Distributions of the participants by sex and occurrence of depressive episodes during the previous 12 months 1 in the Health 2000 Survey and the Fishermen Study.

1In the Health 2000 Survey, major depressive episodes (MDE) measured by a Finnish translation of the German, computerized version of the M-CIDI interview with DSM-IV[10] sub-threshold cases included. In the Fishermen Study, depressive episodes measured by the CIDI-SF stem questions ‘During the previous 12 months, have you felt sad, blue or depressed for at least 2 weeks?’ and ‘During the previous 12 months, have you lost interest in most things like work or hobbies or things you usually like to do for fun for at least two weeks?[16]. A person was considered to have depressive episodes if she/he answered ‘yes’ to both questions.2Standard Error.3Available only for the Sub-study.4Self-report.5Cancer, myocardial infarction, cerebral stroke, angina pectoris, cardiac heat insufficiency, diabetes or rheumatoid arthritis. Cancer, myocardial infarction, and cerebral stroke diagnosed by a physician ever in both surveys. Other diseases in the Health 2000 Survey diagnosed by a physician ever, and in the Fishermen Study diagnosed or treated by a physician during the previous 12 months.