Table 7_1_6-2a

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_6.2a
Children ages 12–17 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		38.9	1.6	40.6	1.8	28.7	3.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age	12–13	35.1	3.4	38.6	4.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	14–15	38.7	2.5	39.6	2.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	16–17	40.8	2.4	42.0	2.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	35.4	2.8	36.2	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	40.3	1.9	42.2	2.1	23.6	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
County type	MSA	39.5	1.8	41.3	2.0	29.3	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
County type	Non-MSA	36.1	3.1	37.6	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

^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_6-2a: 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_6-2a.html