CHART OF THE MONTH

Frequency of the reporting of depressive symptoms…

October 2017



C1 … in European countries

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*The 'European Union' average is calculated from data from 26 countries - among the 28 EU countries -, for which data on depressive symptoms is available (Belgium and the Netherlands not included).

Reading: In France, 7.0% of the population had depressive symptoms. The European average is 6.7% (average weighted in accordance with the population of each country).

Scope: People aged 15 or over living in private households in mainland France. Source: Eurostat, EHIS, 2014.


C2 … according to the socio-professional category in France

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Reading: 13.6% of people aged 15 or over living in households in which the reference person was a commercial employee had depressive symptoms. With a comparable age and gender structure, the proportion of people who had depressive symptoms among people living in commercial employee households was 1.6 times that observed in the entire population.

Scope: People aged 15 or over living in private households in mainland France.

Source: EHIS-ESPS 2014, Drees-Irdes.