Table 2.
Prevalence of Anxiety or Depression Among US Adolescents 12–17 Years by Sex, Autism and ADHD (NSCH 2016–2019)
| Sex | All adolescents | Adolescents diagnosed with | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neither autism nor ADHD | ADHD No autism | Autism no ADHD | Autism and ADHD | ||
| Prevalence of anxiety | |||||
| Female—% (SE) | 15.3 (0.45) | 12.4 (0.45) | 43.7 (2.00) | 62.0 (8.32) | 71.6 (6.44) |
| Male—% (SE) | 11.5 (0.42) | 5.9 (0.35) | 27.3 (1.37) | 36.7 (5.44) | 69.2 (2.80) |
| RD [95% CI] | 3.8 [2.6, 5.0] | 6.5 [5.3, 7.6] | 16.4 [11.8, 21.1] | 25.3 [5.9, 44.8] | 2.3 [−11.4, 16.1] |
| t (p) | 6.22 (< .001) | 11.29 (< .001) | 6.88 (< .001) | 2.56 (.011) | 0.33 (.739) |
| Prevalence of depression | |||||
| Female—% (SE) | 9.9 (0.40) | 7.8 (0.40) | 30.9 (1.84) | 31.2 (8.03) | 38.8 (5.52) |
| Male—% (SE) | 7.1 (0.35) | 3.6 (0.34) | 19.5 (1.23) | 10.4 (2.19) | 38.3 (3.74) |
| RD [95% CI] | 2.7 [1.7, 3.8] | 4.2 [3.1, 5.2] | 11.4 [7.1, 15.6] | 20.8 [4.5, 37.1] | 0.5 [−12.6, 13.5] |
| t (p) | 5.15 (< .001) | 7.92 (< .001) | 5.22 (< .001) | 2.50 (.013) | 0.07 (.942) |
% = Average predicted marginal percentage of adolescents who have anxiety or depression, SE = standard error, RD = risk difference
(Female—Male), 95% CI = 95% Confidence Interval, t = t statistic, p = probability (significance level), all percentages and statistics
weighted to original sample