T7_1_2_1

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 7_1_2.1
Children ages 12-17 with a major depressive episode^a in the last 12 months who received treatment, United States, 2008 and 2009
		2009		2008
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		34.7	1.5	37.7	1.5
Age	12-13	30.5	3.4	33.5	3.3
	14-15	33.2	2.3	33.6	2.6
	16-17	37.6	2.4	42.4	2.2
Gender	Male	29.3	2.6	33.8	2.7
Gender	Female	37.0	1.8	39.2	1.8
Race	White only	36.6	1.7	40.8	1.8
	Black only	26.6	4.1	31.8	3.5
	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	Non-Hispanic, all races	35.1	1.6	39.3	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	37.6	1.8	43.1	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	25.4	4.1	32.6	3.6
	Hispanic, all races	33.1	3.7	30.3	4.1
Family income^b	Negative/poor	33.4	3.4	40.0	3.8
	Near poor/low	31.4	3.1	38.8	3.3
	Middle	35.4	2.6	34.3	2.4
	High	37.4	2.9	39.1	2.7
County type^c	Metropolitan	34.4	1.7	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	32.4	3.2	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	34.1	3.0	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	35.0	3.1	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	39.6	4.6	DNA	DNA
	Nonmetropolitan	36.4	3.3	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan	35.6	4.0	DNA	DNA
	Noncore	37.6	5.2	DNA	DNA

^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 treatment data were excluded. Due to MDE questionnaire changes, the 2008 estimates are no longer comparable to estimates in previous years.

^b. Estimates are based on a revised definition of poverty 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 family 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. A small number of people were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

^c. Specification of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan subgroups changed in 2009; results should not be compared with 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.

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; 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: T7_1_2_1: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/7_mentalhealthsubstanceabuse/T7_1_2_1.html