Table 1.

Alaska Native and American Indian Male and Female Primary Care Patients Screened for Depression by Patient and Provider Factors

	Men (n = 7045) Screened		Women (n = 11 580) Screened
	n	%	n	%
Patient factorsa
Genderb	3047	43	5771	50
Age, y
18-34	1097	37	2274	46
35-54	1357	48	2491	53
55-97	593	48	1006	51
Number of 6 chronic conditionsc
None	2023	39	4042	47
At least 1	1024	53	1729	57
No. of visits in year prior
None	1436	36	1626	36
1-7	1297	50	2893	54
8-23	283	66	1137	71
24-94	31	86	115	76
Depression diagnosis in year prior
No previous diagnosis	2989	43	5528	49
Previous diagnosis	58	53	243	66
Substance abuse or dependence diagnosis in year prior
No previous diagnosis	2916	43	5498	50
Previous diagnosis	131	45	273	57
Antidepressant dispensed in year prior
No	2999	43	5665	50
Yes	48	43	106	36
Provider factorsa
Provider gender
Female	1122	39	3645	49
Male	1907	50	2103	56
No qualifying providerd	18	6	23	7
Provider tenure (missing = 665), y
Less than 2	437	37	829	42
2-5	1858	48	3053	54
5-10	615	45	1520	51
10-16	119	40	346	55

^aAt patients’ first visit during study period of March 2002 to August 2003.

^bChi-square significant (men vs women), P < .001.

^cIncludes hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, liver disease, renal disease, and pulmonary disease.

^dPatient n = 665, 4% of all patients.