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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 7_1_5.1
Adults with a major depressive episode in the last 12 months who received treatment for depression in the last 12 months,a United States, 2004 and 2006b
Population group 2006 2004
Percent SE Percent SE
Total 69.1 1.1 65.1 1.8
Age 18–44 60.8 1.3 59.5 1.9
45–64 82.1 2.0 73.5 3.6
65 and over * * * *
Gender Male 60.8 2.2 55.2 3.1
Female 73.7 1.2 70.1 2.1
Race White only 71.1 1.2 66.0 1.9
Black only 58.9 3.8 60.5 5.4
Asian only * * * *
NHOPI only * * * *
AI/AN only * * * *
Multiple races * * * *
Ethnicity Hispanic 51.8 4.4 57.8 5.9
Non-Hispanic 71.0 1.1 66.0 1.8
Family income,c age 18 and over Negative/poor 66.3 2.5 DNA DNA
Near poor/low 67.8 2.4 DNA DNA
Middle 69.9 2.0 DNA DNA
High 71.3 2.1 DNA DNA
Education Less than high school 65.7 3.0 63.5 3.9
High school graduate 67.7 2.0 58.0 3.1
At least some college 71.1 1.5 69.7 2.4
Residence location MSA 68.6 1.3 64.9 2.0
Non-MSA 71.2 2.2 66.1 3.7

a Major depressive episode (MDE) is defined as a period of at least 2 weeks when a person experienced a depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities and had a majority of the symptoms of depression as described in the 4th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). Respondents with unknown data for past year MDE measures were excluded. Treatment for depression is defined as seeing or talking to a medical doctor or other professional or using prescription medication in the past year for depression.

b Estimates for 2004 are based on a subsample of respondents age 18 or over, while 2005 estimates are based on all respondents age 18 or over. See Section B.4.5 in Appendix B of the Results from the 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings.

c Estimates are based on a revised definition of poverty level that incorporates information on family income, size, and composition and is calculated as a percentage of the U.S. Census Bureau's poverty thresholds. Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over. These estimates are not comparable with similar estimates published in NSDUH reports prior to 2006. Respondents with unknown poverty information were excluded. See Appendix C of the Results from the 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings for details on the variable.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; MSA: metropolitan statistical area; SE: standard error.

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

 

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