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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 15.
Published in final edited form as: Gerontologist. 2007 Aug;47(4):528–534. doi: 10.1093/geront/47.4.528

Table 2.

Mental Health Status of the Sample

N (%)1 Missing N (%2) Imputed Sample (N = 18,939) N (%)
Recognized mental disorders
Depression 5849 (33.4) 1415 (7.5) 6239 (32.9)
Manic depression 154 (0.9) 1321 (7.0) 154 (0.8)
Anxiety 3315 (18.7) 1240 (6.5) 3558 (18.8)
Schizophrenia 118 (0.7) 1677 (8.9) 118 (0.6)
Any mental disorders 7222 (41.2) 1396 (7.4) 7668 (40.5)
Psychotropic medications
Antidepressant 4843 (26.8) 880 (4.6) 5104 (26.9)
Antianxiety 3133 (17.3) 849 (4.5) 3300 (17.4)
Antipsychotic 1059 (5.9) 936 (4.9) 1097 (5.8)
Any psychotropic medications 7203 (39.7) 781 (4.1) 7490 (39.6)
Depressive symptoms 693 (3.7)
Depression Rating Scale (range = 0–12) M = 1.54;
SD = 2.09
M = 1.55;
SD = 2.08
Probable depression 4375 (24.0) 4630 (24.5)
Self-injury
Self-Injurious attempts past 12 months 74 (0.4) 722 (3.8) 74 (0.4)
Suicide attempts past 12 months 39 (0.2) 733 (3.9) 50 (0.3)
Self-injurious thoughts past 30 days 225 (1.3) 1525 (8.1) 227 (1.2)
Any self-injurious thoughts or attempts 266 (1.6) 1851 (9.8) 266 (1.4)
1

Ns are number of participants with the characteristics; percentages are based on number of participants for whom data are available.

2

Percentage of the total sample