Table 3

Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity in relation to farming characteristics

CharacteristicCases (n)Non-cases (n)%(95% CI)
Prevalence estimates and 95% CIs account for sample clustering by farmholding.
Farm type
Arable1601.6(0.0 to 5.0)
Livestock151668.3(4.1 to 12.5)
Mixed91376.2(1.8 to 10.5)
Other0320.0
Size of farm (hectares)
<203604.8(0.0 to 10.2)
20–507827.9(2.3 to 13.5)
50–10091018.2(2.5 to 13.9)
100+31132.6(0.0 to 6.4)