QuickStats: Rates of Emergency Department Visits Related to Mental Health Disorders Among Adults Aged ≥18 Years, by Disorder Category — National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States, 2017–2019

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During 2017–2019, 52.9 ED visits per 1,000 persons were related to a diagnosed mental health disorder (MHD) in the United States per year.
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Authors: Zachary J. Peters, MPH; Danielle Davis, MPH; and Loredana Santo, MD

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The figure is a bar chart illustrating the rates of emergency department visits related to mental health disorders among adults aged ≥18 years, by disorder category, during 2017–2019 in the United States, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
Emergency department visits related to mental health disorders among adults aged ≥18 years

During 2017–2019, 52.9 ED visits per 1,000 persons were related to a diagnosed mental health disorder (MHD) in the United States per year.

Approximately one half of mental health–related visits had a diagnosis of a psychoactive substance use disorder at a rate of 27.1 visits per 1,000 persons per year, followed by an anxiety, stress-related, or other nonpsychotic mental disorder (14.4), mood (affective) disorder (12.6), other MHD (5.3), and schizophrenia, schizotypal, delusional, or other nonmood psychotic disorder (4.0).

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7105a6.htm

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2017–2019. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/ahcd/ahcd_questionnaires.htm.

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