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  "alt": "Line chart of two measures by age band for 2022 to 2024: the share with frequent mental distress, which falls from the youngest band to the oldest, and the share ever told of a depressive disorder, which declines more slowly from the youngest band to the sixties and then falls. The diagnosis line is above the distress line at every age and the two are closest in the youngest and oldest bands.",
  "caption": "The diagnosis line is above the distress line at every age, and the two are closest in the youngest and oldest bands. Each line is plotted at the band's lowest age, with 95% intervals; the buttons switch between 2022 to 2024 and 2014 to 2016.",
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      "age_lower": 18,
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      "conf_low": 12.93,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 72087,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 13.33
    },
    {
      "age_band": "18 to 24",
      "age_lower": 18,
      "conf_high": 15.96,
      "conf_low": 15.13,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 72503,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 15.54
    },
    {
      "age_band": "25 to 29",
      "age_lower": 25,
      "conf_high": 13.32,
      "conf_low": 12.4,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 60352,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 12.85
    },
    {
      "age_band": "25 to 29",
      "age_lower": 25,
      "conf_high": 17.21,
      "conf_low": 16.23,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 60803,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 16.72
    },
    {
      "age_band": "30 to 34",
      "age_lower": 30,
      "conf_high": 12.73,
      "conf_low": 11.9,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 69646,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 12.31
    },
    {
      "age_band": "30 to 34",
      "age_lower": 30,
      "conf_high": 17.95,
      "conf_low": 17.03,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 70162,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 17.49
    },
    {
      "age_band": "35 to 39",
      "age_lower": 35,
      "conf_high": 12.13,
      "conf_low": 11.31,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 74688,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 11.71
    },
    {
      "age_band": "35 to 39",
      "age_lower": 35,
      "conf_high": 17.47,
      "conf_low": 16.56,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 75282,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 17.01
    },
    {
      "age_band": "40 to 44",
      "age_lower": 40,
      "conf_high": 12.82,
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      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 79127,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 12.4
    },
    {
      "age_band": "40 to 44",
      "age_lower": 40,
      "conf_high": 18.27,
      "conf_low": 17.35,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 79754,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 17.81
    },
    {
      "age_band": "45 to 49",
      "age_lower": 45,
      "conf_high": 13.26,
      "conf_low": 12.42,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 92848,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 12.83
    },
    {
      "age_band": "45 to 49",
      "age_lower": 45,
      "conf_high": 19.12,
      "conf_low": 18.22,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 93627,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 18.67
    },
    {
      "age_band": "50 to 54",
      "age_lower": 50,
      "conf_high": 13.46,
      "conf_low": 12.75,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 121236,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 13.1
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    {
      "age_band": "50 to 54",
      "age_lower": 50,
      "conf_high": 20.13,
      "conf_low": 19.3,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 122414,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 19.71
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    {
      "age_band": "55 to 59",
      "age_lower": 55,
      "conf_high": 13.27,
      "conf_low": 12.57,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 141051,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 12.92
    },
    {
      "age_band": "55 to 59",
      "age_lower": 55,
      "conf_high": 21.61,
      "conf_low": 20.78,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 142659,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 21.19
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    {
      "age_band": "60 to 64",
      "age_lower": 60,
      "conf_high": 11.63,
      "conf_low": 10.93,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 152442,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 11.28
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    {
      "age_band": "60 to 64",
      "age_lower": 60,
      "conf_high": 20.78,
      "conf_low": 19.99,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 154204,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 20.38
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    {
      "age_band": "65 to 69",
      "age_lower": 65,
      "conf_high": 8.84,
      "conf_low": 8.23,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 151105,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 8.53
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    {
      "age_band": "65 to 69",
      "age_lower": 65,
      "conf_high": 18.54,
      "conf_low": 17.75,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 152844,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 18.14
    },
    {
      "age_band": "70 to 74",
      "age_lower": 70,
      "conf_high": 7.48,
      "conf_low": 6.84,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 118060,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 7.15
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    {
      "age_band": "70 to 74",
      "age_lower": 70,
      "conf_high": 15.42,
      "conf_low": 14.61,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 119817,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 15.01
    },
    {
      "age_band": "75 to 79",
      "age_lower": 75,
      "conf_high": 7.24,
      "conf_low": 6.46,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 85601,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 6.84
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    {
      "age_band": "75 to 79",
      "age_lower": 75,
      "conf_high": 13.09,
      "conf_low": 12.17,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 87307,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 12.62
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    {
      "age_band": "80 and older",
      "age_lower": 80,
      "conf_high": 6.72,
      "conf_low": 6.07,
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      "n": 110004,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 6.39
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    {
      "age_band": "80 and older",
      "age_lower": 80,
      "conf_high": 10.73,
      "conf_low": 9.96,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 113372,
      "period_label": "2014 to 2016",
      "rate": 10.34
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    {
      "age_band": "18 to 24",
      "age_lower": 18,
      "conf_high": 23.95,
      "conf_low": 22.91,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
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      "rate": 23.43
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    {
      "age_band": "18 to 24",
      "age_lower": 18,
      "conf_high": 26.13,
      "conf_low": 25.07,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 80455,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 25.6
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    {
      "age_band": "25 to 29",
      "age_lower": 25,
      "conf_high": 21.84,
      "conf_low": 20.66,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 64452,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 21.24
    },
    {
      "age_band": "25 to 29",
      "age_lower": 25,
