Mood disorders number U.S. adults by gender 2008-2012

This statistic displays the number of adults with a mood disorder in the United States in the period 2008-2012, by gender. During this time, some 4.9 million males in the country had major depressive disorder within a past year. Mood depressive disorders describe a serious change in mood. Depression can be common among individuals with mental illnesses.

Number of adults with mood disorders in the U.S. in 2008-2012, by gender (in 1,000)

Characteristic	Male	Female
Bipolar I disorder	329	571
Major depressive disorder	4,889	8,931
Dysthymic disorder	1,461	2,463
Major depressive episode*	5,157	9,509
Manic episode*	267	461
One or more disorders**	5,965	11,022

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Release date

October 2014

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2008 to 2012

Number of respondents

Base: 220,219

Age group

18 years and older

Supplementary notes

Disorder present within the past year.
* Major depressive episode and manic episode are not disorders in and of themselves but were measured in the assessment of major depressive disorder and bipolar I disorder.
** One or more mood disorders is defined as having major depressive disorder, bipolar I disorder, or dysthymic disorder in the past year.

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