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Mental Health Disorders

(Data are for U.S. for year indicated)

Morbidity

Percent of noninstitutionalized adults with serious psychological distress in the past 30 days: 3.0 (2007)

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

Health Care Use

Ambulatory care

Number of visits to office-based physicians for mental disorders: 47.1 million

Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2005 Summary, Table 12

Number of hospital emergency department visits for mental disorders: 4.3 million

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Emergency Department Summary, Table 10

Number of hospital outpatient department visits for mental disorders: 7.3 million

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Outpatient Department Summary, Table 9

Number of ambulatory care visits for mental disorders: 51.7 million

Number of ambulatory care visits for depression: 21.0 million

Number of ambulatory care visits for schizophrenia and other psychoses: 8.5 million

Number of ambulatory care visits for anxiety: 6.2 million

Number of ambulatory care visits related to drugs or alcohol:  2.8 million

Number of ambulatory care visits for attention deficit disorder:  5.4 million

Source: Ambulatory Care Visits to Physician Offices, Hospital Outpatient Departments, and Emergency Departments: 2001-2002, Table 6

Hospital inpatient care

Number of discharges for mental disorders: 2.4 million

Average length of stay for mental disorders: 6.9 days

Source: 2005 National Hospital Discharge Survey, Tables 2,4

Nursing home care

Number of residents with mental disorders, including Alzheimers disease, as primary diagnosis: 445,800

Percent of residents with mental disorders, including Alzheimers disease, as primary diagnosis: 27.4

Number of residents with Alzheimers disease and other dementias as primary diagnosis: 207,000

Source: National Nursing Home Survey: 1999 Summary, Table 26

Mortality

Number of suicide deaths: 32,637

Suicide deaths per 100,000 resident population: 11.0

Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2005, Table 18

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