CDC reports depression in more than five percent of adult Americans

NEW YORK Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest that more than one in 20 Americans 12 and older has depression, and most of them say it impairs their functioning at work and at home and affects their ability to relate to others.

Rates of depression are also relatively high among women, baby boomers, the poor and African-Americans. Still, 29 percent of people with depression have attempted to address their illness with a therapist over the past year.