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Mental Health
Anxiety Diagnosis
Percentage of children ages 3-17 who have been diagnosed by a doctor or health care professional with an anxiety problem and are currently experiencing the problem.
HRSA MCHB, National Survey of Children’s Health, 2016, 2021
Co-Occurring Low-to-Moderate Mental Illness (LMMI) and Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
Percentage of adults who had co-occurring low to moderate mental illness and substance use disorder in the past year. NSDUH utilizes the self-report responses to DSM-5 items related to mental health and substance use. Substances included in the SUD category include alcohol, cocaine, hallucinogens, heroin, inhalants, marijuana, meth and misuse of prescription drugs.
SAMHSA, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2016, 2021
Depression Diagnosis
Percentage of adults who have ever been told by a health professional that they have a depressive disorder.
CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2011, 2016, 2021
Frequent Mental Distress
Percentage of adults who report that their mental health was poor during 14 or more days out of the past 30.
CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2011, 2016, 2021
Major Depressive Episode (Adult)
Percentage of adults who had a major depressive episode in the past year. NSDUH utilizes the Sheehan Disability Scale to identify if an individual experienced a major depressive episode (experienced at least five of nine criteria; at least one of the criteria is a depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities and that they had the related feelings for two weeks or more during the past 12 months).
SAMHSA, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2011, 2016, 2021
Major Depressive Episode (Youth)
Percentage of youth ages 12-17 who had a major depressive episode in the past year.
SAMHSA, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2011, 2016, 2021
Suicidal Thoughts
Percentage of adults who seriously thought about killing themselves in the past year.
SAMHSA, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2011, 2016, 2021
Behavioral Health
Illicit Drug Use (Adult)
Percentage of adults who used any illicit drug other than marijuana in the past year including cocaine, hallucinogens, heroin, inhalants, methamphetamine and/or misused prescription drugs.
SAMHSA, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2016, 2021
Illicit Drug Use (Youth)
Percentage of youth ages 12-17 who used any illicit drug other than marijuana in the past year including cocaine, hallucinogens, heroin, inhalants, methamphetamine and/or misused prescription drugs.
SAMHSA, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2016, 2021
Substance Use Disorder (Adult)
Percentage of adults who have an alcohol or drug use disorder.
SAMHSA, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2016, 2021
Substance Use Disorder (Youth)
Percentage of youth ages 12-17 who have an alcohol or drug use disorder.
SAMHSA, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2016, 2021
Clinical Care
Unmet Mental Health Treatment Needs
Percentage of adults who had mild, moderate or severe mental illness in the past 12 months who report perceiving needing mental health treatment any time in the past 12 months that they did not receive (includes people who may have received some type of mental health service in the past 12 months but felt an unmet need for services before or after they received services).
SAMHSA, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2011, 2016, 2021
Household-Level
Multiple Household-Level Adverse Childhood Experiences
Percentage of youth ages 0-17 who have experienced two or more out of six adverse childhood experiences (ACES): parent/guardian divorced or separated; parent/ guardian died; parent/guardian served time in jail; child saw or heard physical violence in home; child lived with anyone who was mentally ill, suicidal or severely depressed; child lived with someone who had a problem with alcohol or drugs.
HRSA MCHB, National Survey of Children’s Health, 2016, 2021
Relational Health Risks
Percentage of children who experience one or more of four relational health risks: having two or more household-level adverse childhood experiences, a parent in need of emotional or coping support, a parent with fair or poor mental health, or a parent with high parental aggravation.
HRSA MCHB, National Survey of Children’s Health, 2016, 2021
Low Parent Coping or Emotional Support
Percentage of children ages 0-17 whose primary caregiver reports not coping well with parenting or lacking day-to-day emotional support.
HRSA MCHB, National Survey of Children’s Health, 2016, 2021
Additional Measures
Behavioral or Conduct Problems
Percentage of children ages 3-17 who have ever been told by a doctor, other health care provider or an educator that they have a behavioral or conduct problem.
HRSA MCHB, National Survey of Children’s Health, 2016, 2021
Binge Drinking (Adult)
Percentage of adults who binge drank one or more times in the past 30 days as defined by four or more drinks on one occasion for females and five or more drinks for males.
SAMHSA, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2016, 2021
Binge Drinking (Youth)
Percentage of youth ages 12-17 who binge drank one or more times in the past 30 days as defined by four or more drinks on one occasion for females and five or more drinks for males.
SAMHSA, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2016, 2021
Marijuana Use (Adult)
Percentage of adults who used marijuana one or more times in the past month.
SAMHSA, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2011, 2016, 2021
Marijuana Use (Youth)
Percentage of youth ages 12-17 who used marijuana one or more times in the past year.
SAMHSA, National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2011, 2016, 2021
Avoided Mental Health Care Due to Costs
Percentage of all adults who delayed getting counseling or therapy from a mental health professional due to cost during the past 12 months.
CDC, National Health Interview Survey, 2021
Unmet Mental Health Treatment Needs (Child)
Percentage of children ages 3-17 reported by their parents to have been diagnosed by a health care provider with a mental/behavioral condition (depression, anxiety problems, or behavioral or conduct problems) who needed but did not receive mental health treatment.
HRSA MCHB, National Survey of Children’s Health, 2016, 2021
Low Parental Mental Health
Percentage of children ages 0-17 who have one or two caregivers who are in poor or fair mental health.
HRSA MCHB, National Survey of Children’s Health, 2016, 2021