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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2016 Nov-Dec;78(9):1072–1083. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000366

TABLE 2.

Prevalence of Chronic Health Conditions by Sociodemographic and Lifetime Mental Disorders in the NCS-A (N = 6,483)

Arthritis
Back/Neck Pain
Headache
Chronic Pain
Allergies
Asthma
Variables % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE % SE
Sex
 Male 1.68 0.36 9.40 0.84 21.44 1.10 5.52 0.58 26.71 1.44 17.04 1.14
 Female 2.45 0.41 14.22 1.20 32.52 1.23 6.51 0.57 30.06 1.52 17.50 1.72
 χ21 = 1.99 12.97* 55.46* 1.32 4.25* 0.04
Age, years
 13 0.67 0.29 7.71 1.05 26.48 2.07 4.95 0.95 25.10 2.23 14.78 1.51
 14 1.61 0.74 10.65 1.95 26.95 2.10 4.68 0.99 26.46 2.03 17.45 1.43
 15 2.57 0.66 11.57 1.35 26.15 1.92 7.93 0.93 32.30 2.32 20.82 1.51
 16 2.55 0.70 14.31 1.20 29.07 2.34 6.08 0.71 28.13 2.93 16.26 1.51
 17–18 2.46 0.68 13.35 1.93 25.57 2.02 6.03 0.87 28.75 2.45 16.32 1.71
 χ24 = 5.50 9.90* 1.70 7.71 5.28 9.88*
Race/Ethnicity
 White 2.13 0.41 10.95 0.95 25.24 1.09 5.57 0.50 30.84 1.29 16.97 1.01
 Black 2.26 0.67 14.33 1.33 30.33 1.83 6.54 1.30 25.63 1.97 17.12 1.74
 Hispanic 1.56 0.55 13.75 2.61 29.57 2.88 7.51 1.72 20.36 3.61 18.58 2.14
 Other 1.86 0.88 8.65 2.40 29.53 4.70 5.63 2.32 26.90 3.97 17.67 3.20
 χ23 = 0.74 4.99 5.69 1.67 13.24* 0.64
Parent Education
 < High School 2.19 1.23 12.89 2.18 29.86 2.59 6.49 1.72 20.37 2.62 14.69 2.07
 High school graduate 1.44 0.26 11.12 1.01 28.05 1.79 4.27 0.64 26.92 1.70 15.57 1.19
 Some college 1.88 0.48 14.77 2.10 28.82 2.38 7.72 0.97 29.56 1.93 18.32 1.46
 College degree 2.59 0.57 10.14 1.00 23.75 1.77 6.22 0.66 31.41 1.45 18.83 1.24
 χ23 = 2.42 6.56 5.42 6.98 19.16* 6.75
Household Income-to-Needs
 ≤1.5 1.71 0.55 12.05 1.76 27.77 1.93 3.50 1.02 26.89 2.63 13.62 1.50
 >1.5–≤ 3 2.24 1.03 14.56 1.51 29.13 1.73 7.86 1.13 25.78 1.98 18.49 1.97
 >3–≤ 6 2.18 0.52 10.78 0.93 26.74 1.53 5.92 0.84 27.84 1.80 16.75 1.78
 >6 1.98 0.55 10.95 1.40 25.22 1.71 6.10 0.66 30.94 1.74 18.62 1.07
 χ23 = 0.26 5.08 2.98 7.04 5.02 4.97
Lifetime mental disorder
 Any mood disorder 4.99 1.46 19.95 2.87 44.13 4.10 9.50 1.60 33.59 3.67 20.95 2.85
 No mood disorder 1.69 0.29 10.73 0.68 24.69 0.78 5.56 0.40 27.69 1.25 16.80 0.83
 χ21 = 8.98* 18.92* 30.45* 8.04* 2.77 2.68
 Any anxiety disorder 3.89 0.86 20.32 2.58 42.52 2.27 8.57 1.22 30.39 2.84 16.91 1.75
 No anxiety disorder 1.59 0.26 9.58 0.87 22.88 0.93 5.35 0.43 27.83 1.37 17.35 0.85
 χ21 = 11.38* 18.78* 80.53* 7.14* 0.69 0.07
 Any substance disorder 4.18 1.09 23.27 2.83 37.59 3.40 6.23 1.22 26.54 2.41 17.48 2.27
 No substance disorder 1.71 0.25 9.88 0.61 25.09 1.01 5.96 0.46 28.64 1.24 17.23 0.90
 χ21 = 9.93* 50.93* 13.11* 0.03 0.87 0.01
*

Significant at the p < .05 level, 2-sided test.

a

Prevalence estimates reflect weighted proportion of the 6,483 youths in the total sample who reported ever experiencing any type of violence exposure.