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Table 1 Approximate incidence* in subjects taking or not taking antidepressants in the baseline year

From: The impact of antidepressant treatment on population health: synthesis of data from two national data sources in Canada

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%

 
  1. *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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