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National-, State-, & County-Level Prevalence of Adults Reporting Lifetime Diagnosis of Depression

  • Jun 28, 2023
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National, State-Level, and County-Level Prevalence Estimates of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Self-Reporting a Lifetime Diagnosis of Depression — United States, 2020, in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report


key takeaway: "During 2020, 18.4% of U.S. adults reported having ever been diagnosed with depression; state-level age-standardized estimates ranged from 12.7% in Hawaii to 27.5% in West Virginia. Model-based age-standardized county-level prevalence estimates ranged from 10.7% to 31.9%, and there was considerable state-level and county-level variability."

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