Table 1

Approximate incidence* in subjects taking or not taking antidepressants in the baseline year

Baseline year
Follow-up interview
Taking antidepressants
Not taking antidepressants





Approximate incidence* (unweighted proportion)
95% confidence interval
Approximate incidence* (unweighted proportion)
95% confidence interval

1994
1996
12.7% (20/172)
6.0 – 19.4
3.4% (277/9055)
2.9 – 4.0
1996
1998
7.8% (21/234)
3.5 – 12.0
3.5% (375/9127)
3.0 – 4.1
1998
2000
12.7% (47/352)
8.6 – 16.8
3.5% (317/8994)
2.9 – 4.0
Average

11.1%

3.5%


*Proportion of subjects free from a major depressive episode in the year preceding the baseline interview who developed major depression in the year preceding the follow-up interview. These estimates are weighted to account for design effects. The unweighted raw proportions have been placed beside the weighted estimates.

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