Mental Health
(Data are for the U.S.)
Morbidity
- Percent of noninstitutionalized adults with serious psychological distress in the past 30 days: 3.4%
Health Care Use
Ambulatory care
- Number of ambulatory care visits (to physician offices, hospital outpatient and emergency departments) with mental disorders as primary diagnosis: 58.2 million (average annual 2006-2007)
Source: Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2007: table 7 [PDF - 797 KB]
Hospital inpatient care
- Number of discharges with psychoses as first-listed diagnosis: 1.6 million
- Average length of stay for mental disorders: 7.5 days
Nursing home care
- Number of residents with mental disorders: 996,000
- Percent of residents with mental disorders: 66.7%
Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey, Residents, table 33B [PDF - 719 KB]
Mortality
- Number of suicide deaths: 36,909
- Suicide deaths per 100,000 population: 12.0
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2009, tables 10, 11 [PDF - 2.1 MB]
More data
- Antidepressant use in persons aged 12 and over: United States, 2005-2008 [PDF - 768 KB]
- Characteristics of Adults with Serious Psychological Distress as Measured by the K6 Scale: United States, 2001-04 [PDF - 311 KB]
- Depression
- Depression in the United States household population, 2005-2006 [PDF - 813 KB]
- Health, United States trend tables with data on mental health
- Identifying Emotional and Behavioral Problems in Children Aged 4–17 Years: United States, 2001–2007 [PDF - 246 KB]
- National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2009 Summary Tables [PDF - 382 KB]
- National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2009 Emergency Department Summary Tables [PDF - 481 KB]
- National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2009 Outpatient Department Summary Tables [PDF - 330 KB]
- Search Tables for Mental Health in Health Data Interactive
- Use of Mental Health Services in the Past 12 Months by Children Aged 4-17 Years: United States, 2005-2006 [PDF - 806 KB]
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