Mental Health
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Data are for the U.S.
Morbidity
- Percent of adults aged 18 and over with serious psychological distress in the past 30 days: 3.4%
Physician office visits
- Number of visits to physician offices with mental disorders as the primary diagnosis: 59.8 million
Emergency department visits
- Number of visits to emergency departments with mental disorders as the primary diagnosis: 5.7 million
Mortality
- Number of suicide deaths: 42,773
- Suicide deaths per 100,000 population: 13.4
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2014, table 18 [PDF – 4.4 MB]
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- National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2011 Outpatient Department Summary Tables [PDF – 375 KB]
- 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 – 255 KB]
- 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
- Use of Medication Prescribed for Emotional or Behavioral Difficulties Among Children Aged 6–17 Years in the United States, 2011–2012
- Use of Selected Nonmedication Mental Health Services by Adolescent Boys and Girls With Serious Emotional or Behavioral Difficulties: United States, 2010–2012 [PDF – 579 KB]
- Psychotropic Medication Use Among Adolescents: United States, 2005–2010
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- Page last updated: May 3, 2017
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