Mental Health
Updated October 19, 2020
Data are for the U.S.
Morbidity
- Percent of adults aged 18 and over with regular feelings of worry, nervousness, or anxiety: 11.2%
- Percent of adults aged 18 and over with regular feelings of depression: 4.7%
Physician office visits
- Number of visits to physician offices with mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders as the primary diagnosis: 56.8 million
Emergency department visits
- Number of visits to emergency departments with mental disorders, behavioral, and neurodevelopmental as the primary diagnosis: 4.8 million
Mortality
- Number of suicide deaths: 48,344
- Suicide deaths per 100,000 population: 14.8
Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2018) via CDC WONDER
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More data
- Trends in Mental health from Health, United States
- Access to Care Among Adults Aged 18-64 with Serious Psychological Distress: Early Release of Estimates from the National Health Interview Survey, 2012-September 2015 pdf icon[PDF – 255 KB]
- Mental Health-related Physician Office Visits by Adults Aged 18 and Over: United States, 2012-2014
- Increase in Suicide in the United States, 1999–2014
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Men’s Use of Mental Health Treatments, 2010-2013
- Racial and Gender Disparities in Suicide Among Young Adults Aged 18–24: United States, 2009–2013
- Serious Psychological Distress Among Adults: United States, 2009–2013
- Depression in the United States Household Population, 2009-2012
- Emergency Department Visits Related to Schizophrenia Among Adults Aged 18–64: United States, 2009–2011
Related Links
- Ambulatory Health Care Data
- National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
- National Health Interview Survey
- Mortality Statistics
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Mental Health
- National Institute of Mental Healthexternal icon
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrationexternal icon
Page last reviewed: October 19, 2020
Content source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics