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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: J ECT. 2020 Dec;36(4):229–233. doi: 10.1097/YCT.0000000000000692

Table 3:

breakdown of ECT recipients by race compared to the demographics of the state as of the 2010 American Community Survey. White patients are overrepresented among ECT recipients, while all other races received treatments at a lower rate than their share of the population.

State Years White % Hispanic % Black % Asian % Native American % Other/Unk % Missing %
CA 2008-2017 ECT Recipients 31438 80.4% 3145 8.0% 1332 3.4% 1920 4.9% 128 0.3% 1151 2.9% 0 0.0%
State overall 40.0% 37.7% 5.8% 12.9% 0.8% 2.8%

IL 2006-7; 2013-18 ECT Recipients 18245 84.9% 851 4.0% 964 4.5% 218 1.0% 62 0.3% 379 1.8% 775 3.6%
State overall 63.6% 15.9% 14.3% 4.6% 0.1% 1.5%