According to the 2014 national survey on drug use and health, 11.4% of adolescents in the united states had at least one major depressive episode (mde) in the year prior to be being surveyed. the percentage of mde among adolescents was approximately three times higher for female adolescents (17.3%) than for male adolescents (5.7%) consider the american adolescent population as the sample space of interest. enter the three percents cited here using probability notation.