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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010 Jan 26;58(2):256–264. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02685.x

Table 4.

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

NCS-R Non- Latino Whites NLAAS Latinos NLAAS Asians NSAL African- Americans NSAL Afro- Caribbean
(N =1554 ) (N = 685) (N = 580) (N = 1060) (N = 366)

U.S. (N =1498 ) (N = 149) (N = 96) (N = 1052) (N = 60)

IM (N =56 ) (N = 536) (N = 484) (N = 8) (N = 306)

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

Any Depressive Disorder U.S. 17.3% (1.2) 13.6% (3) 9.2% (3.4) 9.1% (0.9) 16.4% (6.7)

IM 7.3% (3.4) 19.1% (2.2) 6.4% (1.4) 3.6% (6.8) 5.9% (2.6)
p < 0.01 0.14 0.45 0.42 0.15

Any Anxiety Disorder U.S. 19.1% (1.3) 17.2% (3.3) 6.8% (2.6) 15.5% (1.2) 16% (5.5)

IM 8.5% (3.6) 18.8% (2.3) 10.3% (1.7) 13.3% (8.3) 9.9% (3.1)
p < 0.01 0.70 0.26 0.79 0.34

Any Substance Use Disorder U.S. 9.4% (0.9) 12.3% (2.8) 3.0% (1.7) 11.8% (1.1) 9.4% (5.0)

IM 7% (4) 5.4% (1.3) 0.9% (0.5) 8.8% (7.3) 2.6% (1.8)
p 0.55 0.02 0.23 0.69 0.20

Any Psychiatric Disorder U.S. 32.2% (1.5) 31.5% (4.1) 16.3% (3.9) 26.9% (1.5) 28.3% (6.5)

IM 23.2% (6) 30.6% (2.7) 13.3% (1.9) 15.2% (8.9) 13.7% (3.5)
p 0.15 0.85 0.51 0.19 0.05

U.S. = U.S.-born

IM = immigrants

p = p-value