State Estimates of Major Depressive Episode among Adolescents: 2013 and 2014

State Estimates of Major Depressive Episode among Adolescents: 2013 and 2014

State Estimates of Major Depressive Episode Among Adolescents: 2013 and 2014

The combined 2013–2014 data indicate that across the United States, about 1 in 9 (11.0 percent) or 2.7 million of the 24.9 million adolescents in the nation had a major depressive episode in the past year.

STATE ESTIMATES OF MAJOR DEPRESSIVE EPISODE AMONG ADOLESCENTS: 2013 AND 2014

AUTHORS

Rachel N. Lipari, Ph.D., Arthur Hughes, M.S., and Matthew Williams, Ph.D.

In Brief

• Based on combined 2013–2014 National Surveys on Drug Use and Health, about 1 in 9 (11.0 percent) adolescents aged 12 to 17 across the United States had a major depressive episode (MDE) in the past year—or roughly 2.7 million of the 24.9 million adolescents in the nation.
   
• Rates of adolescent past year MDE in 2013–2014 varied across the states, ranging from 8.7 percent in the District of Columbia to 14.6 percent in Oregon.
   
• Compared with the estimate from combined 2012–2013 data, the estimate of adolescent past year MDE in 2013–2014 was higher in the nation as a whole (9.9 percent in 2012–2013 vs. 11.0 percent in 2013–2014).
   
• Thirteen states experienced a statistically significant increase from 2012–2013 to 2013–2014 in the rate of adolescent past year MDE, while the remaining 37 states and the District of Columbia experienced no change in the percentage of adolescents who had an MDE in the past year.