Table 17_3_2-2b

2010 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_2.2b
Adults who received outpatient mental health treatment or counseling^a in the last 12 months, by ethnicity, 2008
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		6.8	0.2	7.3	0.2	7.9	0.3	5.5	0.6	3.8	0.4
Age	18-44	7.3	0.2	8.1	0.3	9.3	0.3	4.9	0.6	3.6	0.4
	45-64	7.7	0.4	8.0	0.5	8.6	0.5	6.4	1.3	4.9	1.2
	65 and over	3.4	0.5	3.5	0.5	3.4	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	5.0	0.3	5.3	0.3	5.7	0.3	3.6	0.7	3.2	0.7
Gender	Female	8.5	0.3	9.1	0.3	9.9	0.4	7.0	0.9	4.5	0.6
Education	Less than high school	4.7	0.4	5.9	0.5	6.1	0.6	6.1	1.7	2.1	0.5
	High school graduate	5.5	0.3	5.8	0.4	6.2	0.4	4.7	0.9	2.7	0.5
	At least some college	8.2	0.3	8.4	0.3	9.2	0.4	5.8	0.8	6.4	1.0
County type^b	Metropolitan	7.0	0.2	7.6	0.3	8.4	0.3	5.7	0.6	3.8	0.4
	Large central and fringe metro	6.9	0.3	7.7	0.3	8.8	0.4	5.7	0.7	3.3	0.4
	Medium metro	7.3	0.5	7.6	0.5	7.9	0.5	6.6	1.8	5.2	1.2
	Small metro	7.1	0.6	7.4	0.7	7.7	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	5.6	0.5	5.7	0.5	5.9	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Outpatient mental health treatment or counseling is defined as having received outpatient care for problems with emotions, nerves, or mental health. Respondents who received treatment for drug or alcohol use or had missing treatment or counseling information are excluded.

^b Metropolitan refers to all metropolitan areas; Large central and fringe metro, central and suburban counties in metro area of 1 million or more population; Medium metro, counties in metro area of 250,000 to less than 1,000,000; Small metro, counties in metro area of less than 250,000 population; Nonmetropolitan, all nonmetropolitan areas.

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

Key: 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 February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 17_3_2-2b: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/17_utilization/T17_3_2-2b.html