Table 7_1_1-1

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 7_1_1.1
Adults with a major depressive episode in the last 12 months who received treatment for depression in the last 12 months,^a United States, 2004 and 2007^b
		2007		2004
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		64.5	1.3	65.1	1.8
Age	18–44	57.6	1.4	59.5	1.9
	45–64	75.4	2.3	73.5	3.6
	65 and over	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	57.8	2.4	55.2	3.1
Gender	Female	68.0	1.4	70.1	2.1
Race	White only	66.8	1.3	66.0	1.9
	Black only	52.6	4.3	60.5	5.4
	Asian only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Hispanic	53.9	4.4	57.8	5.9
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic	65.9	1.3	66.0	1.8
Family income^c	Negative/poor	68.8	2.4	DNA	DNA
	Near poor/low	60.5	2.8	DNA	DNA
	Middle	64.7	2.3	DNA	DNA
	High	65.2	2.6	DNA	DNA
Education	Less than high school	65.2	2.8	63.5	3.9
	High school graduate	65.3	2.2	58.0	3.1
	At least some college	63.9	1.9	69.7	2.4
Residence location	MSA	63.2	1.5	64.9	2.0
Residence location	Non-MSA	70.7	2.3	66.1	3.7

^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 of depression as described in the 4th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV). Treatment is defined as seeing or talking to a medical doctor or other professional or using prescription medication for depression in the past year. Respondents with unknown data for past year MDE measures or unknown treatment data were excluded.

^b Estimates for 2004 are based on a subsample of respondents age 18 or older, while 2007 estimates are based on all respondents age 18 and over.

^c 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, 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. Respondents with unknown poverty information were excluded.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

DSU - 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 March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 7_1_1-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/7_mentalhealthsubstanceabuse/T7_1_1-1.html