Mental Health

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

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%
• 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

 

More data

• Health, United States Trend Tables with data on mental health
• Depression in the United States Household Population, 2005-2006
• Health Data Interactive