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The Importance of Poverty in Depression
Mental health statistics in the United States tend to be reported as having especially high numbers. I see depression in the US typically reported anywhere between 8% and 10% of the population. And then you can glance through all sorts of World Health Organization or other international data on depression rates in Africa. Typically you're seeing maybe two, three, four, five percent.