Health is Mental infographicdata B
A
1 in 5
people suffer from mental illness; approximately 57.7 million Americans every year.
Mental illness affects everyone across age, sex, and race. percent
8 Prevalence of Serious Mental Illness Among U.S. Adults by Sex, Age, and Race in 2008
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Overall Sex
2
49%
Age Race
0 2+ Races
AI/AN*
Asian
Hispanic
Black
White
50+
26 – 49
18 – 25
Male
Female
Overall
AI/AN = American Indian/ Alaska Native
C
Among Medicaid beneficiaries with disabilities, 49%
have
a mental illness.
D
United States
grade for mental healthcare
e
Mental illness drains our economy of more than $80
billion every
year; 15% of the total economic burden of all disease
f
$80 billion
A recent study estimates that serious mental illnesses cost society $255.4 billion annually in lost earnings in the U.S.
g
50%
More than half of all prison and jail inmates have a mental health problem
– $255.4 billion h
Up to
2
3 of homeless adults
suffer from chronic alcoholism,
i
1
4 of all social security
drug addiction, mental illness or
disability payments are for
some combination of all three.
individuals with mental illness