| PTSD | Depression | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Adult Wave 4 participants without pre-9/11 PTSD diagnosis a | PTSD b at follow-up (2015–2016) | Adult Wave 4 participants without pre-9/11 depression diagnosis d | Depression e at follow-up (2015–2016) | ||
Characteristic | N | N | % (age adjusted) c | N | N | % (age adjusted)c |
Overall | 34,211 | 4762 | 14.3 (13.1) | 33,111 | 4709 | 15.3 (14.5) |
Sex | ||||||
 Male | 21,214 | 2952 | 14.3 | 20,713 | 2959 | 15.2 |
 Female | 12,997 | 1810 | 14.4 | 12,398 | 1750 | 15.4 |
Age on 9/11 | ||||||
 18–24 | 1689 | 177 | 10.8 | 1645 | 211 | 13.5 |
 25–44 | 17,920 | 2781 | 16.0 | 17,521 | 2759 | 16.8 |
 45–64 | 13,735 | 1731 | 13.0 | 13,115 | 1653 | 13.6 |
 65+ | 867 | 73 | 9.1 | 830 | 86 | 12.2 |
Race/ethnicity | ||||||
 White | 23,917 | 2813 | 12.0 | 22,959 | 2910 | 13.5 |
 Black or African American | 3351 | 556 | 17.2 | 3328 | 518 | 17.2 |
 Hispanic or Latino | 3882 | 889 | 23.8 | 3809 | 790 | 22.7 |
 Asian | 1901 | 280 | 15.8 | 1879 | 282 | 16.8 |
 Other | 1160 | 224 | 20.3 | 1136 | 209 | 20.7 |
Education (at Wave 1) | ||||||
 Less than high school | 7188 | 1466 | 21.3 | 7091 | 1380 | 21.4 |
 At least some college | 8434 | 1402 | 17.1 | 8277 | 1329 | 17.2 |
 College or higher | 18,321 | 1847 | 10.4 | 17,479 | 1956 | 11.9 |
Income (at Wave 1) | ||||||
 Less than $25,000 | 2493 | 614 | 26.1 | 2341 | 518 | 25.1 |
 $25,000 - $74,999 | 12,773 | 2111 | 17.1 | 12,361 | 2065 | 18.1 |
 $75,000 - $150,000 | 11,786 | 1365 | 11.8 | 11,483 | 1440 | 13.3 |
 $150,000 or more | 3845 | 328 | 8.7 | 3716 | 338 | 9.6 |
Smoking status (at Wave 1) | ||||||
 Never | 19,547 | 2473 | 13.0 | 19,058 | 2408 | 13.6 |
 Former | 9724 | 1255 | 13.3 | 9269 | 1268 | 14.7 |
 Current | 4724 | 1002 | 21.9 | 4571 | 1002 | 23.7 |
Self identified | ||||||
 Yes | 25,407 | 3791 | 15.4 | 24,655 | 3633 | 15.8 |
 No | 8804 | 971 | 11.4 | 8456 | 1076 | 13.8 |
Registry eligibility group | ||||||
 Rescue/recovery worker | 16,424 | 2453 | 15.3 | 15,957 | 2436 | 16.3 |
 Lower Manhattan area resident | 4563 | 519 | 11.9 | 4243 | 544 | 14.2 |
 Lower Manhattan area worker/student | 11,701 | 1555 | 13.7 | 11,460 | 1481 | 13.9 |
 Passerby | 1311 | 200 | 15.7 | 1239 | 209 | 18.2 |
Dust cloud exposure | ||||||
 Yes | 17,568 | 3033 | 17.8 | 17,136 | 2773 | 17.5 |
 No | 16,503 | 1707 | 10.6 | 15,838 | 1910 | 12.9 |
Personally witnessed trauma on 9/11 | ||||||
 Yes | 23,132 | 3643 | 16.3 | 22,533 | 3435 | 16.4 |
 No | 10,527 | 1034 | 10.1 | 10,053 | 1187 | 12.6 |
Rescue/recovery workers and volunteers | ||||||
 Duration of work | ||||||
 1–7 days | 5589 | 713 | 13.1 | 5355 | 764 | 15.2 |
 8–30 days | 5035 | 723 | 14.7 | 4884 | 716 | 15.5 |
 31–90 days | 2732 | 422 | 15.9 | 2704 | 415 | 16.4 |
 >90 days | 2457 | 533 | 22.4 | 2420 | 469 | 21.0 |
Date of arrival for rescue/recovery work | ||||||
 9/11 on pile | 2471 | 467 | 19.3 | 2470 | 377 | 16.2 |
 9/11, other site | 2269 | 406 | 18.5 | 2236 | 387 | 18.7 |
 9/12–9/17 | 6496 | 1081 | 17.1 | 6362 | 1078 | 18.2 |
 9/18 or later | 4581 | 441 | 9.9 | 4304 | 525 | 13.0 |