Table 192c: Education - Persons age 18 or older who received mental health treatment or counseling in the past year, by education, United States, 2002^a

	Total		Less than high school graduate		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	13.0	0.3	11.7	0.6	11.7	0.5	14.4	0.4
Age
18-44	13.2	0.3	11.8	0.7	11.9	0.5	14.5	0.5
45-64	14.9	0.6	14.4	1.6	13.7	1.0	15.7	0.8
65 or over	8.8	0.8	9.0	1.4	7.3	1.2	10.1	1.4
Gender
Male	8.7	0.3	9.1	0.8	7.4	0.5	9.4	0.5
Female	17.0	0.4	14.3	1.0	15.3	0.7	19.0	0.7
Race
White	13.8	0.3	11.6	0.7	12.6	0.5	15.3	0.5
Black or African American	8.5	0.6	11.7	1.6	5.9	0.9	9.0	1.0
Asian	8.6	1.5	*	*	*	*	9.0	2.0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
American Indian or Alaska Native	14.6	2.2	*	*	14.6	3.5	20.7	4.6
Multiple race	17.8	2.7	18.6	4.7	14.8	4.0	19.2	4.3
Ethnicity
Hispanic	8.2	0.6	6.8	0.9	8.0	1.3	10.3	1.2
Non-Hispanic	13.7	0.3	13.6	0.8	12.1	0.5	14.7	0.4
Residence location
Urban (MSA)	13.0	0.3	11.5	0.7	11.6	0.6	14.3	0.5
Rural (Non-MSA)	13.1	0.6	12.2	1.2	11.9	0.8	14.8	0.9

^*Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

^aMental Health Treatment/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 alcohol or drug use. Respondents with missing treatment/counseling information are excluded.

Key: SE: Standard error; MSA: Metropolitan Statistical Area

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Office of Applied Studies, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2002.

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