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In 2021, around 11.5 percent of males and 29 percent of females in the United States aged 12 to 17 years reported that they had a major depressive episode in the past year. This statistic depicts the percentage of U.S. youths with a major depressive episode in the past year from 2004 to 2021, by gender.

Percentage of U.S. youths with a major depressive episode in the past year from 2004 to 2021, by gender

Characteristic	Male	Female
2021	11.5%	29.2%
2020	9.2%	25.2%
2019	8.8%	23%
2018	7.7%	21.5%
2017	6.8%	20%
2016	6.4%	19.4%
2015	5.8%	19.5%
2014	5.7%	17.3%
2013	5.3%	16.2%
2012	4.7%	13.7%
2011	4.5%	12.1%
2010	4.4%	11.9%
2009	4.7%	11.7%
2008	4.3%	12.5%
2007	4.6%	11.9%
2006	4.2%	11.8%
2005	4.5%	13.3%
2004	5%	13.1%

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Release date

January 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2004 to 2021

Number of respondents

base: around 70,000

Age group

12-17 years

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

Figures prior to 2021 were taken from the previous year's report and can be found here on page 1,847.

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