A descriptive epidemiological study of disability prevalence attributed to neurotic disorders in China

This study estimated the prevalence, correlates, severity and functional impairment of disabilities attributed to neurotic disorders in the Chinese population. Data from a representative national sample of 2,526,145 non-institutionalized residents were obtained from the Second China National Sample Survey on Disabilities (CNSSD) in 2006. The data were analyzed to estimate prevalence, correlates, severity and functional impairment of disability attributable to neurotic disorders by gender, age, region, and other key socio-demographic and economic factors. The disability prevalence attributed to neurotic disorders was 0.032% (805/2,526,145) in China. Women, rural residents, unemployed job status, low education level and those who were divorced or widowed showed higher prevalence rates than their counterparts. Proportions of mild, moderate, severe and extremely severe of neurotic attributed disability only accounted for 78.48%, 9.14%, 6.5% and 5.9%, respectively. Finally, these findings provide evidence that, prevalence rates of disability attributable to neurotic disorders vary greatly among different population groups and regions. Multiple disabilities including disability attributable to neurotic disorders can bring much more impairment to individuals than disability attributable to neurotic disorder only.