The cross-national epidemiology of social anxiety disorder: Data from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative

Stein, Dan J.; Lim, Carmen C. W.; Roest, Annelieke M.; de Jonge, Peter; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Al-Hamzawi, Ali; Alonso, Jordi; Benjet, Corina; Bromet, Evelyn J.; Bruffaerts, Ronny; de Girolamo, Giovanni; Florescu, Silvia; Gureje, Oye; Haro, Josep Maria; Harris, Meredith G.; He, Yanling; Hinkov, Hristo; Horiguchi, Itsuko; Hu, Chiyi; Karam, Aimee; Karam, Elie G.; Lee, Sing; Lepine, Jean-Pierre; Navarro-Mateu, Fernando; Pennell, Beth-Ellen; Piazza, Marina; Posada-Villa, Jose; ten Have, Margreet; Torres, Yolanda; Viana, Maria Carmen; Wojtyniak, Bogdan; Xavier, Miguel; Kessler, Ronald C.; Scott, Kate M.

doi:10.1186/s12916-017-0889-2

Table 1 World Mental Health sample characteristics by World Bank income categories

From: The cross-national epidemiology of social anxiety disorder: Data from the World Mental Health Survey Initiative

Country	Survey	Sample characteristics	Field dates	Age range^b	Sample size		Response rate (%)
Country	Survey	Sample characteristics	Field dates	Age range^b	Part 1	Part 2 subsample	Response rate (%)
Low/lower-middle income countries^a
Colombia	NSMH	All urban areas of the country (approximately 73% of the total national population)	2003	18–65	4426	2381	87.7
Iraq	IMHS	Nationally representative	2006–2007	18+	4332	4332	95.2
Nigeria	NSMHW	21 of the 36 states in the country, representing 57% of the national population. The surveys were conducted in Yoruba, Igbo, Hausa and Efik languages	2002–2003	18+	6752	2143	79.3
Peru	EMSMP	Five urban areas of the country (approximately 38% of the total national population)	2004–2005	18–65	3930	1801	90.2
PRC Beijing/Shanghai	B-WMH S-WMH	Beijing and Shanghai metropolitan areas	2002–2003	18+	5201	1628	74.7
PRC Shen Zhen	Shenzhen	Shen Zhen metropolitan area. Included temporary residents as well as household residents	2006–2007	18+	7132	2475	80.0
Ukraine	CMDPSD	Nationally representative	2002	18+	4725	1720	78.3
Upper-middle income countries^a
Brazil	São Paulo Megacity	São Paulo metropolitan area	2005–2007	18+	5037	2942	81.3
Bulgaria	NSHS	Nationally representative	2003–2007	18+	5318	2233	72.0
Colombia (Medellin)^c	MMHHS	Medellin metropolitan area	2011–2012	18–65	3261	1673	97.2
Lebanon	LEBANON	Nationally representative	2002–2003	18+	2857	1031	70.0
Mexico	M-NCS	All urban areas of the country (approximately 75% of the total national population)	2001–2002	18–65	5782	2362	76.6
Romania	RMHS	Nationally representative	2005–2006	18+	2357	2357	70.9
South Africa	SASH	Nationally representative	2003–2004	18+	4315	4315	87.1
High income countries^a
Australia	SMHWB	Nationally representative	2007	18–85	8463	8463	60.0
Belgium	ESEMeD	Nationally representative	2001–2002	18+	2419	1043	50.6
France	ESEMeD	Nationally representative	2001–2002	18+	2894	1436	45.9
Germany	ESEMeD	Nationally representative	2002–2003	18+	3555	1323	57.8
Italy	ESEMeD	Nationally representative	2001–2002	18+	4712	1779	71.3
Japan	WMHJ	Eleven metropolitan areas	2002–2006	20+	4129	1682	55.1
New Zealand	NZMHS	Nationally representative	2003–2004	18+	12790	7312	73.3
Northern Ireland	NISHS	Nationally representative	2004–2007	18+	4340	1986	68.4
Poland	EZOP	Nationally representative	2010–2011	18–64	10081	4000	50.4
Portugal	NMHS	Nationally representative	2008–2009	18+	3849	2060	57.3
Spain	ESEMeD	Nationally representative	2001–2002	18+	5473	2121	78.6
Spain (Murcia)	PEGASUS-Murcia	Murcia region	2010–2012	18+	2621	1459	67.4
The Netherlands	ESEMeD	Nationally representative	2002–2003	18+	2372	1094	56.4
USA	NCS-R	Nationally representative	2002–2003	18+	9282	5692	70.9
Total					142,405	74,843
Weighted average response rate (%)							69.4

^aThe World Bank. (2008). Data and Statistics. Accessed May 12, 2009 at: http://go.worldbank.org/D7SN0B8YU0
^bFor the purposes of cross-national comparisons we limit the sample to those 18+
^cThe newer Colombian survey in Medellin classified Colombia as an upper-middle income country (due to a change of classification by the World Bank), although in the original survey Colombia was classified as a low/lower-middle income country
ESEMeD (The European Study Of The Epidemiology Of Mental Disorders); NHS (Israel National Health Survey); WMHJ 2002-2006 (World Mental Health Japan Survey); NZMHS (New Zealand Mental Health Survey); NCS-R (The USA National Comorbidity Survey Replication); NSMH (The Colombian National Study of Mental Health); WMHI (World Mental Health India); LEBANON (Lebanese Evaluation of the Burden of Ailments and Needs of the Nation); M-NCS (The Mexico National Comorbidity Survey); SASH (South Africa Stress and Health Study); CMDPSD (Comorbid Mental Disorders during Periods of Social Disruption)

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