anxiety disorder

4.9

4.0 – 5.9

5.6

4.0 – 7.2

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

n.a.

 

3.5

2.2 – 4.8

Post-traumatic stress disorder

7.0

5.6 – 8.3

9.7

7.8 – 11.6

Any anxiety disorder *

22.8

20.2 – 25.4

21.6

18.7 – 24.5

   Affective disorders

    

Depressive episode

5.6

4.5 – 6.7

7.0

5.3 – 8.7

Dysthymia

4.5

3.4 – 5.5

2.2

1.2 – 3.2

Bipolar affective disorder

5.1

4.1 – 6.1

4.6

3.1 – 6.1

Any affective disorder *

12.5

10.9 – 14.1

12.1

9.9 – 14.3

   Substance use disorders

    

Alcohol harmful use

7.2

5.9 – 8.6

5.8

4.2 – 7.4

Alcohol dependence

4.0

2.5 – 5.4

4.0

2.8 – 5.2

Drug use disorder

3.5

2.6 – 4.4

4.7

3.4 – 6.0

Any substance use disorder *

9.6

7.7 – 11.5

12.3

10.2 – 14.4

Any mental disorder *

31.7

29.5 – 33.8

32.4

29.5 – 35.3

No mental disorder

68.3

66.2 – 70.5

67.6

64.6 – 70.0

Total smokers

100.0

 

100.0

 
  1. * Note: As a person may have had more than one disorder in the 12 months prior to the survey, the components will not add to the totals shown.
  2. a Source: National Comorbidity Survey – Replication [46].
  3. b Source: 2007 Australian Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing [43].