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• Poverty level affects mental health status. Hispanics living below the poverty level, as compared to Hispanics over twice the poverty level, are three times more likely to report psychological distress.
• The death rate from suicide for Hispanic men is almost five times the rate for Hispanic women, in 2009.
• However, the suicide rate for Hispanics is half that of the Non-Hispanic White population.
• Suicide attempts for Hispanic girls, grades 9-12, were 70% higher than for White girls in the same age group, in 2011.
• Non-Hispanic Whites received mental health treatment 2 times more often than Hispanics, in 2008.

MENTAL HEALTH STATUS:

Serious psychological distress among adults 18 years of age and over, percent, 2009-2010

Hispanic	Mexican American	Non-Hispanic White	Mexican/Non-Hispanic White Ratio	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
3.6	2.8	3.1	1.2	0.9

Source: CDC, 2012. Health United States, 2011. Table 59.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus11.pdf [PDF | 9.8MB]

Serious psychological distress among adults 18 years of age and over, percent of poverty level, 2009-2010

	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Below 100%	6.4	10.1	0.6
100%-less than 200%	4.1	5.5	0.7
200% - less than 400%	2.6	3.2	0.8

Source: CDC, 2012. Health United States, 2011. Table 59.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus11.pdf [PDF | 9.8MB]

Percent of population with feelings of sadness, hopelessness, worthlessness, or that everything is an effort, all of the time, among persons 18 years of age and over, 2010

	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Sadness	4.6	2.8	1.6
Hopelessness	3.3	2.0	1.7
Worthlessness	2.3	1.7	1.6
Everything is an effort	6.5	5.6	1.2

Source:  CDC 2012. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2010. Table 14.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_252.pdf [PDF | 3.1MB]

Percent of population with feelings of sadness, hopelessness, worthlessness, or that everything is an effort all of the time, among persons 18 years of age and over, 2010 ---Men

	Hispanic Men	Non-Hispanic White Men	Hispanic Men/ Non-Hispanic White Men Ratio
Sadness	3.8	2.5	1.5
Hopelessness	2.8	1.9	1.5
Worthlessness	2.0	1.6	1.3
Everything is an effort	6.2	4.9	1.3

Source:  CDC 2012. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2010. Table 14.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_252.pdf [PDF | 3.1MB]

Percent of population with feelings of sadness, hopelessness, worthlessness, or that everything is an effort all of the time, among persons 18 years of age and over, 2010 ---Women

	Hispanic Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Hispanic Women/ Non-Hispanic White Women Ratio
Sadness	5.3	3.2	1.7
Hopelessness	3.7	2.1	1.8
Worthlessness	2.5	1.9	1.3
Everything is an effort	6.9	6.1	1.1

Source:  CDC 2012. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2010. Table 14.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_252.pdf [PDF | 3.1MB]

Percent of population with feelings of nervousness or restlessness, among persons 18 years of age and over, 2010

	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Nervousness, all or most of time	5.4	4.9	1.1
Restlessness, all or most of time	5.6	6.4	0.9

Source:  CDC 2012. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2010. Table 16.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_252.pdf [PDF | 3.1MB]

DEATH RATES:

Age-Adjusted Death Rates for suicide, by sex, race and Hispanic Origin, 2009

	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	9.8	23.2	0.4
Female	2.0	6.0	0.3
Total	5.9	14.3	0.4

Source:  CDC, 2012. National Vital Statistic Report. Vol. 60, Num 03 Table 17.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr60/nvsr60_03.pdf [PDF | 2MB]

Age-adjusted death rates for suicide, by race, 2009

Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
5.9	14.3	0.4

Source: CDC, 2012. Health United States, 2011. Table 24.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus11.pdf [PDF | 9.8MB]

Death rates for suicide, age, race and Hispanic origin, 2009: Men

	Hispanic Men	Non-Hispanic White Men	Hispanic Men/ Non-Hispanic White Men Ratio
15-24 years	11.7	18.9	0.6
25-44 years	11.1	28.8	0.4
45-64 years	12.6	33.7	0.4
65 years and over	15.3	33.1	0.5
All ages	9.8	23.2	0.4

Source: CDC, 2012. Health United States, 2011. Table 39.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus11.pdf [PDF | 9.8MB]

Death rates for suicide, age, race and Hispanic origin, 2009: Women

	Hispanic Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Hispanic Women/ Non-Hispanic White Women Ratio
15-24 years	2.5	4.0	0.6
25-44 years	2.7	8.1	0.3
45-64 years	2.6	10.6	0.2
65 years and over	2.3	4.5	0.5
All ages	2.0	6.0	0.3

Source: CDC, 2012. Health United States, 2011. Table 39.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus11.pdf [PDF | 9.8MB]

ADOLESCENTS:

Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Suicide: Ages 15 - 19, 2009

	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	9.0	14.0	0.6
Female	2.8	3.5	0.8
Total	6.0	8.9	0.7

Source:  CDC, 2012. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Web Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) [Accessed 07/07/2012]
http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html

Suicidal ideation among students in grades 9–12, 2009
Percent of students who seriously considered suicide

	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	10.7	10.5	1.0
Female	20.2	16.1	1.3

Source:  CDC, 2012. Health United States, 2011. Table 67.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus11.pdf [PDF | 9.8MB]

Suicide attempts among students in grades 9–12, 2011
Percent of students who attempted suicide

	Hispanic	White	Hispanic/White Ratio
Male	6.9	4.6	1.5
Female	13.5	7.9	1.7
Total	10.2	6.2	1.6

Source: CDC, 2012. High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey Data. [Accessed 07/07/2012]
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/youthonline

ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE:

Percent of Adults age 18 and over who received mental health treatment or counseling in the past year, 2008

	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	5.2	10.8	0.5
Female	8.4	20.8	0.4
Total	6.8	16.0	0.4

Source:  2010 National Healthcare Disparities Report. Table 17_3_1.2b
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr10/index.html

Percent of Adults age 18 and over who received prescription medications for mental health treatment or counseling, 2008

	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	4.0	9.1	0.4
Female	6.5	18.3	0.4
Total	5.2	13.9	0.4

Source:  2010 National Healthcare Disparities Report. Table 17_3_3.2b
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr10/index.html

Adults age 18 and over with past year major depressive episode who received treatment for the depression, 2009

Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
49.3	68.7	0.7

Source:  2011 National Healthcare Disparities Report. Table 7_1_1.2b.
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr11/index.html