Persons age 18 or older who received mental health treatment or counseling in the past yeara, by ethnicity, United States, 2003 |
| Population group | Total | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic (all races) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All races | White | Black | |||||||||
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 13.2 | 0.3 | 13.9 | 0.3 | 15.3 | 0.3 | 8.5 | 0.6 | 8.0 | 0.6 | |
| Age | 18-44 | 13.0 | 0.3 | 14.3 | 0.3 | 16.3 | 0.4 | 7.5 | 0.6 | 6.7 | 0.6 |
| 45-64 | 15.8 | 0.6 | 16.2 | 0.6 | 17.6 | 0.7 | 8.5 | 1.2 | 12.2 | 2.0 | |
| 65 and over | 8.6 | 0.7 | 8.7 | 0.7 | 8.4 | 0.7 | 13.8 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 2.8 | |
| Gender | Male | 8.5 | 0.3 | 9.0 | 0.4 | 9.6 | 0.4 | 6.5 | 1.0 | 5.3 | 0.6 |
| Female | 17.6 | 0.4 | 18.4 | 0.4 | 20.5 | 0.5 | 10.2 | 0.9 | 10.8 | 1.1 | |
| Education | Less than high school graduate | 10.5 | 0.5 | 12.2 | 0.7 | 12.7 | 0.8 | 10.5 | 1.8 | 6.4 | 0.9 |
| High school graduate | 12.5 | 0.5 | 13.0 | 0.5 | 14.0 | 0.6 | 8.2 | 1.1 | 7.8 | 1.1 | |
| At least some college | 14.6 | 0.4 | 15.0 | 0.4 | 16.7 | 0.5 | 7.8 | 1.0 | 10.4 | 1.3 | |
| Residence location | Urban (MSA) | 13.1 | 0.3 | 13.9 | 0.3 | 15.6 | 0.4 | 8.0 | 0.7 | 7.9 | 0.7 |
| Rural (non-MSA) | 13.8 | 0.6 | 14.0 | 0.6 | 14.2 | 0.6 | 12.9 | 1.8 | 9.0 | 2.3 | |
a Mental health treatment or counseling is defined as having received inpatient care, outpatient care, or using prescription medication for problems with emotions, nerves, or mental health. Respondents were not to include treatment for drug or alcohol use. Respondents with missing treatment or counseling information are excluded.
* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: SE: Standard error; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, National Household Survey on Drug Abuse.