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