Table 3.

Diagnostic rates of anxiety and depressive disorders by age, gender, and ethnicity.

	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
Depressive Disorders
Age:
Young-old (65–74; being compared)	0.99	1.40	1.22	1.52	1.50
Mid-old (75–84)	1.63*	1.78	1.43	1.66	1.81
Old-old (≥85)	2.32**	2.55*	1.97**	2.32*	1.97
Sex:
Male	0.94	1.10	0.94	1.12	1.27
Female	2.01***	2.39***	1.89***	2.27***	2.13***
Race:
White (being compared)	1.67	1.88	1.53	1.82	1.80
Black	0.38*	2.10	0.98	1.05*	1.09
Others	0.90	0.40***	0.88	1.21	1.49
Anxiety Disorders
Age:
Middle (being compared)	0.83	1.08	0.92	1.12	1.21
Young	0.81	1.33	0.88	1.16	1.27
Old	0.97	1.57	1.16	1.06	0.86
Sex:
Male	0.56	0.82	0.61	0.83	0.71
Female	1.10**	1.65**	1.23***	1.38**	1.57***
Race:
White (being compared)	0.90	1.26	0.99	1.17	1.21
Black	0.57	0.96	0.79	1.15	1.00
Others	0.54	1.59	0.44	0.27	0.75

*P ≤ .05. **P ≤ .01. ***P ≤ .001.