Table 5.
Rates of depressive disorders, major depression and dysthymia, acquireda and persistingb over a three-year period, by nativity and racial-ethnic origin
| Major depression | Dysthymiac | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acquired | Persisting | Acquired | Persisting | |||||
| % | SE | % | SE | % | SE | % | SE | |
| Total | 4.9 | 0.1 | 21.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.6 |
| Nativity | ||||||||
| US-born | 5.1 | 0.1 | 21.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 0.7 |
| Foreign-born | 4.0 | 0.1 | 22.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 7.4 | 0.7 |
| Racial-ethnic origin | ||||||||
| African | 4.3 | 0.2 | 17.5 | 1.3 | ||||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 4.5 | 0.2 | 20.3 | 3.5 | ||||
| European | 5.1 | 0.1 | 22.4 | 0.8 | ||||
| Mexican | 4.5 | 0.2 | 21.8 | 0.6 | ||||
| Puerto Rican | 5.6 | 0.1 | 23.9 | 0.9 | ||||
| Other Hispanic/Latino | 6.0 | 0.2 | 21.1 | 1.7 | ||||
a
Condition present in Wave 2 but not in Wave 1
b
Condition present in Wave 1 and Wave 2
c
Not enough cases to examine changes in dysthymia by racial-ethnic origin or to model persisting cases of dysthymia