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Table 4 Depression among survey participants by age group

From: Airplane pilot mental health and suicidal thoughts: a cross-sectional descriptive study via anonymous web-based survey

Worked as an airline pilot in past 7 days (n = 1199)

 Elevated Depression Symptomsa

Age <41

Age 41 to 50

Age 51 to 60

Age >60

Total

  No, n (%)

350 (85.2)

339 (85.4)

281 (87.5)

63 (90.0)

1033 (86.2)

  Yes, n (%)

61 (14.8)

58 (14.6)

40 (12.5)

7 (10.0)

166 (13.8)

Worked one trip as an airline pilot in past 30 days (n = 1413)

 Elevated Depression Symptomsa

Age <41

Age 41 to 50

Age 51 to 60

Age >60

Total

  No, n (%)

401 (85.5)

392 (85.0)

350 (88.4)

78 (89.7)

1221 (86.4)

  Yes, n (%)

68 (14.5)

69 (15.0)

46 (11.6)

9 (10.3)

192 (13.6)

  1. aElevated Depression Symptoms means PHQ-9 total score ≥ 10