A look at depression rates among full time workers categorized by job

The percent of full-time workers age 18 to 64 reporting depression lasting two weeks or longer, by categories of occupation, as provided by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health using 2004 through 2006 data:

_Personal care and service: 10.8

_Food preparation and serving related: 10.3

_Community and social services: 9.6

_Health care practitioners and technical: 9.6

_Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media: 9.1

_Education, training and library: 8.7

_Office and administrative support: 8.1

_Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance: 7.3

_Financial: 6.7

_Sales and related: 6.7

_Legal: 6.4

_Transportation and material moving: 6.4

_Mathematical and computer scientists: 6.2

_Production: 5.9

_Management: 5.8

_Farming, fishing and forestry: 5.6

_Protective service: 5.5

_Construction and extraction: 4.8

_Installation, maintenance and repair: 4.4

_Life, physical and social science: 4.4

_Engineering, architecture and surveyors: 4.3

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Source: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.