Common mental disorders (CMDs) are a group of distress states manifesting as anxiety, somatic, and depressive symptoms and are the contemporary equivalent of neurotic disorders typically encountered in community and primary care settings.[1,2] The WHO estimates that CMDs will be the leading cause of disability‑adjusted life year by 2020.[3] This study will focus mainly on somatization and anxiety among adult women. Women are faced with various life stressors including menstrual problems, comorbidities, marriage, and caring for the sick of the family.[4] The factors associated with the risk of CMDs include excessive partner alcohol use, domestic violence, being separated, low autonomy in decision‑making, and low levels of support from one’s family.[5]In a meta‑analysis, the prevalence of CMDs in urban areas was high at 80.6%.[6] Studies on CMDs such as anxiety and somatization are lacking in Kerala. With the fast‑paced life bringing a dramatic change in the roles and responsibilities of women in the home and outside, it is pertinent to study the prevalence of somatization and anxiety and associated factors among women in an urban population of Kochi.