Table 1.

Prevalence of 12-Month DSM-III-R Mental Disorders and Serious Mental Illness Among Sociodemographic Categories in the MIDUS Survey

	DSM-III-R Disorders,*%					Serious Mental Illness, %
Characteristic	Unweighted, n	Major Depression	Generalized Anxiety Disorder	Panic Disorder	Any of 3 DSM-III-R Mental Disorders
Age, y
25–34	983	17.5	3.2	6.3	20.9	4.7
35–44	1,001	17.4	5.0	8.4	21.9	4.7
45–54	1,004	13.1	3.8	9.0	19.5	4.4
55–64	789	8.9	1.4	4.5	12.9	1.5
65–74	465	7.5	0.8	3.8	9.7	0.5
χ24		38.6†	20.8†	17.1†	37.6†	22.0†
Gender
Female	2,087	17.3	4.3	8.8	22.9	4.9
Male	2,155	10	1.8	4.3	12.5	2.4
χ21		32.2†	15.3†	24.3†	54.2†	10.9†
Race
Black	230	11.0	2.5	1.2	11.7	3.0
Other	861	16.9	5.4	7.8	22.2	4.9
White	3,151	14.3	3.2	7.5	18.9	3.7
χ22		4.1	3.9	18.8†	12.5†	1.2
Income
$0–$23,500	888	18.9	5.3	9.9	25.2	7.3
$23,501–$41,500	962	15.3	2.7	6.4	18.6	2.7
$41,501–$64,000	1,255	11.4	2.4	5.6	14.9	2.1
$64,001+	1,137	10.9	2.6	5.4	14.6	2.7
χ23		26.6†	13.5†	16.1†	37.2†	37.1†
Education, y
0–11	418	18.5	5.9	8.9	23.8	5.6
12	1,204	13.0	2.7	6.8	16.9	2.3
13–15	1,287	15.7	4.0	8.2	20.6	5.1
16+	1,333	11.7	1.9	4.2	15.2	3.3
χ23		12.3†	15.5†	12.5†	16.8†	15.1†
Number of comorbid physical conditions
0	1,289	7.0	0.8	2.6	8.4	0.7
1	890	13.0	1.9	2.9	15.5	3.4
2	629	11.7	2.1	4.3	15.0	3.6
3+	1,434	20.1	5.9	12.5	27.3	5.6
χ23		67.5†	46.5†	100.3†	116.8†	30.5†
Insurance coverage for mental health visits
Yes	2,104	14.2	3.7	7.0	18.6	3.3
No	2,138	14.0	2.8	6.7	18.2	4.1
χ21		0.1	2.3	0.1	0.1	1.3

^*DSM-III-R indicates Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Third Revised Edition, MIDUS, Midlife Development in the United States.

^†Significant at the P = .007 level.