Table 1: Psychological Distress among USA population: Sociodemographic Characteristics.
| No Psych Distress (n=274279) | Psych Distress (n=10218) | p-value |
Age group, years | Number | % | Number | % |
18-44 | 78411 | 97.2 | 2268 | 2.8 | .0001 |
45-64 | 140077 | 95.4 | 6465 | 4.4 |
≥ 65 | 55791 | 97.4 | 1485 | 2.6 |
Sex |
Male (170687/48.9%) | 122236 | 97.1 | 3596 | 2.9 | 0.01 |
Female (199094/51.9%) | 152043 | 95.8 | 6622 | 4.2 |
Race |
Non-Hispanic Whites | 166786 | 96.5 | 5963 | 3.5 | 0.01 |
Non-Hispanic Blacks | 41680 | 96.0 | 1744 | 4.0 |
Asians | 14611 | 98.1 | 282 | 1.9 |
Hispanics | 48465 | 95.9 | 2067 | 4.1 |
High School |
No High School Degree | 39404 | 93.0 | 2946 | 7.0 | 0.01 |
High School Degree | 233111 | 97.0 | 7202 | 3.0 |
Poverty |
Above federal poverty level | 198966 | 97.4 | 5407 | 2.6 | 0.01 |
Below federal poverty level | 38253 | 91.1 | 3743 | 8.9 |
Alcohol |
Never Drinker | 62494 | 96.6 | 2202 | 3.4 | 0.01 |
Former Drinker | 40667 | 94.1 | 2565 | 5.9 |
Current Drinker | 166196 | 96.9 | 5275 | 3.1 |