QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Who Received Any Mental Health Treatment in the Past 12 Months, by Age Group and Year — National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2019–2020

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The percentage of adults who had received any mental health treatment in the past 12 months increased from 2019 to 2020 overall (19.2% to 20.3%) and among adults aged 18–44 years (18.5% to 20.9%).
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Authors: Emily P. Terlizzi, MPH, and Tina Norris, PhD

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Figure is a bar graph indicating percentage of adults who received any mental health treatment in the past 12 months, by age group and year, in the United States during 2019–2020
Percentage of adults who received any mental health treatment in the past 12 months, by age group and year

The percentage of adults who had received any mental health treatment in the past 12 months increased from 2019 to 2020 overall (19.2% to 20.3%) and among adults aged 18–44 years (18.5% to 20.9%).

In 2019, the percentage of adults who had received any mental health treatment in the past 12 months was lower among those aged 18–44 years (18.5%) compared with those aged 45–64 years (20.2%) and 65 years or older (19.4%).

In 2020, the percentage decreased with age, from 20.9% among adults aged 18–44 years to 18.7% among those aged 65 years or older.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7043a5.htm

Sources

National Center for Health Statistics. NCHS data brief, no. 380. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db380-H.pdf.

National Center for Health Statistics. NCHS data brief, no. 419. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db419.pdf.

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