T17_3_1_2a

2011 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_1.2a
Adults who received mental health treatment or counseling in the last 12 months,^a by race, 2009
		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		13.3	0.3	14.6	0.3	7.7	0.6	3.6	0.7	DSU	DSU	11.9	3.0	17.5	2.3
Age	18-44	13.4	0.3	15.0	0.4	7.9	0.6	4.0	0.8	11.0	3.1	9.7	1.7	18.0	2.4
	45-64	15.1	0.6	16.5	0.6	7.7	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	9.3	0.7	9.8	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	9.2	0.3	9.9	0.4	5.7	0.7	4.0	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	15.0	3.6
Gender	Female	17.1	0.4	19.1	0.5	9.2	0.9	3.2	0.8	DSU	DSU	10.5	2.0	19.9	2.9
Education	Less than high school	11.2	0.6	11.2	0.7	11.4	2.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	9.0	2.5	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	12.4	0.5	13.6	0.6	6.1	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	14.6	3.8
	At least some college	14.4	0.4	16.2	0.4	7.2	0.8	3.3	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	18.2	3.3
County type^b	Metropolitan	13.2	0.3	14.6	0.4	7.5	0.7	3.6	0.7	DSU	DSU	10.7	2.5	16.6	2.2
	Large central metro	12.1	0.5	14.0	0.7	8.0	0.8	3.5	1.0	DSU	DSU	4.9	1.4	17.6	4.2
	Large fringe metro	12.9	0.6	14.4	0.7	6.3	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	11.8	3.5
	Medium metro	14.5	0.6	15.8	0.7	6.2	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	15.5	3.7
	Small metro	14.1	0.9	14.3	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	14.2	0.6	14.5	0.7	9.4	1.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	14.0	0.8	14.5	0.8	7.6	1.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	14.4	1.0	14.5	1.0	13.1	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a. Mental health treatment or counseling is defined as having received inpatient or outpatient care or using 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.

^b. Specification of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan subgroups changed in 2009; results should not be compared to those of previous years. For information on the urban-rural classification scheme, refer to http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data_access/urban_rural.htm#documentation for details.

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: T17_3_1_2a: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/17_utilization/T17_3_1_2a.html