Table 5.
Past year treatment of emotional problems among respondent with 12-month DSM-IV/CIDI MDE by age
| Age Groups |
Age Difference |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | |||||||
| % | (SE) | % | (SE) | % | (SE) | % | (SE) | % | (SE) | χ23 | |
| I. Treatment | |||||||||||
| Specialty | 34.7 | (1.4) | 35.9 | (3.2) | 38.2 | (3.3) | 29.9 | (3.8) | 18.3 | (7.1) | 6.1 |
| General medical | 33.7 | (2.0) | 24.5 | (2.6) | 38.3 | (3.4) | 42.8 | (4.3) | 38.0 | (8.4) | 11.9* |
| Health care | 52.9 | (2.0) | 45.2 | (3.3) | 60.3 | (3.1) | 57.1 | (3.8) | 43.3 | (8.9) | 22.0* |
| Human services | 10.8 | (1.2) | 11.1 | (1.7) | 11.9 | (2.1) | 8.5 | (2.3) | 9.4 | (5.0) | 1.5 |
| CAM1 | 9.6 | (1.2) | 7.3 | (1.5) | 12.3 | (2.5) | 10.5 | (2.4) | 3.9 | (2.8) | 3.8 |
| Any | 57.7 | (2.0) | 51.2 | (3.5) | 64.0 | (3.0) | 61.5 | (3.8) | 48.3 | (9.3) | 17.4* |
| (n) | (805) | (322) | (280) | (162) | (41) | ||||||
| II. Proportional treatment | |||||||||||
| Specialty | 60.1 | (1.8) | 70.1 | (3.5) | 59.7 | (4.2) | 48.6 | (5.1) | 38.0 | (12.0) | 6.9 |
| General medical | 58.5 | (2.6) | 47.8 | (3.4) | 59.9 | (4.5) | 69.5 | (5.4) | 78.8 | (7.6) | 8.5* |
| Any Healthcare | 91.7 | (1.4) | 88.3 | (2.4) | 94.2 | (1.9) | 92.8 | (2.8) | 89.8 | (7.0) | 6.1 |
| Human services | 18.8 | (1.9) | 21.7 | (2.7) | 18.6 | (3.2) | 13.9 | (3.8) | 19.5 | (8.9) | 1.9 |
| CAM1 | 16.6 | (2.1) | 14.2 | (2.7) | 19.3 | (3.8) | 17.0 | (3.7) | 8.2 | (5.9) | 2.4 |
| (n) | (456) | (163) | (175) | (97) | (21) | ||||||
*
Significant age difference at the .05 level, two-sided test.
1
Complementary-Alternative Medical (CAM) sector (e.g., herbalists, chiropractors, faith-healers, self-help groups)