Mental Health

Data are for the U.S.

The latest data are available from the National Health Interview Survey’s Early Release Program

Morbidity
  • Percent of adults age 18 and older with regular feelings of worry, nervousness, or anxiety: 12.5%
  • Percent of adults age 18 and older with regular feelings of depression: 5.0%

Source: Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data From the 2022 National Health Interview Survey [PDF – 191 KB]

Physician office visits
  • Number of visits to physician offices with mental disorders as the primary diagnosis: 57.2 million

Source: National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2019 National Summary Tables, table 13 [PDF – 865 KB]

Emergency department visits
  • Number of visits to emergency departments with mental disorders, behavioral, and neurodevelopmental as the primary diagnosis: 5.8 million

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2021 National Summary Tables, table 10 [PDF – 830 KB]

Mortality
  • Number of suicide deaths: 48,183
  • Suicide deaths per 100,000 population: 14.5

Source: National Vital Statistics System – Mortality Data (2021) via CDC WONDER