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. 2021 Jul 2;30(9):2303–2314. doi: 10.1007/s10826-021-02026-x

Table 3.

PHQ-8 percentile scores for the total sample and by parent gender

Percentilesa
Sum Score Total (n = 1570) Males (n = 570) Females (n = 1000)
0 18 19 18
1 42 43 42
2 52 54 51
3 60 63 58
4 65 69 63
5 71 75 69
6 76 80 73
7 79 83 77
8 82 86 80
9 85 88 83
10 87 90 85
11 88 91 87
12 90 92 88
13 91 93 90
14 92 94 92
15 94 95 93
16 95 96 95
17 97 97 96
18 97 98 97
19 98 99 98
20 99 99 99
21 99 99 99
22 99 99 99
23 100 100 100
24 100 100 100

The PHQ-8 measures symptoms of depression

aPercentiles indicate the rank of the subject compared to other subjects of the same group (i.e., gender)