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Products - Data Briefs - Number 377 - September 2020

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Antidepressant Use Among Adults: United States, 2015—2018

Key findings
Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

  • During 2015–2018, 13.2% of adults aged 18 and over used antidepressant medications in the past 30 days. Use was higher among women (17.7%) than men (8.4%).
  • Antidepressant use increased with age, overall and in both sexes—use was highest among women aged 60 and over (24.3%).
  • Antidepressant use was higher among non-Hispanic white (16.6%) adults compared with non-Hispanic black (7.8%), Hispanic (6.5%), and non-Hispanic Asian (2.8%) adults.
  • Antidepressant medication use was higher for adults with at least some college education (14.3%) compared with those with a high school education (11.5%) or less (11.4%).
  • From 2009–2010 through 2017–2018, the percentage of adults who used antidepressants increased among women, but not men.
Keywords
antidepressant medication, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

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