Persons with serious psychological distress in the U.S. by age 2015-2016

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John Elflein,
Nov 7, 2019
This statistic shows the percentage of persons with serious psychological distress in the past 30 days among adults 18 years of age and over, in the United States in 2015-2016, by age. During this period, 2.3 percent of all adults 75 years of age and over had such problems.

Percentage of persons with serious psychological distress in the past month in the U.S. in 2015-2016, by age*

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Release date

September 2018

Region

United States

Survey time period

2015 and 2016

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

* Serious psychological distress is measured by a six-question scale that asks respondents how often they experienced each of six symptoms of psychological distress in the past 30 days.
Estimates are age-adjusted to the year 2000 standard population using five age groups: 18-44 years, 45-54 years, 55-64 years, 65-74 years, and 75 years and over.
Includes all other races not shown separately.
Values not included in the pdf version of the report were taken from the Health, United States, trend tables.

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