Table 7_1_5-2c

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_5.2c
Adults with a major depressive episode in the last 12 months who received treatment for depression in the last 12 months,^a by family income,^b United States, 2006
Population group		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		69.2	1.1	66.3	2.5	67.8	2.4	69.9	2.0	71.3	2.1
Age	18–44	60.9	1.3	57.0	2.9	61.9	2.6	62.3	2.4	61.2	2.7
	45–64	82.1	2.0	*	*	*	*	83.0	3.8	82.2	3.1
	65 and over	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	60.9	2.2	56.7	5.1	61.2	4.6	57.7	4.0	65.8	3.8
Gender	Female	73.8	1.2	70.5	2.9	71.6	2.6	76.4	2.2	74.6	2.5
Race	White only	71.2	1.2	69.2	2.8	68.1	2.7	72.4	2.0	73.2	2.1
	Black only	59.2	3.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Asian only	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI only	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN only	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Hispanic	51.9	4.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic	71.1	1.1	68.8	2.5	69.0	2.5	72.3	2.0	72.4	2.1
County type	MSA	68.7	1.3	64.8	3.1	69.2	2.6	68.6	2.4	70.3	2.3
County type	Non-MSA	71.2	2.2	69.7	4.3	62.8	5.8	74.9	3.5	76.9	4.8

^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.

^b 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.

* - 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_5-2c: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/7_mentalhealthsubstanceabuse/T7_1_5-2c.html