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National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2004

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Table 196c: Education - Persons age 18 or older with serious mental illness who received 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 47.9 1.3 39.3 3.1 45.1 2.2 53.7 1.7
                 
Age                
    18-44 45.4 1.3 41.7 2.9 39.9 2.1 50.4 1.8
    45-64 60.2 3.0 * * 58.5 5.0 65.2 4.0
    65 and over * * * * * * * *
                 
Gender                
    Male 39.5 2.2 31.8 4.1 37.5 4.1 45.1 3.2
    Female 52.3 1.5 44.2 4.3 49.1 2.6 57.9 2.0
                 
Race                
    White 50.6 1.4 38.3 3.4 49.4 2.5 56.5 1.8
    Black or African American 36.1 3.8 * * 23.2 4.9 40.1 5.9
    Asian * * * * * * * *
    Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander * * * * * * * *
    American Indian or Alaska Native * * * * * * * *
    Multiple race * * * * * * * *
                 
Ethnicity                
    Hispanic 37.8 3.9 * * * * 51.6 5.7
    Non-Hispanic 49.0 1.3 42.7 3.5 45.5 2.3 53.9 1.7
                 
Residence location                
    Urban (MSA) 48.5 1.4 39.0 3.6 45.7 2.5 54.0 1.9
    Rural (Non-MSA) 45.7 2.9 40.0 5.7 43.5 4.7 52.3 3.9
                 

*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. Serious Mental Illness SMI is defined as having a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder that met the criteria found in the 4th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV and resulted in functional impairment that substantially interfered with or limited one or more major life activities. See Section B.6 of Appendix B of the Results from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: National Findings.

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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