Psychiatric disorders and suicidal behaviours in past 12 months | Men | Women | ||
Home with gun (%) | Home without gun (%) | Home with gun (%) | Home without gun (%) | |
Anxiety disorders | ||||
Panic disorder | 1.2 (0.3) | 2.1 (0.4) | 4.1 (0.8) | 3.6 (0.4) |
Generalised anxiety disorder | 2.7 (0.5) | 3.1 (0.5) | 5.1 (0.5) | 5.0 (0.3) |
Post-traumatic stress disorder | 1.7 (0.4) | 1.6 (0.3) | 3.7 (0.7) | 5.8 (0.5)* |
Any of the above anxiety disorders | 4.5 (0.5) | 5.5 (0.6) | 10.6 (1.1) | 11.7 (0.6) |
Mood disorders | ||||
Major depressive disorder | 4.1 (0.5) | 5.4 (0.5) | 8.1 (0.9) | 8.7 (0.5) |
Bipolar disorder | 1.0 (0.2) | 1.6 (0.3) | 1.1 (0.3) | 1.7 (0.2) |
Any of the above mood disorders | 5.2 (0.6) | 6.9 (0.6) | 9.2 (0.9) | 10.4 (0.5) |
Substance use disorders | ||||
Alcohol abuse | 3.8 (0.7) | 4.6 (0.5) | 1.2 (0.4) | 1.8 (0.4) |
Alcohol dependence | 1.3 (0.4) | 2.2 (0.5) | 0.4 (0.2) | 1.1 (0.2)* |
Drug abuse | 1.6 (0.3) | 2.5 (0.4) | 0.5 (0.2) | 0.6 (0.1) |
Drug dependence | 0.4 (0.2) | 0.7 (0.2) | 0.3 (0.2) | 0.3 (0.1) |
Any of above substance use disorders | 5.0 (0.7) | 6.2 (0.7) | 1.6 (0.5) | 2.5 (0.4) |
Any mood/anxiety/substance disorder | 12.0 (1.0) | 14.4 (1.1) | 16.5 (1.3) | 18.9 (0.8) |
Suicidality | ||||
Suicidal ideation | 3.2 (0.8) | 5.2 (0.7) | 4.4 (0.8) | 5.4 (0.5) |
Suicidal plan | 0.4 (0.3) | 1.0 (0.2) | 0.5 (0.2) | 0.9 (0.2) |
Serious suicidal attempt | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.7 (0.2)* | 0.0 (0.0) | 0.7 (0.2)* |
Treatment-related characteristics | ||||
Saw professional for mental health problem | 8.4 (1.0) | 10.8 (1.0) | 15.4 (1.4) | 16.4 (0.8) |
Hospitalised for psychiatric disorder | 0.2 (0.1) | 0.5 (0.1) | 0.3 (0.1) | 0.5 (0.1) |
Values in parentheses are standard errors estimated using the Taylor series linearisation method to account for the stratified, clustered sampling design; weights were applied to all prevalence estimates to adjust for differential probabilities of selection, non-response and differences between the sample and 2000 US census population estimates.
*Difference between firearm and non-firearm households within sex is significant at p<0.05 using the Rao–Scott χ2 test of proportions.