Table 1 Descriptive statistics on consultations for mental health symptoms and disorders in primary and specialist healthcare and individual characteristics for children aged 6–19 years living in Norway

A) Consultations in primary care

Jan 2017-Feb 2018

March 2018-Dec 2019

Jan 2019-Feb 2020

March 2020-Dec 2021

 Any mental symptom or disorder

0.91

1.11

0.97

1.27

(0.66)

(0.81)

(0.68)

(0.84)

 Anxiety/depression consultations

0.29

0.43

0.31

0.46

(0.41)

(0.54)

(0.42)

(0.55)

 Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder consultations

0.07

0.09

0.08

0.1

(0.11)

(0.13)

(0.11)

(0.12)

 Sleep consultations

0.18

0.2

0.19

0.26

(0.16)

(0.15)

(0.17)

(0.2)

 Any consultation in primary care

11.41

11.45

11.31

11.01

(4.16)

(4.66)

(3.99)

(4.17)

B) Consultations in specialist care

 Any mental disorder

1.69

1.99

1.72

2.02

(0.86)

(1.06)

(0.87)

(1.22)

 Anxiety/depression consultations

0.41

0.64

0.44

0.67

(0.39)

(0.69)

(0.41)

(0.79)

 Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder consultations

0.64

0.70

0.64

0.75

(0.45)

(0.47)

(0.45)

(0.49)

 Hospitalizations

0.02

0.04

0.03

0.04

(0.05)

(0.08)

(0.06)

(0.09)

C) Sample characteristics

Primary care sample

Specialist care sample

2017–2019

2019–2021

2017–2019

2019–2021

 Age

12.51

12.52

10.97

11.03

(3.73)

(3.68)

(2.64)

(2.62)

 Female

0.49

0.49

0.49

0.49

(0.5)

(0.5)

(0.5)

(0.5)

 Non-migrants

0.82

0.81

0.82

0.81

(0.38)

(0.39)

(0.39)

(0.39)

 Migrants

0.09

0.09

0.08

0.08

(0.29)

(0.28)

(0.28)

(0.27)

Descendants

0.09

0.10

0.10

0.11

(0.29)

(0.30)

(0.30)

(0.31)

  N (person months)

32 810 256

32 529 492

25 646 652

25 581 204

  N (persons)

911 396

903 597

712 407

710 589