청소년의 우울감 경험률 추이, 2007-2018

Trends in percentage of Korean adolescents who experienced depression, 2007-2018

[정의] 우울감 경험률: 최근 12개월 동안 2주 내내 일상생활을 중단할 정도로 슬프거나 절망감을 느낀 적이 있는 사람의 분율

우리나라 청소년의 우울감 경험률은 2007년 41.3%에서 2018년 27.1%로 11년 동안 14.2%p 감소하였음. 2018년 기준 남학생 21.1%, 여학생 33.6%로 여학생의 우울감 경험률이 1.6배 더 높았으며(그림 A), 중학생(25.2%)보다 고등학생(28.7%)이 더 높은 우울감 경험률을 보였음(그림 B).

The percentage of Korean adolescents who experienced depression dropped from 41.3% in 2007 to 27.1% in 2018 by a decrease of 14.2 percentage points (%p). Based on the 2018 data, the percentage was 1.6 fold higher in schoolgirls (33.6%) than schoolboys (21.1%), and high school students (28.7%) had the higher percentage than middle school students (25.2%) (Figure A, B).



Source: The Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey (KYRBS), http://www.kdca.go.kr/yhs
*The Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey is a national school-based survey to assess the prevalence of and monitor trends in health-risk behaviors among Korean adolescents.

Reported by: Division of Chronic Disease Control, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention