Adult Prevalence of Mental Illness Adults With Any Mental Illness (AMI)
19.86% of adults are experiencing a mental illness. Equivalent to nearly 50 million Americans. 4.91% are experiencing a severe mental illness. The states with the largest increases in Adults With Any Mental Illness (AMI) were Ohio (2.24%), Nebraska (2.22%), Wyoming (2.22%), and Oklahoma (2.11%). The state prevalence of adult mental illness ranges from: 26.86 % (UT) Ranked 39-51
16.37% (NJ) Ranked 1-13
Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
State New Jersey Texas Florida Hawaii Maryland Georgia South Dakota Iowa Virginia Connecticut Illinois North Carolina Tennessee South Carolina California New York Pennsylvania Arizona Mississippi Wisconsin Nebraska Michigan Arkansas North Dakota Minnesota Kansas
%
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16.37 17.17 17.23 17.45 17.57 17.88 18.26 18.50 18.58 18.85 19.18 19.31 19.40 19.43 19.49 19.52 19.70 20.06 20.16 20.19 20.30 20.32 20.34 20.50 20.53 20.56
1,122,000 3,602,000 2,903,000 185,000 810,000 1,406,000 118,000 441,000 1,199,000 526,000 1,858,000 1,532,000 1,006,000 760,000 5,864,000 2,972,000 1,963,000 1,099,000 446,000 904,000 290,000 1,571,000 460,000 116,000 876,000 442,000
Rank 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51
State Montana Delaware Massachusetts Louisiana Alabama New Mexico Alaska Nevada Maine Vermont Indiana New Hampshire Rhode Island Idaho Oklahoma Kentucky Wyoming Missouri District of Columbia Colorado Washington Ohio Oregon West Virginia Utah National
%
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20.81 20.92 21.15 21.21 21.29 21.39 21.47 21.97 22.10 22.25 22.29 22.37 22.38 22.48 22.54 22.54 22.56 22.71 22.83 23.20 23.43 23.64 23.75 24.62 26.86 19.86
171,000 157,000 1,157,000 734,000 794,000 338,000 113,000 512,000 238,000 112,000 1,125,000 243,000 187,000 293,000 657,000 762,000 98,000 1,056,000 129,000 1,014,000 1,360,000 2,112,000 783,000 347,000 599,000 49,564,000
According to SAMHSA, “Any Mental Illness (AMI) is defined as having a diagnosable mental, behavioral, or emotional disorder, other than a developmental or substance use disorder, assessed by the Mental Health Surveillance Study (MHSS) Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—Fourth Edition—Research Version—Axis I Disorders (MHSS-SCID), which is based on the 4th edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).”
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