Table 17_3_3-1b

2009 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 17_3_3.1b
Adults who received prescription medications for mental health treatment in the last 12 months,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2007
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		11.1	0.3	12.0	0.3	13.8	0.3	5.1	0.5	5.6	0.6
Age	18–44	10.4	0.3	11.6	0.3	13.8	0.4	4.6	0.5	4.8	0.5
	45–64	14.1	0.5	14.8	0.6	16.7	0.7	6.9	1.2	8.3	1.8
	65 and over	7.1	0.6	7.3	0.7	8.2	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	7.5	0.3	8.2	0.4	9.3	0.4	4.4	0.8	2.8	0.4
Gender	Female	14.5	0.4	15.4	0.4	17.9	0.5	5.5	0.6	8.6	1.0
Education	Less than high school	9.9	0.6	13.2	0.8	15.3	1.0	8.2	1.3	3.1	0.8
	High school graduate	10.9	0.4	11.4	0.5	13.0	0.5	4.9	0.8	6.7	1.3
	At least some college	11.6	0.4	12.0	0.4	13.9	0.5	3.6	0.7	7.7	1.0
County type	MSA	10.9	0.3	11.8	0.3	13.8	0.4	4.9	0.5	5.5	0.6
County type	Non-MSA	12.5	0.6	12.8	0.6	13.5	0.7	6.5	1.4	7.5	1.9

^a Received prescription medication for mental health treatment/counseling refers to having received prescription medication for problems with emotions, nerves, or mental health. Respondents who received treatment for drug or alcohol use, or with missing treatment or counseling information are excluded.

Key: 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 March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 17_3_3-1b: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/17_utilization/T17_3_3-1b.html