Table 1.
Sociodemographic factors, health behaviors, and obesity by race/ethnicity among respondents with current depression (CD), and lifetime diagnosis of depression (LDD), BRFSS 2006
| Characteristics | Current Depression (CD)
|
Lifetime Diagnosis of Depression (LDD)
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n=12,678)
|
(n=29,467)
|
|||
| Hispanic (%)
|
Non-Hispanic White (%)
|
Hispanic (%)
|
Non-Hispanic White (%)
|
|
| (n=1,538) | (n=11,140) | (n=2,376) | (n=27,091) | |
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 35.5 | 39.0 | 30.8 | 35.1 |
| Female | 64.5 | 61.0 | 69.2 | 64.9 |
| Age | ||||
| 18–44 | 62.1 | 51.5a | 59.5 | 48.2a |
| 45–64 | 31.9 | 38.3 | 31.6 | 41.1 |
| ≥65 | 6.0 | 10.2 | 8.9 | 10.7 |
| Education | ||||
| Not a high school graduate | 36.2 | 16.4a | 31.8 | 8.8a |
| High school graduate | 28.7 | 35.1 | 25.9 | 27.9 |
| More than high school | 35.1 | 48.5 | 42.3 | 63.3 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Marriedb | 52.2 | 52.1 | 58.5 | 59.7 |
| Prev. married | 24.9 | 28.1 | 24.3 | 23.6 |
| Never married | 22.9 | 19.8 | 17.2 | 16.7 |
| Health care coverage | ||||
| Yes | 63.7 | 78.3a | 75.5 | 86.0a |
| No | 36.3 | 21.7 | 24.5 | 14.0 |
| Self-rated health status | ||||
| Good health | 51.8 | 55.7 | 56.8 | 75.3a |
| Fair or poor | 48.2 | 44.3 | 43.2 | 24.7 |
a
Factors significantly different between Hispanic and non-Hispanic White (Chi-square test P<.05).
b
Married or member of an unmarried couple.