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: Data from the World Health Organization Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) were used to estimate the prevalence of depression in older adults in six low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), namely China, Ghana, India, Mexico, the Russian Federation, and South Africa, and to examine the relationship between demographic and lifestyle characteristics and depression.

: A total of 33,421 participants aged ≥ 50 years were included. A set of diagnostic questions from the World Mental Health Survey was used within SAGE to define depression.

: The crude population prevalence of depression was 7.4% [95%CI: 6.5%–8.3%] ranging from 1.5% in China to 15.2% in India. It was higher in females 8.6% [7.6%–9.6%] compared to males 6.1% [5.0%–7.2%]. The age-standardized prevalence of depression was 7.8% [6.3%–9.6%] in pooled data, 8.9% [6.9%–11.1%] in females and …