RESOURCES - STATISTICS

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📊 Substance Use & Addiction (2024 NSDUH)

  • 16.8% of Americans age 12+ — about 48.4 million people — met criteria for a Substance Use Disorder (SUD).

  • This is nearly unchanged from 2023 (17.1%).

  • Co‑occurring disorders remain common:

    • 31.5% of adults with any mental illness also had a SUD.

Adolescents (12–17)

  • 15.4% (3.8 million) experienced a major depressive episode, down from 18.1% in 2023.

  • Suicide‑related indicators improved slightly:

    • Serious thoughts of suicide dropped from 12.3% to 10.1%.

🏥 Healthcare Utilization

  • 57.2 million physician office visits for mental disorders (2019 benchmark).

  • 5.9 million emergency department visits for mental/behavioral disorders (2022).

🧩 What These Numbers Tell Us

  • The U.S. continues to face high but stable rates of addiction and mental illness.

  • Anxiety disorders, especially among adolescents, are emerging as a major public‑health concern.

  • Co‑occurring disorders remain a central challenge — nearly one‑third of adults with mental illness also struggle with substance use.

  • Some youth indicators are improving, including depressive episodes and suicide‑related thoughts.

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🧠 Mental Health (2024 NSDUH + CDC)

Adults (18+)

  • 23.4% (61.5 million) experienced Any Mental Illness (AMI).

  • 5.6% experienced Serious Mental Illness (SMI).

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (first year measured)

  • 21.7% of adults reported symptoms of GAD.

  • 41.9% of adolescents reported GAD symptoms — a strikingly high rate.

CDC Mental Health Indicators (2024)

  • 12.1% of adults regularly feel worry, nervousness, or anxiety.

  • 4.8% regularly feel depression.

  • 48,824 suicide deaths nationally (14.4 per 100,000).