Statistics
A collection of data that provides a baseline for answering some questions about how many people in America need and have access to mental health services. This report is a companion to the online interactive data on the MHA website.
50M
Or Approximately 19.86% of
American Adults Experienced
a Mental Illness in 2019
4.58%
Of Adults Report Having Serious
Thoughts of Suicide. This has
Increased Every Year Since 2011-2012
24.7%
Of Adults With a Mental Illness Report
an Unment Need for Treatment. This
has Not Declined Since 2011
15.08%
Of Youth Experienced a
Major Depressive
Episode In the Past Year
60%
Or More of Youth With Major
Depression Do Not Receive any
Mental Health Treatment
1 IN 3
Youths, Even in States with the
Greatest Success, are Going
Without Treatment
HALF
Of Adults With a Mental
Illness Do Not Receive
Treatment Totaling Over
27 Million US Adults
10.6%
Or Over 2.5 Million Youth
in the US Have Severe
Major Depression
14.5%
The Highest Rate, is Among
Youth Who Identify as More
Than One Race
27%
The Number of Youth With Severe
Depression Who Receive Consistent Care
Out of Those Who Receive Care at All
12%
Of Youth With Severe Depression
in the States with the Least
Access Recieve Consistent Care
11.1%
Of Americans with a Mental Illness are Uninsured, the
Second Year in a Row that this Indicator Increased Since
the Passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
8.1%
Of Children had Private Insurance
that Did Not Cover Mental Health
Services, Totaling 950,000 Youth