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2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
Data Tables Appendix

Table 17_3_1.2a
Adults who received mental health treatment or counseling in the last 12 months,a by race, 2009
    Total White Black Asian NHOPI AI/AN Multiple races
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   13.3 0.3 14.6 0.3 7.7 0.6 3.6 0.7 DSU DSU 11.9 3.0 17.5 2.3
Age 18-44 13.4 0.3 15.0 0.4 7.9 0.6 4.0 0.8 11.0 3.1 9.7 1.7 18.0 2.4
45-64 15.1 0.6 16.5 0.6 7.7 1.0 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
65 and over 9.3 0.7 9.8 0.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Gender Male 9.2 0.3 9.9 0.4 5.7 0.7 4.0 1.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU 15.0 3.6
Female 17.1 0.4 19.1 0.5 9.2 0.9 3.2 0.8 DSU DSU 10.5 2.0 19.9 2.9
Education Less than high school 11.2 0.6 11.2 0.7 11.4 2.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU 9.0 2.5 DSU DSU
High school graduate 12.4 0.5 13.6 0.6 6.1 0.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU 14.6 3.8
At least some college 14.4 0.4 16.2 0.4 7.2 0.8 3.3 0.7 DSU DSU DSU DSU 18.2 3.3
County typeb Metropolitan 13.2 0.3 14.6 0.4 7.5 0.7 3.6 0.7 DSU DSU 10.7 2.5 16.6 2.2
  Large central metro 12.1 0.5 14.0 0.7 8.0 0.8 3.5 1.0 DSU DSU 4.9 1.4 17.6 4.2
  Large fringe metro 12.9 0.6 14.4 0.7 6.3 1.0 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU 11.8 3.5
  Medium metro 14.5 0.6 15.8 0.7 6.2 1.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU 15.5 3.7
  Small metro 14.1 0.9 14.3 0.9 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Nonmetropolitan 14.2 0.6 14.5 0.7 9.4 1.7 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Micropolitan 14.0 0.8 14.5 0.8 7.6 1.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Noncore 14.4 1.0 14.5 1.0 13.1 3.7 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU

a. Mental health treatment or counseling is defined as having received inpatient or outpatient care or using prescription medication for problems with emotions, nerves, or mental health. Respondents who received treatment for drug or alcohol use or with missing treatment or counseling information are excluded.

b. Specification of metropolitan and nonmetropolitan subgroups changed in 2009; results should not be compared to 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.

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.

 
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