Current estimates of national, state-level, and county-level prevalence of US adults reporting a lifetime diagnosis of depression CDCgov ORISEconnect depression mentalhealth health diagnosis
By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaJun 19 2023Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In the recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, researchers presented nationwide, statewide, and countywide depression prevalence estimates among United States adults in 2020.
The state-based ongoing, random-digit–dialed mobile phone and landline behavioral risk factor surveillance system survey data for 2020, including data for US adults among all 50 US states, including the participating US territories and the District of Columbia , were analyzed by the CDC. The participants were asked whether they had been diagnosed by a healthcare professional, such as a doctor or a nurse, with depressive disorders such as depression and dysthymia.
Results and discussion In total, 99% responded to the BFRSS survey question on depression. In 2020, 18% of US adults reported having ever been diagnosed with depression; statewide age-standardized estimates ranged between 13% and 28% ; most of the affected US states were in the southern Mississippi Valley and Appalachian regions. The states where depression was most prevalent included West Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Alabama, Vermont, Washington, Louisiana, Montana, and Missouri.
The age-matched depression prevalence rates were greater for females than males , higher among adult non-Hispanic Whites compared to those among non-Hispanic African-Americans or Blacks , Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders of non-Hispanic ethnicity , Hispanics or Latinos , and Asians of non-Hispanic ethnicity .
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