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Mental Health Disorders

(Data are for U.S. for year in parentheses)

Morbidity

Percent of noninstitutionalized adults with severe psychological

distress in the past 30 days: 3.0 (2002) 

Source:  Early release of selected estimates based on data from the January-March 2003 National Health Interview Survey

Health Care Use

Ambulatory care

Number of visits to office-based physicians for mental disorders: 40 million (2002)

Source:  National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey:  2002 Summary

Number of hospital emergency department visits for mental disorders: 2.0 million (2002)

Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey:  2002 Emergency Department Summary

Number of ambulatory care visits for mental disorders: 49.2 million (1997)

Number of ambulatory care visits for depression: 19.4 million (1997)

Number of ambulatory care visits for schizophrenia and other psychoses: 7.7 million (1997)

Number of ambulatory care visits for anxiety: 5.7 million (1997)

Number of ambulatory care visits related to drugs or alcohol:  3.6 million (1997)

Number of ambulatory care visits for attention deficit disorder:  3.5 million (1997)

Source:  Ambulatory Care Visits to Physician Offices, Hospital Outpatient Departments, and Emergency Departments: 1997

Hospital inpatient care

Number of discharges for mental disorders: 2.5 million (2002)

Average length of stay for mental disorders: 7.1 days (2002)

Source:  2002 National Hospital Discharge Survey

Nursing home care

Number of residents with mental disorders, including Alzheimers disease, as primary diagnosis: 445,800 (1999)

Percent of residents with mental disorders, including Alzheimers disease, as primary diagnosis: 27.4 (1999)

Number of residents with Alzheimers disease and other dementias as primary diagnosis: 207,000 (1999)

Source:  National Nursing Home Survey: 1999 Summary

Mortality

Number of suicide deaths: 31,655 (2002)

Suicide deaths per 100,000 resident population: 11.0 (2002)

Source:  Deaths:  Final Data for 2002

More data

Rates of discharges and days of care in short-stay hospitals by sex, age, and diagnosis: 1990-2001  Health, United States 2003, Table 92

Discharges and average length of stay in short-stay hospitals by sex, age, and diagnosis: 1990-2001  Health, United States 2003, Table 93

Death rates for suicide by sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age: 1950-2001  Health, United States 2003, Table 46

Related links

National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

National Health Interview Survey

National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey

National Hospital Discharge Survey

National Nursing Home Survey

Mortality data

National Institute on Mental Health

 

 

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