Table III.
Receipt of past year mental health treatment or counseling among children ages 3–17 currently diagnosed depression, anxiety, and behavioral/conduct problems, by sociodemographic and health characteristics, NSCH 2016
| Currently Diagnosed with Depression |
Currently Diagnosed with Anxiety |
Currently Diagnosed with Behavioral or Conduct Problems |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted N |
Weighted % |
95% CI | Weighted N |
Weighted % |
95% CI | Weighted N |
Weighted % |
95% CI | ||||
| All children (3–17 y) | 1491000 | 78.0 | 73.9 | 81.7 | 2576000 | 59.3 | 55.5 | 63.1 | 2387000 | 53.5 | 49.9 | 57.0 |
| Sociodemographic Characteristics | ||||||||||||
| Sex | ||||||||||||
| Male | 691 000 | 75.2 | 67.9 | 81.3 | 1320000 | 61.1 | 55.5 | 66.4 | 1625000 | 52.0 | 47.8 | 56.1 |
| Female | 800000 | 80.7 | 76.2 | 84.5 | 1256000 | 57.6 | 52.2 | 62.9 | 762000 | 57.0 | 50.1 | 63.7 |
| Age, years | ||||||||||||
| 3–5y | 6000 | *66.42 | 21.4 | 93.5 | 52000 | 34.1 | 22.7 | 47.7 | 139000 | 34.6 | 26.0 | 44.3 |
| 6–11y | 307000 | 74.8 | 64.2 | 83.1 | 885000 | 54.9 | 47.1 | 62.5 | 1140000 | 50.8 | 45.5 | 56.1 |
| 12–17y | 1177000 | 79.0 | 74.4 | 83.0 | 1638000 | 63.7 | 59.7 | 67.5 | 1109000 | 60.9 | 55.7 | 65.8 |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 268000 | 83.5 | 74.7 | 89.6 | 468000 | 51.5 | 39.7 | 63.2 | 419000 | 50.6 | 40.8 | 60.4 |
| Non-Hispanic white | 854000 | 78.8 | 73.4 | 83.3 | 1676000 | 61.9 | 58.4 | 65.3 | 1300000 | 54.4 | 50.3 | 58.5 |
| Non-Hispanic black | 243000 | 73.8 | 60.0 | 84.1 | 238000 | 66.8 | 53.7 | 77.7 | 463000 | 56.0 | 47.2 | 64.5 |
| Non-Hispanic multiracial/other | 126000 | 71.6 | 59.0 | 81.6 | 194000 | 52.6 | 38.3 | 66.6 | 206000 | 48.6 | 36.4 | 61.0 |
| Family Structure | ||||||||||||
| Two Parents, Married | 710000 | 79.5 | 72.9 | 84.7 | 1428000 | 57.1 | 51.8 | 62.2 | 1059000 | 53.5 | 48.7 | 58.3 |
| Two Parents, Unmarried | 121000 | 70.2 | 51.5 | 83.9 | 212000 | 52.6 | 36.1 | 68.5 | 256000 | 50.4 | 36.0 | 64.8 |
| Single Mother | 470000 | 81.5 | 74.7 | 86.9 | 634000 | 67.7 | 61.5 | 73.4 | 661000 | 56.9 | 50.5 | 63.1 |
| Other | 178000 | 72.0 | 60.7 | 81.0 | 261000 | 61.0 | 50.8 | 70.3 | 365000 | 52.6 | 43.7 | 61.3 |
| Household Educational Attainment | 0 | |||||||||||
| Less than High School | 203000 | 79.7 | 59.9 | 91.2 | 218000 | 53.0 | 36.8 | 68.5 | 301000 | 61.6 | 46.5 | 74.7 |
| High School, GED, or Vocational | 300000 | 71.8 | 61.9 | 80.0 | 445000 | 55.2 | 44.8 | 65.0 | 467000 | 47.7 | 40.4 | 55.2 |
| Training | ||||||||||||
| More than High School | 952000 | 80.5 | 76.4 | 84.1 | 1834000 | 61.0 | 56.7 | 65.0 | 1527000 | 53.9 | 49.8 | 58.0 |
| Household poverty | ||||||||||||
| <100% FPL | 418000 | 67.9 | 57.7 | 76.5 | 542000 | 55.6 | 46.1 | 64.8 | 689000 | 49.7 | 42.4 | 56.9 |
| 100–199% FPL | 342000 | 82.5 | 74.5 | 88.4 | 569000 | 56.6 | 46.6 | 66.0 | 598000 | 59.0 | 50.9 | 66.7 |
| 200–399% FPL | 370000 | 82.0 | 75.1 | 87.2 | 637000 | 56.7 | 49.4 | 63.8 | 514000 | 48.6 | 40.8 | 56.5 |
| ≥400% FPL | 361000 | 84.3 | 78.1 | 89.0 | 828000 | 66.9 | 61.9 | 71.5 | 585000 | 58.1 | 51.9 | 64.1 |
| Insurance Status | ||||||||||||
| Public Only | 690000 | 76.0 | 68.8 | 81.9 | 1023000 | 59.8 | 51.8 | 67.4 | 1177000 | 54.3 | 48.6 | 59.9 |
