Table 2.

Gender Adjusted Lifetime Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders by Race/Ethnicity for Respondents 50+ (Bayesian Estimates)

	NCS-R Non- Latino Whites	NLAAS Latinos	NLAAS Asians	NSAL African- Americans	NSAL Afro- Caribbean	Any Ethnic Difference

	(N =1554 )	(N = 685)	(N = 580)	(N = 1060)	(N = 366)

Life Time	% (SE)	% (SE)	% (SE)	% (SE)	% (SE)	p

Any Depressive Disorder	16.9% (1.2)	17.0% (1.8)	6.9%^*** (1.3)	9.0%^*** (0.9)	8.8%^** (2.6)	< 0.01
Major Depressive Episode	16.3% (1.2)	16.4% (1.7)	6.7%^*** (1.2)	9.0%^*** (0.9)	7.5%^*** (2.3)	< 0.01
Dysthymia	3.9% (0.6)	3.5% (0.8)	1.9^*% (0.7)	2.7% (0.5)	2.3% (1.5)	0.21
Any Anxiety Disorder	18.7% (1.2)	18.2% (1.9)	9.4%^*** (1.5)	15.5% (1.2)	11.5%^* (2.7)	< 0.01
Agoraphobia w/out panic disorder	1.0% (0.3)	2.2% (0.6)	0.6% (0.4)	2.3%^* (0.5)	2.1% (1.5)	0.03
General anxiety disorder	7.6% (0.8)	6.3% (1.1)	2.6%^*** (0.9)	3.6%^*** (0.6)	1.5%^*** (1.0)	< 0.01
Panic disorder	3.7% (0.6)	2.4% (0.8)	1.5%^** (0.6)	2.3% (0.5)	2.4% (1.2)	0.11
PTSD	5.1% (0.7)	3.9% (0.9)	2.0%^** (0.7)	6.7% (0.8)	3.9% (1.6)	< 0.01
Social Phobia	9.0% (0.9)	7.8% (1.3)	3.3%^*** (0.8)	6.4%^* (0.8)	1.8%^*** (1.0)	< 0.01
Any Substance Use Disorder	9.3% (0.9)	8.1% (1.3)	1.3%^*** (0.5)	11.7% (1.1)	4.4%^* (1.9)	< 0.01
Alcohol dependence	3.4% (0.6)	2.7% (0.9)	0.3%^*** (0.2)	3.8% (0.7)	2.1% (1.3)	< 0.01
Alcohol abuse	8.6% (0.9)	7.6% (1.3)	1.1%^*** (0.5)	10.8% (1.1)	3.9%^* (1.7)	< 0.01
Drug dependence	0.7% (0.2)	1.2% (0.5)	0.1% (0.1)	1.8%^* (0.4)	0.8% (0.6)	< 0.01
Drug abuse	2.2% (0.4)	2.7% (0.8)	0.3%^*** (0.2)	3.7% (0.7)	1.1% (0.8)	< 0.01
Any Psychiatric Disorder	31.8% (1.5)	31.0% (2.3)	14.0%^*** (1.7)	26.8%^* (1.5)	17.6%^*** (3.0)	< 0.01

Denotes significance at P=.05

^**

Denotes significance at P=.01

^***

Denotes significance at p >.001

Asterisks within cells signifies difference with Non-Latino Whites