Table 17_3_4-1b

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_4.1b
Adults who received inpatient mental health treatment or counseling 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		1.0	0.08	1.0	0.08	0.9	0.09	1.2	0.21	1.0	0.29
Age	18–44	1.1	0.09	1.2	0.10	1.0	0.11	1.6	0.29	0.9	0.21
	45–64	1.0	0.17	0.9	0.16	0.9	0.18	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	1.0	0.11	1.0	0.12	0.9	0.13	1.5	0.39	0.9	0.27
Gender	Female	0.9	0.11	0.9	0.11	0.9	0.13	1.0	0.20	DSU	DSU
Education	Less than high school	2.2	0.34	2.6	0.39	2.7	0.49	2.4	0.69	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	1.0	0.12	1.0	0.13	0.9	0.14	1.3	0.30	DSU	DSU
	At least some college	0.6	0.08	0.5	0.08	0.5	0.09	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
County type	MSA	0.9	0.08	0.9	0.09	0.8	0.10	1.1	0.20	DSU	DSU
County type	Non-MSA	1.4	0.20	1.4	0.20	1.2	0.20	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Inpatient mental health treatment/counseling is defined as having received inpatient care 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.

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

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_4-1b: 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_4-1b.html