Table I.

Prevalence of currently diagnosed depression, anxiety, and behavioral/conduct problems among children aged 3–17 years, by sociodemographic and health characteristics, NSCH 2016

	Currently diagnosed with depression				Currently diagnosed with anxiety				Currently diagnosed with behavioral or conduct problems
Characteristics	Unweighted, n	Weighted, N	Weighted, %	95% CI	Unweighted, n	Weighted, N	Weighted, %	95% CI	Unweighted, n	Weighted, N	Weighted, %	95% CI
All children (3–17 y)		1 934 000	3.2	2.9–3.5		4 355 000	7.1	6.6–7.6		4 509 000	7.4	6.9–7.9
Severity of diagnosed condition
Mild	806	885 000	46.3	41.4–51.2	1796	1 949 000	45.2	41.5–48.9	1342	1 748 000	39.5	36.1–42.9
Moderate	716	841 000	44.0	39.1–49.0	1634	2 037 000	47.2	43.4–51.1	1445	2 110 000	47.6	44.1–51.2
Severe	135	185 000	9.7	6.6–14.0	308	326 000	7.6	6.2–9.2	335	572 000	12.9	10.6–15.7
Current depression		N/A			1280	1 402 000	32.3	29.1–35.8	673	908 000	20.3	17.7–23.2
Current anxiety	1280	1 402 000	73.8	69.4–77.8		N/A			1308	1 630 000	36.6	33.2–40.1
Current behavioral or conduct problems	673	908 000	47.2	42.3–52.2	1308	1 630 000	37.9	34.3–41.6		N/A
Sociodemographic characteristics
Sex
Male	715	932 000	3.0	0.2–2.6	1783	2 164 000	6.9	6.2–7.7	2205	3 155 000	10.1	9.3–10.9
Female	957	1 002 000	3.3	0.2–2.9	1980	2 191 000	7.3	6.6–8.1	968	1 354 000	4.5	4.0–5.1
Age, y
3–5	7	9000	*0.08	0.0–0.2	113	153 000	1.3	0.9–1.7	288	410 000	3.4	2.8–4.2
6–11	271	421 000	1.7	1.3–2.2	1115	1 624 000	6.6	5.7–7.6	1390	2 259 000	9.1	8.3–10.1
12–17	1394	1 504 000	6.1	5.5–6.8	2535	2 578 000	10.5	9.7–11.3	1495	1 840 000	7.5	6.7–8.3
Race/ethnicity
Hispanic	184	330 000	2.2	1.6–2.9	375	915 000	6.0	4.8–7.5	364	837 000	5.5	4.5–6.7
Non-Hispanic white	1198	1 088 000	3.4	3.1–3.8	2908	2 713 000	8.6	8.0–9.2	2158	2 394 000	7.6	7.0–8.2
Non-Hispanic black	110	331 000	4.2	3.1–5.6	136	358 000	4.5	3.4–5.9	287	848 000	10.7	9.1–12.7
Non-Hispanic multiracial/other	180	184 000	2.9	2.3–3.6	344	368 000	5.7	4.4–7.5	364	430 000	6.7	5.3–8.5
Family structure
Two parents, married	899	904 000	2.3	2.0–2.7	2385	2 504 000	6.4	5.8–7.0	1753	1 986 000	5.1	4.6–5.6
Two parents, unmarried	130	172 000	3.5	2.3–5.2	249	404 000	8.1	5.9–11.1	253	508 000	10.2	7.7–13.4
Single mother	404	585 000	5.9	5.0–7.0	736	946 000	9.6	8.4–11.0	674	1 177 000	12.0	10.6–13.6
Other	218	254 000	4.5	3.6–5.6	340	430 000	7.6	6.3–9.3	422	715 000	12.7	10.7–15.0
Household educational attainment
Less than high school	53	262 000	4.6	3.0–7.0	83	419 000	7.3	5.3–10.1	111	499 000	8.7	6.5–11.6
High school, GED, or vocational training	266	422 000	3.6	2.9–4.4	467	810 000	6.9	5.7–8.3	524	988 000	8.4	7.2–9.7
More than high school	1317	1 191 000	2.9	2.6–3.2	3139	3 013 000	7.2	6.7–7.8	2438	2 840 000	6.8	6.3–7.4
