In 2002, 8.5 percent of the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized popu*lation used an antidepressant. A higher percentage of the elderly used an antidepressant (13.2 percent) than both non-elderly adults (10.3 percent) and children (1.7 percent).Originally Posted by CatOfCheshire
The percentage of white non-Hispanics using an antidepres*sant (10.6 percent) was more than double the percentage of black non-Hispanics (4.0 per*cent) and Hispanics using an antidepressant (3.6 percent).
http://www.meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/dat...t77/stat77.pdf
http://www.pophealthmetrics.com/content/2/1/9
http://jech.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/62/5/448



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