Figure 8.1 is titled "Rates of Serious Psychological Distress among Adults Aged 18 or Older, by Age: 2002 through 2004." It is a bar graph, where age in years is shown on the horizontal axis, and the percentage with serious psychological distress in the past year is shown on the vertical axis. For each age category, there are bars representing 2002, 2003, and 2004. Tests of statistical significance at the .05 level were performed between 2003 and 2004 estimates and between 2002 and 2004 estimates; significant results are indicated where appropriate.
The percentage of persons aged 18 years or older with past year serious psychological distress (SPD) was 8.3 percent in 2002, 9.2 percent in 2003, and 9.9 percent in 2004. The difference between the 2004 estimate and the 2002 estimate was significant.
The percentage of persons aged 18 to 25 with past year SPD was 13.2 percent in 2002, 13.9 percent in 2003, and 13.7 percent in 2004.
The percentage of persons aged 26 to 49 with past year SPD was 9.5 percent in 2002 and 10.4 percent in both 2003 and 2004.
The percentage of persons aged 50 or older with past year SPD was 4.9 percent in 2002, 5.9 percent in 2003, and 7.9 percent in 2004. The differences between the 2004 estimate and the 2002 and 2003 estimates were significant.
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