      "conf_high": 25.95,
      "conf_low": 24.73,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 65019,
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      "rate": 25.34
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    {
      "age_band": "30 to 34",
      "age_lower": 30,
      "conf_high": 20.25,
      "conf_low": 19.18,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 73951,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 19.71
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    {
      "age_band": "30 to 34",
      "age_lower": 30,
      "conf_high": 25.48,
      "conf_low": 24.36,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 74693,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 24.92
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    {
      "age_band": "35 to 39",
      "age_lower": 35,
      "conf_high": 18.24,
      "conf_low": 17.23,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 81594,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 17.73
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    {
      "age_band": "35 to 39",
      "age_lower": 35,
      "conf_high": 23.36,
      "conf_low": 22.28,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 82379,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 22.81
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    {
      "age_band": "40 to 44",
      "age_lower": 40,
      "conf_high": 16.99,
      "conf_low": 16.02,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 86224,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 16.5
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    {
      "age_band": "40 to 44",
      "age_lower": 40,
      "conf_high": 21.83,
      "conf_low": 20.81,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 87077,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 21.32
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    {
      "age_band": "45 to 49",
      "age_lower": 45,
      "conf_high": 16.64,
      "conf_low": 15.5,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 81434,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 16.06
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    {
      "age_band": "45 to 49",
      "age_lower": 45,
      "conf_high": 21.7,
      "conf_low": 20.52,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 82305,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 21.11
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    {
      "age_band": "50 to 54",
      "age_lower": 50,
      "conf_high": 15.19,
      "conf_low": 14.23,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 92862,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 14.71
    },
    {
      "age_band": "50 to 54",
      "age_lower": 50,
      "conf_high": 20.82,
      "conf_low": 19.77,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 93866,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 20.29
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    {
      "age_band": "55 to 59",
      "age_lower": 55,
      "conf_high": 15.2,
      "conf_low": 14.23,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 101915,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 14.71
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    {
      "age_band": "55 to 59",
      "age_lower": 55,
      "conf_high": 21.23,
      "conf_low": 20.18,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 103090,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 20.7
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    {
      "age_band": "60 to 64",
      "age_lower": 60,
      "conf_high": 13.16,
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      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
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      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 12.75
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    {
      "age_band": "60 to 64",
      "age_lower": 60,
      "conf_high": 20.15,
      "conf_low": 19.22,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 126705,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 19.68
    },
    {
      "age_band": "65 to 69",
      "age_lower": 65,
      "conf_high": 10.44,
      "conf_low": 9.68,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 136072,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 10.05
    },
    {
      "age_band": "65 to 69",
      "age_lower": 65,
      "conf_high": 18.27,
      "conf_low": 17.35,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 137909,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 17.8
    },
    {
      "age_band": "70 to 74",
      "age_lower": 70,
      "conf_high": 9.82,
      "conf_low": 9.01,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 127355,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 9.41
    },
    {
      "age_band": "70 to 74",
      "age_lower": 70,
      "conf_high": 17.11,
      "conf_low": 16.14,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 129175,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 16.62
    },
    {
      "age_band": "75 to 79",
      "age_lower": 75,
      "conf_high": 9.04,
      "conf_low": 8.22,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 100143,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 8.62
    },
    {
      "age_band": "75 to 79",
      "age_lower": 75,
      "conf_high": 14.81,
      "conf_low": 13.86,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 101808,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 14.33
    },
    {
      "age_band": "80 and older",
      "age_lower": 80,
      "conf_high": 7.47,
      "conf_low": 6.66,
      "measure": "Frequent mental distress now",
      "n": 111830,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 7.05
    },
    {
      "age_band": "80 and older",
      "age_lower": 80,
      "conf_high": 10.5,
      "conf_low": 9.59,
      "measure": "Ever told of a depressive disorder",
      "n": 114825,
      "period_label": "2022 to 2024",
      "rate": 10.04
    }
  ],
  "id": "fmd_vs_diagnosis",
  "notes": [
    "The diagnosis question asks whether a doctor, nurse or other health professional ever told the respondent of a depressive disorder, so it depends on contact with care as well as on symptoms.",
    "The lines plot the share answering each item. The difference between them quoted in the text is a paired difference among respondents who answered both items, so it can differ slightly from the difference of the two plotted shares."
  ],
  "source": "CDC BRFSS, 2014-2016 and 2022-2024, adults in the 50 states and DC; weighted (BRFSS final weight), design-based intervals",
  "spec": {
    "colors": {
      "Ever told of a depressive disorder": "cat6",
      "Frequent mental distress now": "highlight"
    },
    "hi": "conf_high",
    "lo": "conf_low",
    "n": "n",
    "series": "measure",
    "x": "age_lower",
    "xDomain": [
      17,
      82
    ],
    "xLabel": "Age band, by its lowest age (80 = 80 and older)",
    "xTicks": "data",
    "y": "rate",
    "yDomain": [
      0,
      30
    ],
    "yFormat": {
      "digits": 1
    },
    "yLabel": "Adults (%)"
  },
  "subtitle": "Adults with frequent mental distress and adults ever told by a health professional of a depressive disorder, percent, by five-year age band, 50 states and DC",
  "title": "In 2022 to 2024 the share of adults {fact:band_young} ever told of depression was {fact:dep_young_late}, close to the {fact:young_late_all} with frequent distress now",
  "type": "line",
  "views": [
    {
      "filter": {
        "period_label": "2022 to 2024"
      },
      "id": "late",
      "label": "2022 to 2024"
    },
    {
      "caption": "The diagnosis line rises from the youngest band to the late fifties and then falls, while the distress line is nearly level until the early sixties. The diagnosis line is above the distress line at every age.",
      "filter": {
        "period_label": "2014 to 2016"
      },
      "id": "early",
      "label": "2014 to 2016",
      "title": "In 2014 to 2016 the share of adults {fact:band_young} ever told of depression was {fact:dep_young_early}, above the {fact:young_early_all} with frequent distress, and the diagnosis line rose with age"
    }
  ]
}