Table 4 GP depression care1 provided to 285 113 patients with a new depression diagnosis (2009–2015) during 12 months from date of diagnosis, by patient characteristics
GP depression care optionsa | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Talking therapy | Antidepressant drug | Sick leave certificationb | |||||||
Number of patients | % | Mean n | % | Mean n | % | Mean n | |||
Gender | |||||||||
Women | 175 533 | 52.5 | 2.8 | 33.2 | 3.7 | 55.0 | 3.8 | ||
Men | 109 560 | 51.9 | 2.8 | 35.5 | 3.6 | 53.5 | 3.8 | ||
Age group, years | |||||||||
18–29 | 69 095 | 56.7 | 2.6 | 33.2 | 3.3 | 46.6 | 3.4 | ||
30–39 | 61 814 | 56.1 | 3.0 | 31.0 | 3.4 | 61.8 | 4.0 | ||
40–49 | 61 869 | 53.4 | 3.0 | 31.7 | 3.5 | 60.1 | 4.0 | ||
50–59 | 46 421 | 49.9 | 2.9 | 32.2 | 3.6 | 53.8 | 3.8 | ||
60–69 | 25 234 | 45.8 | 2.6 | 36.4 | 3.8 | 40.9 | 3.8 | ||
70 + | 20 590 | 38.6 | 2.2 | 54.5 | 4.8 | ||||
Educational Levelc | |||||||||
Low | 89 231 | 51.7 | 2.7 | 36.5 | 3.6 | 47.3 | 3.7 | ||
Medium | 115 827 | 51.0 | 2.8 | 34.6 | 3.7 | 56.2 | 3.8 | ||
High | 75 947 | 55.0 | 3.0 | 30.2 | 3.7 | 59.8 | 3.9 | ||
Immigrant status | |||||||||
Born abroad | 33 227 | 54.2 | 2.9 | 35.8 | 2.9 | 53.2 | 3.7 | ||
Norwegian-born, other groups | 251 882 | 52.2 | 2.8 | 33.8 | 3.7 | 54.5 | 3.8 | ||