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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Depress Anxiety. 2010;27(1):46–55. doi: 10.1002/da.20636

Table 2.

Prevalence of past-year antidepressant drug use in a nationally representative samples of Asians and non-Latino Whites (N=8980) in the United States.

Estimated Prevalence

(%) SE X2 Test
All Ethnic Groups 11.8 0.5
 Vietnamese 2.5 0.7 P<0.001
 Filipino 2.1 0.5
 Chinese 2.5 0.5
 Other Asians 3.4 0.9
 Non-Latino Whites 12.3 0.6
12-Month Mental Disordersa
Major Depression 40.3 2.1
 8.7 P<0.001
 5.3ese 8.7 5.3
 Filipino 12.5 7.9
 Chinese 17.0 7.9
 Other Asians 12.2 5.2
 Non-Latino Whites 41.3 2.1
Dysthymia 51.5 4.6
 Vietnamese 0.0 0.0 P<0.001
 Filipino 28.8 23.1
 Chinese 50.6 23.5
 Other Asians 12.6 5.2
 Non-Latino Whites 52.8 4.7
Anxietyb 31.7 1.7
 Vietnamese 16.5 9.0 P<0.001
 Filipino 12.0 5.8
 Chinese 18.2 5.4
 Other Asians 6.1 3.1
 Non-Latino Whites 32.3 1.7
Any Mental Disorder 31.8 1.6
 Vietnamese 14.5 6.0 P<0.001
 Filipino 8.8 4.6
 Chinese 14.7 3.1
 Other Asians 8.5 3.2
 Non-Latino Whites 32.4 1.6
No Mental Disorders 7.6 0.5
 Vietnamese 1.6 0.6 P<0.001
 Filipino 1.5 0.5
 Chinese 1.2 0.4
 Other Asians 2.8 1.0
 Non-Latino Whites 8.0 0.6
a

Based on the World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview

b

Includes agoraphobia with and without panic, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and social phobia