Household poverty
<100% FPL	273	625 000	4.8	3.8–6.0	463	984 000	7.6	6.3–9.0	557	1 405 000	10.8	9.4–12.4
100%−199% FPL	334	420 000	3.1	2.4–3.9	659	1 010 000	7.4	6.1–9.0	650	1 024 000	7.5	6.4–8.8
200%−399% FPL	500	453 000	2.8	2.2–3.4	1136	1 124 000	6.8	5.9–7.9	923	1 066 000	6.5	5.6–7.5
>400% FPL	565	436 000	2.4	2.0–2.8	1505	1 237 000	6.8	6.1–7.6	1043	1 014 000	5.6	5.0–6.3
Insurance status
Public only	552	911 000	4.8	4.1–5.6	951	1 712 000	9.0	7.8–10.4	1132	2 170 000	11.5	10.3–12.8
Private only	905	735 000	2.1	1.9–2.4	2390	2 085 000	6.1	5.6–6.5	1598	1 608 000	4.7	4.3–5.1
Private and public	126	148 000	5.5	3.8–8.0	272	360 000	13.5	10.3–17.5	309	471 000	17.7	13.8–22.3
Insurance type unspecified†	17	17 000	*1.61	0.8–3.2	37	43 000	4.0	2.5–6.5	27	75 000	7.1	4.1–12.1
Not insured	62	99 000	2.6	1.7–4.1	99	130 000	3.5	2.4–5.0	89	144 000	3.8	2.8–5.3
Region
Northeast	303	280 000	2.9	2.3–3.6	867	755 000	7.7	6.8–8.8	574	675 000	6.9	5.9–8.1
Midwest	472	517 000	4.0	3.4–4.6	976	1 030 000	7.9	7.1–8.8	804	1 036 000	8.0	7.2–8.9
South	469	738 000	3.1	2.6–3.7	1020	1 560 000	6.6	5.9–7.5	1015	1 902 000	8.1	7.3–9.0
West	428	400 000	2.7	2.1–3.4	900	1 009 000	6.7	5.5–8.2	780	895 000	6.0	4.9–7.2
Rural/urban location‡
Not in CBSA	144	94 000	3.6	2.7–4.8	278	185 000	7.0	5.7–8.7	251	218 000	8.3	6.8–10.2
Micropolitan Statistical Area	217	198 000	4.1	3.2–5.3	449	354 000	7.5	6.3–8.8	421	444 000	9.3	7.9–10.9
Metropolitan Statistical Area	862	956 000	2.8	2.4–3.1	2096	2 501 000	7.2	6.6–7.9	1644	2 377 000	6.9	6.3–7.6
Metropolitan Principal City	449	687 000	3.6	2.9–4.3	940	1 315 000	6.8	5.8–7.9	857	1 470 000	7.6	6.7–8.7
Health characteristics Child’s health status
Excellent or very good	1047	1 160 000	2.1	1.9–2.4	2772	2 814 000	5.2	4.8–5.6	2294	3 005 000	5.5	5.1–6.0
Good	479	545 000	9.8	8.1–11.7	779	1 187 000	21.5	18.0–25.4	684	1 120 000	20.2	17.2–23.5
Fair or poor	140	214 000	18.0	12.4–25.3	203	336 000	28.3	20.9–37.0	187	361 000	30.8	23.0–40.0
Respondent mental or emotional health
Excellent or very good	817	896 000	1.9	1.7–2.3	2173	2 404 000	5.2	4.7–5.8	1805	2 456 000	5.3	4.9–5.8
Good	537	621 000	5.9	5.0–7.1	1071	1 206 000	11.5	10.2–12.9	892	1 271 000	12.1	10.7–13.8
Fair or poor	288	383 000	13.4	10.9–16.3	443	640 000	22.4	18.2–27.3	385	642 000	22.4	18.2–27.3

CBSA, Core-Based Statistical Area.

^*Adjusted for all variables above.

^†Includes children who were reported to have current insurance, but did not specify coverage type from a list of 5 types or provide an interpretable write-in.

^‡Based on the combination of 3 separate geographical identifiers: CBSA, Metropolitan Statistical Area, and Metropolitan Principal City.