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One in four adults−approximately 61.5 million
Americans−experiences mental illness in a given
year. One in 17−about 13.6 million−live with a serious
mental illness such as schizophrenia, major depression
or bipolar disorder.
• Approximately 20 percent of youth ages 13 to 18
experience severe mental disorders in a given year. For
ages 8 to 15, the estimate is 13 percent.
• Approximately 1.1 percent of American adults—
about 2.6 million people—live with schizophrenia.
• Approximately 2.6 percent of American adults−6.1
million people−live with bipolar disorder.
• Approximately 6.7 percent of American adults−about
14.8 million people−live with major depression.
• Approximately 18.1 percent of American adults−about
42 million people−live with anxiety disorders, such as
panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD),
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), generalized
anxiety disorder and phobias.
• About 9.2 million adults have co-occurring mental
health and addiction disorders.
• Approximately 26 percent of homeless adults staying
in shelters live with serious mental illness and an
estimated 46 percent live with severe mental illness
and/or substance use disorders.
• Approximately 20 percent of state prisoners and 21
percent of local jail prisoners have “a recent history” of
a mental health condition.
• Seventy percent of youth in juvenile justice systems
have at least one mental health condition and at least
20 percent live with a severe mental illness.
Getting Mental Health Treatment in America
• Approximately 60 percent of adults12, and almost one-half
of youth ages 8 to 15 with a mental illness received no
mental health services in the previous year.
• African American and Hispanic Americans used
mental health services at about one-half the rate of
whites in the past year and Asian Americans at about
one-third the rate.
• One-half of all chronic mental illness begins by the age
of 14; three-quarters by age 24.
The Impact of Mental Illness in America
• Serious mental illness costs America $193.2 billion
in lost earnings per year.17
• Mood disorders such as depression are the third most
common cause of hospitalization in the U.S. for both
youth and adults ages 18 to 44.18
• Individuals living with serious mental illness face an
increased risk of having chronic medical conditions.
Adults living with serious mental illness die on average
25 years earlier than other Americans, largely due to
treatable medical conditions.
• Over 50 percent of students with a mental health
condition age 14 and older who are served by special
education drop out−the highest dropout rate of any
disability group.
• Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the U.S.
(more common than homicide) and the third leading
cause of death for ages 15 to 24 years.22 More than 90
percent of those who die by suicide had one or more
mental disorders.
• Although military members comprise less than 1
percent of the U.S. population, veterans represent
20 percent of suicides nationally. Each day, about 22
veterans die from suicide.
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