Mental and Behavioral Health - Hispanics

• The death rate from suicide for Hispanic males was 4.4 times the rate for Hispanic women in 2020.1
• In 2020, the suicide death rate for Hispanics was less than half the rate for non-Hispanic whites.1
• In 2023, Hispanic adults were 60% less likely to have received mental health treatment than non-Hispanic white adults.2

Mental Health Status

Serious psychological distress in the past year among adults age 18 years and over, percentage, 2023
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
13.8	14.2	1.0

Serious psychological distress in the past 30 days among adults age 18 and over, percentage of poverty level, 2015–2016
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Below 100 percent	6.8	12.1	0.6
100 Percent to less than 200 Percent	4.1	7.6	0.5
200 Percent to less than 400 Percent	2.6	3.1	0.8

Feelings of sadness, hopelessness, worthlessness, or that everything is an effort, all or most of the time, among persons age 18 and over, 2018
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Sadness	3.9	2.7	1.4
Hopelessness	3.2	2.2	1.5
Worthlessness	2.4	2.3	1.0
Everything is an effort	7.3	6.5	1.1

Serious psychological distress among persons age 18 and over, percentage, 2018
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	3.5	2.7	1.3
Female	5.4	4.7	1.1
Total	4.4	3.7	1.2

Major depressive episode in the past year among persons age 18 and over, percentage, 2023
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
8.3	9.1	0.9

Any mental illness in the past year among persons age 18 and over, percentage, 2023
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
20.6	24.0	0.9

Death Rates

Age-adjusted death rates for suicide by sex, race, and Hispanic origin, 2020
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	12.3	27.2	0.5
Female	2.8	6.9	0.4
Total	7.5	16.9	0.4

Suicide rates by age, race, and Hispanic origin, 2019: Males
	Hispanic Males	Non-Hispanic White Males	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
15–24 years	16.6	25.6	0.6
25–44 years	16.1	36.0	0.4
45–64 years	12.9	38.3	0.3
65 years and over	12.3	37.6	0.3
All ages, age adjusted	11.6	28.0	0.4

Suicide rates by age, race, and Hispanic origin, 2019: Females
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
15–24 years	4.4	6.1	0.7
25–44 years	4.0	9.8	0.4
45–64 years	4.2	12.6	0.3
65 years and over	1.0	6.2	0.2
All ages, age adjusted	3.0	7.7	0.4

Adolescents

Death rates for suicide: ages 15–19, 2021
	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Male	11.6	17.7	0.7
Female	4.1	5.0	0.8
Both Sexes	7.9	11.6	0.7

Students in grades 9–12 who seriously considered attempting suicide in the past 12 months, percentage, 2021
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
22.0	22.7	1.0

Students in grades 9–12 who attempted suicide in the past 12 months, percentage, 2021
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
10.7	9.0	1.2

Access To Healthcare

Adults age 18 and over who received mental health treatment in the past year, percentage, 2023
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
17.0	27.0	0.6

Adults age 18 and over who received mental health treatment through prescription medication, percentage, 2023
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
10.3	20.6	0.5

Adults age 18 and over with a major depressive episode in the past year who received treatment for depression, percentage, 2022
Hispanic	Non-Hispanic White	Hispanic / Non-Hispanic White Ratio
52.2	68.4	0.8

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1 CDC, 2023. Deaths: Final Data for 2020. National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 72, No. 10. Table 10. (Back to top)

2 SAMHSA, 2024. Results from the 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Mental Health Detailed Tables. Table 6.21B. (Back to top)