Table 17_3_1-2c

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 17_3_1.2c
Adults who received mental health treatment or counseling^a in the last 12 months, by family income,^b 2008
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		13.4	0.3	15.5	0.8	13.6	0.7	12.0	0.5	13.8	0.5
Age	18-44	13.0	0.3	14.6	0.8	11.9	0.6	12.0	0.5	13.8	0.6
	45-64	15.5	0.6	20.0	2.1	18.7	1.8	14.5	1.0	14.4	0.8
	65 and over	10.3	0.8	11.3	3.1	11.2	1.8	8.2	1.0	11.7	1.7
Gender	Male	9.3	0.4	12.5	1.3	9.7	0.8	8.2	0.5	9.2	0.6
Gender	Female	17.2	0.4	17.5	1.0	16.6	1.0	15.6	0.7	18.7	0.8
Race	White only	14.6	0.3	16.7	0.9	14.6	0.8	13.5	0.5	14.9	0.5
	Black only	8.7	0.7	12.8	1.7	11.1	1.6	4.9	0.8	7.5	1.7
	Asian only	4.5	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	4.0	1.2	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN only	9.6	1.6	DSU	DSU	6.2	1.7	10.4	2.6	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	17.4	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	12.4	3.6	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Hispanic	6.8	0.6	6.9	1.1	5.3	0.9	6.9	1.1	8.7	1.5
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic	14.4	0.3	18.6	1.0	16.0	0.9	12.7	0.5	14.1	0.5
County type^c	Metropolitan	13.3	0.3	15.0	0.9	13.2	0.8	11.7	0.5	13.9	0.5
	Large central and fringe metro	12.8	0.4	13.3	1.2	13.0	1.0	11.0	0.6	13.7	0.7
	Medium metro	14.1	0.7	15.9	1.6	15.1	1.5	12.7	1.0	14.1	1.2
	Small metro	14.2	0.8	21.6	2.7	10.8	1.3	13.1	1.3	14.9	1.5
	Nonmetropolitan	14.1	0.7	17.5	1.6	15.1	1.7	13.1	1.0	12.9	1.3

^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 had missing treatment or counseling information are excluded.

^b Estimates are based on a revised definition of poverty that incorporates information on family income, size, and composition and is calculated as a percentage of the U.S. Census Bureau's poverty thresholds.� Negative or poor refers to family incomes below the Federal poverty line for a given household size and composition; near poor/low, over the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.�� Respondents with unknown poverty information were excluded.

^c Metropolitan refers to all metropolitan areas; Large central and fringe metro, central and suburban counties in metro area of 1 million or more population; Medium metro, counties in metro area of 250,000 to less than 1,000,000; Small metro, counties in metro area of less than 250,000 population; Nonmetropolitan, all nonmetropolitan areas.

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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 17_3_1-2c: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/17_utilization/T17_3_1-2c.html