Mental Health

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Morbidity

• Percent of noninstitutionalized adults with serious psychological distress in the past 30 days: 3.4%

Source: Early release of selected estimates based on data from the 2011 National Health Interview Survey, data table for figure 13.1

 

Health Care Use

Ambulatory care

• Number of visits (to physician offices, hospital outpatient and emergency departments) with mental disorders as primary diagnosis: 59.2 million

Sources: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2010 Summary Tables, table 12 [PDF - 382 KB]
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2010 Outpatient Department Summary Tables, table 10 [PDF - 330 KB]
National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2010 Emergency Department Summary Tables, table 11 [PDF - 481 KB]
(data shown are based on summing estimates across these 3 tables)

Hospital inpatient care

• Number of discharges with psychoses as first-listed diagnosis: 1.5 million
• Average length of stay for mental disorders: 7.2 days

Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2010 table, Average length of stay and days of care – Number and rate of discharges by first-listed diagnostic categories [PDF - 58 KB]

Nursing home care

• Number of residents with mental disorders: 996,000
• Percent of residents with mental disorders: 66.7%

Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey, Residents, table 33B [PDF - 719 KB]

 

Mortality

• Number of suicide deaths: 38,364
• Suicide deaths per 100,000 population: 12.4

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2010, table 18 [PDF - 3.1 MB]

 

More data

• Antidepressant use in persons aged 12 and over:  United States, 2005-2008 [PDF - 768 KB]
• Characteristics of Adults with Serious Psychological Distress as Measured by the K6 Scale: United States, 2001-04 [PDF - 311 KB]
• Depression
• Depression in the United States household population, 2005-2006 [PDF - 813 KB]
• Health, United States trend tables with data on mental health
• Identifying Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Children Aged 4–17 Years: United States, 2001–2007 [PDF - 246 KB]
• National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2010 Summary Tables [PDF - 404 KB]
• National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2010 Emergency Department Summary Tables [PDF - 544 KB]
• National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2010 Outpatient Department Summary Tables [PDF - 375 KB]
• Search Tables for Mental Health in Health Data Interactive
• Use of Mental Health Services in the Past 12 Months by Children Aged 4-17 Years: United States, 2005-2006 [PDF - 806 KB]