Table 7_1_5-2a

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 7_1_5.2a
Adults with a major depressive episode in the last 12 months who received treatment for depression in the last 12 months,^a by race, United States, 2006
Population group		Total		Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		69.1	1.08	71.1	1.15	58.9	3.81	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age	18–44	60.8	1.27	63.4	1.38	47.9	4.26	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	45–64	82.1	2.01	82.5	2.13	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	65 and over	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	60.8	2.16	63.2	2.33	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	73.7	1.23	75.4	1.31	64.6	4.36	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Education	Less than high school	65.7	2.98	67.1	3.29	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High school graduate	67.7	1.99	70.5	2.10	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	At least some college	71.1	1.46	72.8	1.57	66.1	5.22	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
County type	MSA	68.6	1.25	70.7	1.34	60.5	3.94	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
County type	Non-MSA	71.2	2.17	72.4	2.23	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

^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 for 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.

* - 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.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 7_1_5-2a: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/7_mentalhealthsubstanceabuse/T7_1_5-2a.html