New cases of depression in Mexico 2014-2021, by gender
mental health problem or condition in 2020.
In 2021, around 117 and 44 new cases of depression per 100,000 population were estimated for women and men, respectively, in Mexico. These figures show an increase in comparison to 2014, when the number of new depression cases was estimated at 87.7 and 27.12 per 100,000 inhabitants for women and men, respectively. Based on self-reported data, an estimated 1.26 percent of the population in Mexico suffered from a