| PrivateOnly | 579000 | 79.6 | 73.8 | 84.3 | 1215000 | 58.3 | 54.3 | 62.3 | 809000 | 50.5 | 46.0 | 55.0 |
| Private and Public | 131000 | 89.3 | 79.1 | 94.9 | 251000 | 70.0 | 58.3 | 79.6 | 281000 | 59.8 | 46.5 | 71.8 |
| Insurance Type Unspecified† | 11000 | *65.84 | 34.1 | 87.8 | 16000 | 38.4 | 20.4 | 60.2 | 37000 | *48.76 | 24.6 | 73.5 |
| Not Insured | 72000 | 73.3 | 52.3 | 87.3 | 62000 | 47.8 | 30.6 | 65.5 | 78000 | 55.9 | 40.7 | 70.1 |
| Region | ||||||||||||
| Northeast | 217000 | 80.1 | 68.7 | 88.1 | 455000 | 60.9 | 53.8 | 67.5 | 358000 | 53.8 | 45.6 | 61.8 |
| Midwest | 403000 | 78.6 | 70.7 | 84.8 | 654000 | 63.6 | 58.3 | 68.6 | 635000 | 61.8 | 56.2 | 67.1 |
| South | 556000 | 76.4 | 68.6 | 82.8 | 935000 | 60.1 | 53.8 | 66.0 | 941000 | 50.0 | 44.5 | 55.5 |
| West | 316000 | 79.0 | 70.5 | 85.5 | 531000 | 52.8 | 42.2 | 63.1 | 453000 | 50.9 | 41.2 | 60.5 |
| Rural/Urban Location‡ | ||||||||||||
| Not in CBSA | 60000 | 65.7 | 49.9 | 78.7 | 101000 | 54.8 | 44.0 | 65.1 | 110000 | 51.2 | 40.8 | 61.5 |
| Micropolitan Statistical Area | 139000 | 70.3 | 57.0 | 80.9 | 199000 | 56.1 | 47.9 | 64.0 | 223000 | 50.6 | 42.4 | 58.8 |
| Metropolitan Statistical Area | 757000 | 79.7 | 73.8 | 84.5 | 1450000 | 58.1 | 53.0 | 63.0 | 1225000 | 51.9 | 47.1 | 56.8 |
| Metropolitan Principal City | 535000 | 79.7 | 72.1 | 85.6 | 827000 | 63.3 | 55.2 | 70.7 | 829000 | 57.2 | 50.4 | 63.7 |
| Health Characteristics | ||||||||||||
| Severity of diagnosed condition | ||||||||||||
| Mild | 647000 | 74.6 | 68.4 | 79.9 | 935000 | 48.3 | 43.3 | 53.3 | 757000 | 43.9 | 38.9 | 49.1 |
| Moderate | 663000 | 79.2 | 72.4 | 84.7 | 1370000 | 67.2 | 60.7 | 73.2 | 1126000 | 53.8 | 48.3 | 59.2 |
| Severe | 165000 | 89.0 | 77.2 | 95.0 | 240000 | 74.4 | 63.9 | 82.6 | 446000 | 78.0 | 69.5 | 84.6 |
| Child’s health | ||||||||||||
| Excellent or very good | 892000 | 77.5 | 71.8 | 82.4 | 1657000 | 58.9 | 55.2 | 62.5 | 1535000 | 51.4 | 47.6 | 55.3 |
| Good | 419000 | 78.4 | 71.5 | 84.0 | 695000 | 59.0 | 48.4 | 68.9 | 630000 | 56.8 | 48.0 | 65.2 |
| Fair or poor | 166000 | 79.5 | 64.3 | 89.3 | 207000 | 62.6 | 48.6 | 74.7 | 209000 | 59.9 | 46.1 | 72.3 |
| Current Depression | N/A | 1135000 | 81.7 | 77.2 | 85.5 | 752000 | 84.3 | 78.4 | 88.7 | |||
| Current Anxiety | 1135000 | 81.7 | 77.2 | 85.5 | N/A | 1191000 | 73.7 | 67.4 | 79.1 | |||
| Current Behavioral or Conduct Problems | 752000 | 84.3 | 78.4 | 88.7 | 1191000 | 73.7 | 67.4 | N/A | ||||
| Respondent Mental or Emotional Health | ||||||||||||
| Excellent or very good | 708000 | 79.5 | 72.7 | 84.9 | 1382000 | 57.6 | 52.2 | 79.1 | 1229000 | 50.3 | 45.9 | 54.8 |
| Good | 503000 | 83.5 | 78.2 | 87.7 | 769000 | 64.3 | 58.8 | 69.5 | 708000 | 56.4 | 49.8 | 62.8 |
| Fair or poor | 261000 | 68.0 | 57.6 | 77.0 | 377000 | 58.9 | 46.7 | 70.1 | 393000 | 61.5 | 49.2 | 72.5 |
CI, Confidence Interval; GED, General Equivalency Diploma; FPL, Federal Poverty Level.
*
Adjusted for all variables above.
†
Includes children who were reported to have current insurance, but did not specify coverage type from a list of five types or provide an interpretable write-in.
‡
Based on the combination of three separate geographical identifiers: Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA), Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), and Metropolitan Principal City (MPC).