According to a new report published Thursday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 5 Americans has been diagnosed with depression.
But the results vary widely based on where you live in the United States.
According to CNN, “in 2020, 18.4% of US adults reported having ever been diagnosed with depression in their lifetimes – but, state by state, that percentage of adults ranged from an estimated 12.7% in Hawaii to 27.5% in West Virginia.”
“There was considerable geographic variation in the prevalence of depression, with the highest state and county estimates of depression observed along the Appalachian and southern Mississippi Valley regions,” researchers from the CDC and Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education in Tennessee wrote in the new report.
“This report provides current estimates of national, state-level, and county-level prevalence of adults reporting a lifetime diagnosis of depression,” the researchers wrote. “These estimates can help decision-makers guide resource allocation to areas where the need is greatest.”
From CNN:
The researchers also found that the prevalence of depression overall was 24% among women compared with 13.3% among men, and 21.5% in younger adults ages 18 to 24 versus 14.2% in adults 65 and older. Prevalence also was higher among White adults and adults who had attained less than a high school education.
More over at CNN:
Nearly 1 in 5 US adults have been diagnosed with depression, and its prevalence ranges greatly depending on where they live, a new CDC report finds https://t.co/Ly61YHuH67
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