Table 2.

Prevalence of major depression disorder and dysthymia, total and by nativity and racial-ethnic origin: NESARC Wave 2

	Major Depression		Dysthymia
	%	SE	%	SE
Total	5.9	0.1	0.3	0.0
Nativity	**		**
US-born	6.1	0.1	0.3	0.0
Foreign-born	4.6	0.1	0.4	0.0
Racial-ethnic origin	**		**
African	4.9	0.2	0.3	0.0
Asian/Pacific Islander	5.1	0.2	0.3	0.0
European	6.1	0.1	0.3	0.0
Mexican	5.2	0.2	0.6	0.0
Puerto Rican	7.1	0.1	0.4	0.0
Other Hispanic/Latino	6.7	0.2	0.7	0.1
Racial-ethnic origin × nativity
African	**		**
US-born	5.0	0.2	0.3	0.0
Foreign-born	3.4	0.2	0.1	0.0
Asian/Pacific Islander	**		**
US-born	8.6	0.4	0.7	0.0
Foreign-born	3.6	0.2	0.2	0.0
European	**		**
US-born	6.1	0.1	0.3	0.0
Foreign-born	4.8	0.3	0.2	0.0
Mexican	**		**
US-born	6.3	0.3	0.2	0.0
Foreign-born	4.3	0.1	0.9	0.0
Puerto Rican	**		**
Born in US states	4.9	0.1	0.3	0.0
Born in Puerto Rico	10.3	0.1	0.4	0.0
Other Hispanic/Latino	**		*
US-born	8.2	0.5	0.9	0.2
Foreign-born	5.6	0.1	0.5	0.0

Significant differences between nativity and racial-ethnic groups are indicated

^*P < 0.05

^**P < 0.01 (two-tailed test)