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Mental Health
Selected U.S. National Research Findings
Below are selected key national
women's health research findings and facts related to mental health. This information is selected text from articles or documents. Please view the source
documents below each bulleted section to determine the exact context.
For more resources on this topic, visit: Mental Health: Women’s Health Topics A-Z
http://www.cdc.gov/women/az/mntlhlth.htm
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Mental illness was the second most frequently mentioned condition
causing activity limitation among adults 18–44 years of age and the
third most frequently mentioned among adults 45–54 years.
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Between 1993 and 2003 the percent of high school students who reported
attempting suicide (8–9 percent) and whose suicide attempts required
medical attention (just under 3 percent) remained fairly constant. Girls
were more likely than boys to consider or attempt suicide. However, in
2002 adolescent boys (15–19 years of age) were five times as likely to
die from suicide as were adolescent girls, in part reflecting their
choice of more lethal methods, such as firearms.
Source: Health, United States, 2005
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hus.htm
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| • Eighteen percent of women felt nervous for all, most, or some of the time during the 30
days prior to the interview compared with 12% of men. • Women were more likely to
feel restless all, most, or some of the time during the 30 days prior to the interview than were men.
Source: Health
Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2003
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_225.pdf
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• American Indian
or Alaska Native women (11.8%) were about three times as likely as black
women (4.0%), three and a half times as likely as white women (3.4%),
and five times as likely as Asian women (2.4%) to have experienced
serious psychological distress within the past 30 days.
Source: Health
Characteristics of the American Indian and Alaska Native Adult
Population- United States, 1999–2003
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad356.pdf
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URL: http://www.cdc.gov/women/natstat/mntlhlth.htm
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