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. 2020 Sep 16;7(9):e19168. doi: 10.2196/19168

Table 2.

Summary statistics for mental health professional consultation and mental health outcomes by recency of immigration.

Outcome variables, n (%) All immigrants, N=7,438,691 (25.33%) Recent immigrants (0-9 years), n=1,659,753 (25.30%) Nonrecent immigrants (10+ years), n=4,901,367 (74.70%) P valuesa
Consulted any mental health professional in the past year 624,617 (8.78) 135,096 (8.32) 416,307 (8.95) .02
Consulted a psychiatrist in the past year 124,559 (20.00) 22,396 (16.64) 90,359 (21.77) .51
Prevalence of self-reported mood disorders 389,164 (5.24) 56,854 (3.43) 291,501 (5.96) < .001
Prevalence of self-reported anxiety disorders 330,937 (4.47) 52,702 (3.18) 239,839 (4.92) < .001

aChi-square test for differences between recent (0-9 years) and nonrecent (10+ years) immigrant groups.