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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the four survey samples

From: Mathematical pattern of Kessler psychological distress distribution in the general population of the U.S. and Japan

 

2018 NHIS

(n = 24,683)

2014 NSDUH

(n = 41,082)

2013 BRFSS

(n = 31,503)

2016 CSLC

(n = 201,116)

Sex

 Male

11,223 (45.5%)

19,141 (46.6%)

13,042 (41.4%)

96,036 (47.8%)

 Female

13,460 (54.5%)

21,941 (53.4%)

18,460 (58.6%)

105,080 (52.2%)

Age

 18–34

5582 (22.6%)

21,100 (51.4%)

4400 (14.0%)

21,262 (10.6%)

 35–49

5615 (22.7%)

11,099 (27.0%)

6546 (20.8%)

43,822 (21.8%)

 50–64

6395 (25.9%)

5317 (12.9%)

10,645 (33.8%)

52,334 (26.0%)

 ≧65

7091 (28.7%)

3566 (8.7%)

10,001 (31.7%)

83,698 (41.6%)

Racea

 White

19,644 (79.6%)

25,788 (62.8%)

27,136 (86.1%)

–

 Black

2862 (11.6%)

4822 (11.7%)

1358 (4.3%)

–

 Asian

1288 (5.2%)

1783 (4.3%)

568 (1.8%)

–

 AI/AN

284 (1.2%)

668 (1.6%)

297 (0.9%)

 

 Hispanic

3106 (12.6%)

6572 (16.0%)

1284 (4.1%)

–

 Other races

605 (2.5%)

1449 (3.5%)

859 (2.7%)

–

  1. American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI/AN). CSLC has not asked about ethnicity. aThe method of measuring race and ethnicity differs depending on the survey. Especially, the CSLC did not measure race and ethnicity