Table 193c: Education - Persons age 18 or older who received outpatient mental health treatment or counseling in the past year, by education, United States, 2002a

  Total Less than high school graduate High school graduate At least some college
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
                 
Total 7.4 0.2 5.5 0.4 5.9 0.3 9.1 0.4
                 
Age                
    18-44 8.3 0.3 6.4 0.5 6.6 0.4 9.8 0.4
    45-64 8.3 0.5 7.0 1.2 6.9 0.8 9.4 0.7
    65 and over 3.2 0.5 2.4 0.7 2.0 0.7 5.1 1.1
                 
Gender                
    Male 4.7 0.2 4.1 0.5 3.9 0.4 5.5 0.4
    Female 9.9 0.4 6.9 0.7 7.7 0.5 12.5 0.6
                 
Race                
    White 7.7 0.2 5.1 0.4 6.3 0.4 9.6 0.4
    Black or African American 5.4 0.5 7.0 1.4 3.4 0.7 6.2 0.9
    Asian 6.7 1.5 * * * * 7.2 2.1
    Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander * * * * * * * *
    American Indian or Alaska Native 7.8 1.7 * * * * 14.9 4.2
    Multiple race 10.1 2.0 * * * * * *
                 
Ethnicity                
    Hispanic 4.5 0.5 2.8 0.5 4.6 1.0 6.7 0.9
    Non-Hispanic 7.8 0.2 6.5 0.5 6.1 0.4 9.3 0.4
                 
Residence location                
    Urban (MSA) 7.7 0.3 5.6 0.5 6.1 0.4 9.3 0.4
    Rural (Non-MSA) 6.4 0.4 5.0 0.7 5.4 0.5 8.1 0.7
                 

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

aOutpatient Mental Health Treatment/Counseling is defined as having received outpatient care 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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