Table 6. Past year treatment of emotional problems among respondent with 12-month DSM-IV/CIDI MDE by age.
| Age Groups | Age Difference | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All ages | 18-34 | 35-49 | 50-64 | 65+ | |||||||
| % | (se) | % | (se) | % | (se) | % | (se) | % | (se) | χ23 | |
| I. Developed | |||||||||||
| Specialty | 29.3 | (1.0) | 28.4 | (1.9) | 34.2 | (1.9) | 28.8 | (2.2) | 14.0 | (2.4) | 29.3* |
| General medical | 36.0 | (1.0) | 29.1 | (1.6) | 41.2 | (1.9) | 41.7 | (2.4) | 36.7 | (3.4) | 19.7* |
| Health care | 50.4 | (1.1) | 44.6 | (1.9) | 57.6 | (1.9) | 54.0 | (2.4) | 41.6 | (3.5) | 32.7* |
| Human services | 7.3 | (0.6) | 5.5 | (0.8) | 9.8 | (1.2) | 8.2 | (1.5) | 3.9 | (1.5) | 8.6* |
| CAM1 | 7.8 | (0.7) | 7.5 | (1.2) | 8.8 | (1.2) | 8.9 | (1.5) | 2.0 | (0.9) | 10.0* |
| Any | 54.3 | (1.2) | 48.4 | (2.0) | 61.7 | (1.9) | 58.3 | (2.4) | 44.0 | (3.6) | 34.9* |
| (n) | (2973) | (1079) | (990) | (625) | (279) | ||||||
| II. Developing | |||||||||||
| Specialty | 12.6 | (1.1) | 13.6 | (1.8) | 14.2 | (1.7) | 10.4 | (1.9) | 2.8 | (1.2) | 3.6 |
| General medical | 10.8 | (0.8) | 8.6 | (1.1) | 12.2 | (1.4) | 13.2 | (2.1) | 13.8 | (3.4) | 1.7 |
| Health care | 20.7 | (1.1) | 18.1 | (1.8) | 24.6 | (2.0) | 22.4 | (2.7) | 15.7 | (3.4) | 4.6 |
| Human services | 4.3 | (0.6) | 4.0 | (1.1) | 4.5 | (0.9) | 4.5 | (1.1) | 5.0 | (2.1) | 0.4 |
| CAM1 | 3.4 | (0.5) | 3.1 | (0.7) | 4.4 | (1.0) | 3.3 | (1.2) | 0.8 | (0.5) | 9.1* |
| Any | 25.2 | (1.2) | 22.1 | (1.9) | 29.4 | (2.0) | 28.0 | (3.0) | 21.0 | (3.7) | 5.5 |
| (n) | (2244) | (883) | (721) | (442) | (198) | ||||||
*
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)