QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged 20 Years or Older Who Used Antidepressant Medications in the Past 30 Days by Sex and Marital Status

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During 2015–2018, 13.6% of adults aged 20 years or older used prescription antidepressant medications in the past 30 days.
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Authors: Debra J. Brody, MPH, and Qiuping Gu, PhD

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The figure is a vertical bar chart showing the percentage of U.S. adults aged ≥20 Years who used antidepressant medications in the past 30 days, by sex and marital status, according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for 2015–2018.
Percentage of U.S. adults aged ≥20 Years who used antidepressant medications in the past 30 days, by sex and marital status

During 2015–2018, 13.6% of adults aged 20 years or older used prescription antidepressant medications in the past 30 days.

Antidepressant use was higher among divorced, separated, or widowed (20.5%) adults than among either married or living with partner (12.3%) or never married (10.8%) adults.

There was no difference in use between married and never married adults.

These same patterns were observed for both men and women. Within every marital status category, a higher percentage of women compared with men took antidepressants.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6942a8.htm

Source: Brody DJ, Gu Q. Antidepressant use among adults: United States, 2015–2018. NCHS Data Brief, no 377. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics. 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db377.htm

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