Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of adults 18-64 by mental health status, 2009-2010
| Past Year | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Mental Illness | Mild Mental Illness | Moderate Mental Illness | Serious Mental Illness | |||||
| 57,283 | 10,643 | 4,170 | 5,230 | |||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
| Gender | ||||||||
| Female | 26647 | 48.1 | 6069 | 57.0 | 2524 | 58.9 | 3589 | 66.7 |
| Age | ||||||||
| 18-25 | 26604 | 15.9 | 6229 | 25.0 | 2474 | 24.4 | 3013 | 23.8 |
| 26-34 | 8506 | 18.5 | 1587 | 21.4 | 634 | 22.0 | 807 | 21.3 |
| 35-49 | 12655 | 33.8 | 1847 | 32.1 | 718 | 29.5 | 1019 | 32.6 |
| 50-64 | 5749 | 31.7 | 642 | 21.4 | 262 | 24.1 | 331 | 22.4 |
| Education | ||||||||
| Less than high school | 8384 | 13.3 | 1745 | 14.1 | 775 | 17.1 | 909 | 15.5 |
| High school graduate | 17496 | 30.0 | 3308 | 29.6 | 1358 | 28.7 | 1758 | 33 |
| Some college | 15508 | 26.0 | 3166 | 28.2 | 1262 | 29.4 | 1709 | 30.9 |
| College graduate | 12126 | 30.7 | 2086 | 28.1 | 713 | 24.8 | 794 | 20.6 |
| Ever Been Married | ||||||||
| Yes | 24960 | 28.8 | 3669 | 40.7 | 1453 | 41.8 | 2031 | 38.5 |
| Race/Ethnicity | ||||||||
| White | 33120 | 64.8 | 6629 | 68.7 | 2652 | 68.3 | 3532 | 73.0 |
| Black | 6882 | 12.5 | 1270 | 12.0 | 468 | 11.3 | 470 | 9.5 |
| Hispanic | 8961 | 15.9 | 1433 | 12.4 | 593 | 14.4 | 684 | 12.1 |
| Other | 4551 | 6.8 | 973 | 6.9 | 375 | 6.1 | 484 | 5.5 |
| Substance Use | ||||||||
| No Substance Use Disorder | 47851 | 92.8 | 7880 | 82.5 | 2942 | 78.4 | 3487 | 75.6 |
| Abuse Alcohol Only | 2727 | 3.7 | 771 | 6.0 | 312 | 5.2 | 343 | 4.9 |
| Alcohol Dependent Only | 1374 | 2.2 | 748 | 6.3 | 340 | 8.1 | 525 | 9.8 |
| Abuse Drugs Only | 304 | .3 | 121 | .9 | 66 | 1.6 | 72 | 1.1 |
| Drug Dependent Only | 624 | .7 | 368 | 2.4 | 172 | 4.0 | 316 | 5.3 |
| Abuse or Dependent Alcohol & Drugs | 357 | .3 | 250 | 1.8 | 149 | 2.7 | 277 | 3.4 |
| General Health | ||||||||
| Excellent | 15952 | 27.7 | 2188 | 19.3 | 699 | 14.0 | 741 | 11.6 |
| Very Good | 21365 | 38.5 | 4037 | 35.8 | 1521 | 32.7 | 1759 | 30.1 |
| Good | 12717 | 25.1 | 2905 | 29.3 | 1269 | 32.0 | 1614 | 30.5 |
| Fair/Poor | 3474 | 8.7 | 1175 | 15.6 | 598 | 21.3 | 1056 | 27.8 |
| N Children < 18 in Household | ||||||||
| 0 | 35028 | 62.0 | 7210 | 63.8 | 2868 | 68.0 | 3590 | 66.9 |
| 1 | 8272 | 15.9 | 1445 | 15.0 | 611 | 14.8 | 753 | 14.6 |
| 2 | 6477 | 14.0 | 1041 | 13.5 | 382 | 10.9 | 500 | 11.2 |
| 3+ | 3680 | 8.1 | 603 | 7.7 | 224 | 6.3 | 325 | 7.3 |
| N Times Arrested and Booked in Past Year | ||||||||
| None | 50594 | 97.4 | 9470 | 95.1 | 3688 | 94.5 | 4626 | 91.9 |
| 1 | 1712 | 2.0 | 523 | 3.7 | 223 | 3.7 | 338 | 5.8 |
| 2 | 337 | .4 | 108 | .7 | 74 | 1.1 | 88 | 1.4 |
| 3+ | 192 | .2 | 68 | .4 | 37 | .8 | 60 | .9 |
| County Type | ||||||||
| Large Metro | 23860 | 54.7 | 4557 | 53.2 | 1759 | 53.1 | 2096 | 48.9 |
| Small Metro | 18526 | 29.9 | 3651 | 31.3 | 1479 | 32.5 | 1922 | 31.9 |
| Nonmetro | 11128 | 15.4 | 2097 | 15.5 | 850 | 14.3 | 1152 | 19.2 |
Source: National Survey of Drug Use and Health, 2009-2010.
Notes: Persons ages 18-64; crude N’s and adjusted percentages. All p-values for X2 test of differences across mental illness severity groups were statistically significant with p-values <.001