Table 17_3_3-2a

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_3.2a
Adults who received prescription medications for mental health treatment^a in the last 12 months, by race, 2008
		Single race
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		11.3	0.3	12.5	0.3	6.2	0.7	3.4	0.9	DSU	DSU	7.2	1.3	16.1	3.1
Age	18-44	10.4	0.3	11.9	0.3	5.7	0.6	2.6	0.6	DSU	DSU	5.0	0.8	12.3	2.4
	45-64	13.7	0.6	14.9	0.6	7.2	1.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	9.0	0.7	9.4	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	7.5	0.3	8.2	0.4	3.9	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	9.3	2.5
Gender	Female	14.8	0.4	16.6	0.5	8.1	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	8.6	2.2	DSU	DSU
Education	Less than high school	9.2	0.6	9.3	0.7	8.2	1.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	10.7	0.5	11.8	0.6	5.2	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	13.5	3.7
	At least some college	12.3	0.4	13.8	0.4	6.2	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	4.9	1.3	16.8	3.9
County type^b	Metropolitan	11.0	0.3	12.3	0.3	6.5	0.7	3.2	0.9	DSU	DSU	7.7	1.6	17.3	3.6
	Large central and fringe metro	10.4	0.4	12.0	0.5	5.6	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	3.4	0.9	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	12.1	0.6	12.7	0.7	9.7	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	10.0	2.7
	Small metro	12.2	0.8	12.5	0.8	7.6	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	12.8	0.7	13.7	0.8	4.0	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	5.6	1.6	DSU	DSU

^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 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: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 17_3_3-2a: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/17_utilization/T17_3_3-2a.html