Coverage of underlying data on the prevalence of major depression

Share of the adult population for which there has been research on the prevalence of major depression. This is defined as having prevalence data collected on eachadult age group and gender, as a share of the total adult population of the region.

Note: World regions correspond to the classification used by the IHME Global Burden of Disease study. Data came from diagnoses and surveys corresponding to the official DSM or ICD diagnostic criteria.