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Percentage of the U.S. population that had depression from 1990 to 2017, by gender
Percentage of people in the U.S. who suffered from depression from 1990 to 2017, by gender
by John Elflein,
last edited
Aug 6, 2019
This statistic depicts the percentage of the U.S. population who had depression from 1990 to 2017, by gender. According to the data, 3.53 percent of men and 6.09 percent of women suffered from depression as of 2017.
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by John Elflein,
last edited
Aug 6, 2019
This statistic depicts the percentage of the U.S. population who had depression from 1990 to 2017, by gender. According to the data, 3.53 percent of men and 6.09 percent of women suffered from depression as of 2017.
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- United States
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- 1990 to 2017
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- United States
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- 1990 to 2017
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Statistics on "Depression in the U.S."
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- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with depression from 2013 to 2016, by ageShare of adults with depression in the U.S. from 2013 to 2016, by age
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with depression from 2013 to 2016, by ethnicity and genderShare of adults with depression in the U.S. 2013-2016, by ethnicity and gender
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with depression from 2013 to 2016, by family income level and gender*Share of adults with depression in the U.S. 2013-2016, by income and gender
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- Prescription antidepressant drug use in the past month in the U.S. between 1988 and 2014, by gender*Prescription antidepressant drug use in the U.S. by gender 1988-2014
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- Percentage of people in the U.S. who suffered from depression from 1990 to 2017
- Percentage of U.S. adults with a major depressive episode in the past year as of 2018, by age and gender
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with depression from 2007 to 2016, by gender
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with depression from 2013 to 2016, by age
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with depression from 2013 to 2016, by ethnicity and gender
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with depression from 2013 to 2016, by family income level and gender*
- Percentage of Americans being diagnosed with a depressive disorder in 2015-2016, by military service and gender
- Percentage of U.S. women with a major depressive episode in the past year as of 2018, by age
- Percentage of U.S. men with a major depressive episode in the past year as of 2018, by age
- Percentage of adolescents and millennials with a diagnosis of depression in the U.S. in 2016, by state
- Percentage of U.S. high school students who felt sad or hopeless in 2017, by gender and ethnicity
- Percentage of U.S. youths with a major depressive episode in the past year from 2004 to 2018, by gender
- Percentage of U.S. college students that felt that things were hopeless as of fall 2018
- Percentage of U.S. college students that had been diagnosed with depression as of fall 2018
- Percentage of U.S. college students that have felt they were too depressed to function as of fall 2018
- Percentage of mental health clinicians who stated select issues were the top concerns of their college student patients during the 2017-2018 academic school year
- Substance use among youths in the United States as of 2018, by major depressive episode*
- Type of treatment received by U.S. youths with a major depressive episode in the past year in 2018, by gender
- Number of U.S. adults with a major depressive episode who received treatment in 2018, by type of professional (in 1,000s)*
- Number of U.S. adults with a major depressive episode who saw a health professional about depression in 2017 and 2018, by type (in millions)
- Prescription antidepressant drug use in the past month in the U.S. between 1988 and 2014, by gender*
- Number of trazodone hydrochloride prescriptions in the U.S. from 2004 to 2016 (in millions)
- Number of citalopram prescriptions in the U.S. from 2004 to 2016 (in millions)
- Number of bupropion prescriptions in the U.S. from 2004 to 2016 (in millions)
- Average length of stay among mental disorder-related hospitalizations in the U.S. in 2016, by diagnosis (in days)
- Aggregate cost of mental disorder-related hospital stays in the U.S. in 2016, by diagnosis (in billion U.S. dollars)
- Average cost per mental disorder-related hospital stay in the U.S. in 2016, by diagnosis
- Suicide thoughts, plans and attempts among U.S. adults as of 2018, by major depressive episode*
- Percentage of U.S. women who had serious thoughts of suicide in the past year from 2008 to 2018
- Percentage of U.S. men who had serious thoughts of suicide in the past year from 2008 to 2018
- U.S. states with the highest share of adults with suicidal thoughts in 2016-2017*
- Number of adults hospitalized after a suicide attempt in the United States in 2015 and 2018, by age group*
- Deaths by suicide per 100,000 resident population in the United States from 1950 to 2016, by gender
- Importance of investing public dollars in the prevention of suicide in the U.S. as of 2019
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with depression who had difficulty with work, home, or social activities due to depression symptoms 2013-2016, by gender
- Percentage of U.S. adults diagnosed with depression who exercised regularly in 2016-2017, by age
- Percentage of U.S. women that reported select mental health conditions from 2014 to 2015, by military status
- Percentage of residents living in residential care in the U.S. with select diagnosed medical conditions in 2016
- Distribution of the main reasons for calling S.O.S Amitié in France in 2017
- Number of users of SSRIs in Denmark from 2012 to 2017 (per 1,000 inhabitants)
- Mental quality of life among older people in selected countries as of 2013
- Number of users of sedative antidepressants in Denmark from 2012 to 2017 (per 1,000 inhabitants)
- Distribution of the number of symptoms of depression in Scotland in 2016/17, by gender
- Distribution of people calling S.O.S Amitié in 2017, by age and contact method
- Share of people diagnosed with depression in Sweden in 2018, by age
- Share of people diagnosed with depression in Sweden in 2018, by age and gender
- Percentage of adults in the U.S. with depression from 2013 to 2016, by age and gender
- Share of the U.S. population who suffered from bipolar disorder from 1990 to 2017
- Share of the U.S. population who suffered from bipolar disorder from 1990 to 2017, by gender
- Percentage of the U.S. population who suffered from eating disorders from 1990 to 2017
- Percentage of the U.S. population who suffered from eating disorders from 1990 to 2017, by gender
- Number of direct deaths from eating disorders in the U.S. from 1990 to 2017
- Percentage of the U.S. population with schizophrenia from 1990 to 2017
- Percentage of the U.S. population with schizophrenia from 1990 to 2017, by gender
- Number of people who had a depressive disorder worldwide as of 2015, by WHO region (in millions)
- Distribution of people who had a depressive disorder worldwide as of 2015, by WHO region
- Number of people on the waiting list for mental healthcare in the Netherlands in 2018, by illness
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