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: 41.6 million
Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Summary, Table 11
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:
7.0 days
Source: 2006 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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links
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Health Interview Survey
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Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
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Hospital Discharge Survey
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Nursing Home Survey
Mortality
data
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Institute of Mental Health
Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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