• Poverty level affects mental health status. Hispanics living below the poverty level, as compared to Hispanics over twice the poverty level, are twice as likely to report psychological distress.
• The death rate from suicide for Hispanic men is five times the rate for Hispanic women, in 2005.
• However, the suicide rate for Hispanics is half that of the Non-Hispanic White population.
• Suicide attempts for Hispanic girls, grades 9-12, were 80% higher than for White girls in the same age group, in 2005.
• Non-Hispanic Whites received mental health treatment 3 times more often than Hispanics, in 2005.

MENTAL HEALTH STATUS:

Serious psychological distress among adults 18 years of age and over, percent, 2005-2006

Hispanic	Mexican American	Non-Hispanic White	Mexican/Non-Hispanic White Ratio	Hispanic/Non-Hispanic White Ratio
3.3	3.3	2.8	1.2	1.2

Source: CDC, 2009. Health United States, 2008. Table 61.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus08.pdf[PDF | 12MB]

Serious psychological distress among adults 18 years of age and over, percent of poverty level, 2005-2006

	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Below 100%	5.1	8.9	0.6
100%-less than 200%	3.2	6.1	0.5
200% or more	2.6	1.6	1.6

Source: CDC, 2009. Health United States, 2008. Table 61.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus08.pdf[PDF | 12MB]

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, 2007

	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Sadness	4.9	2.4	2.0
Hopelessness	3.1	1.8	1.7
Worthlessness	2.6	1.8	1.4
Everything is an effort	4.8	4.5	1.1

Source:  CDC 2009. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2007. Table 14.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_240.pdf[PDF | 8.43MB]

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, 2007 ---Men

	Hispanic Men	Non-Hispanic White Men	Hispanic Men/ Non-Hispanic White Men Ratio
Sadness	3.8	1.8	2.1
Hopelessness	2.3	1.4	1.6
Worthlessness	1.8	1.3	1.4
Everything is an effort	3.5	3.9	0.9

Source:  CDC 2009. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2007. Table 14.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_240.pdf[PDF | 8.43MB]

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, 2007 ---Women

	Hispanic Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Hispanic Women/ Non-Hispanic White Women Ratio
Sadness	6.0	3.0	2.0
Hopelessness	3.8	2.2	1.7
Worthlessness	3.3	2.2	1.5
Everything is an effort	6.1	4.9	1.2

Source:  CDC 2009. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2007. Table 14.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_240.pdf[PDF | 8.43MB]

Percent of population with feelings of nervousness or restlessness, among persons 18 years of age and over, 2007

	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Nervousness, all or most of time	4.5	3.8	1.2
Nervousness, some of time	7.8	10.4	0.8
Restlessness, all or most of time	5.1	5.2	1.0
Restlessness, some of time	7.4	11.4	0.6

Source:  CDC 2009. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2007. Table 16.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_240.pdf[PDF | 8.43MB]

DEATH RATES:

Age-Adjusted Death Rates for suicide, by sex, race and Hispanic Origin, 2005

	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	9.4	21.2	0.4
Female	1.8	5.3	0.3
Total	5.6	12.9	0.4

Source:  CDC, 2008. National Vital Statistic Report. Vol. 56, Num 10 Table 17.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr56/nvsr56_10.pdf[PDF | 2.3MB]

Age-adjusted death rates for suicide, by race, 2005

Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
5.6	12.9	0.4

Source: CDC, 2009. Health United States, 2008. Table 28.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus08.pdf[PDF | 12MB]

Death rates for suicide, age, race and Hispanic origin, 2005: Men

	Hispanic Men	Non-Hispanic White Men	Hispanic Men/ Non-Hispanic White Men Ratio
15-24 years	12.1	18.4	0.7
25-44 years	11.2	26.6	0.4
45-64 years	10.7	28.2	0.4
65 years and over	14.1	33.2	0.4
All ages	9.4	21.2	0.4

Source: CDC, 2009. Health United States, 2008. Table 45.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus08.pdf[PDF | 12MB]

Death rates for suicide, age, race and Hispanic origin, 2005: Women

	Hispanic Women	Non-Hispanic White Women	Hispanic Women/ Non-Hispanic White Women Ratio
15-24 years	2.7	3.9	0.7
25-44 years	2.2	7.4	0.3
45-64 years	2.1	8.7	0.4
65 years and over	2.0	4.3	0.5
All ages	1.8	5.3	0.3

Source: CDC, 2009. Health United States, 2008. Table 45.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus08.pdf[PDF | 12MB]

ADOLESCENTS:

Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Suicide: Ages 15 - 19, 2006

	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic /Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	7.9	13.3	0.7
Female	3.0	3.0	0.8
Total	5.5	8.3	0.7

Source:  CDC, 2009. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Web Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) [ACCESSED 07/16/2009]
http://www.cdc.gov/injury/wisqars/index.html

Suicidal ideation among students in grades 9–12, 2007
Percent of students who seriously considered suicide

	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	10.7	10.2	1.0
Female	21.1	17.8	1.2

Source:  CDC, 2009. Health United States, 2008. Table 62.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus08.pdf[PDF | 12MB]

Suicide attempts among students in grades 9–12, 2007
Percent of students who attempted suicide

	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	6.3	3.4	1.9
Female	14.0	7.7	1.8

Source:  CDC, 2009. Health United States, 2008. Table 62.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus08.pdf[PDF | 12MB]

ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE:

Percent of Adults age 18 and over who received mental health treatment or counseling in the past year, 2006

	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	5.6	10.2	0.5
Female	8.6	20.0	0.4
Total	7.0	15.2	0.5

Source:  2008 National Healthcare Disparities Report. Table 15_3_1.1b
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr08/index.html

Percent of Adults age 18 and over who received prescription medications for mental health treatment or counseling, 2006

	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	3.8	8.5	0.4
Female	6.3	17.6	0.4
Total	5.0	13.2	0.4

Source:  2008 National Healthcare Disparities Report. Table 15_3_3.1b
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr08/index.html

Adults 18 years of age and over reporting antidepressant drug use in the past month, age-adjusted percent, 1999-2002

	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Men	1.8	6.1	0.3
Women	4.5	12.8	0.4
Total	3.1	9.5	0.3

Source:  CDC, 2007. Health United States, 2007. Data table for Figure 36.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf[PDF | 475KB]

Adults age 18 and over with past year major depressive episode who received treatment for the depression, 2006

Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
51.8	73.3	0.7

Source:  2008 National Healthcare Disparities Report. Table 7_1_5.2b.
http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr08/7_mentalhealthsubstanceabuse/T7_1_5-2b.htm