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QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥18 Years Who Had an Unmet Mental Health Care Need Because of Cost in the Past 12 Months, by Age Group and Sex — National Health Interview Survey, United States 2019
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October 30 2020
Source: MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 69(43):1612Series: QuickStats -
Alternative Title:MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
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Description:In 2019, 5.3% of adults aged ≥18 years had an unmet mental health care need because of cost in the past 12 months. Women (7.2%) were more likely than men (3.3%) to have an unmet mental health care need because of cost, regardless of age group. The percentage of men with an unmet mental health care need decreased with age, from 5.1% among those aged 18–44 years to 0.8% among those aged ≥65 years. Similarly, the percentage among women decreased with age, from 10.3% among those aged 18–44 years to 2.1% among those aged ≥65 years.
Source: National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey, 2019. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis.htm.
Reported by: Emily P. Terlizzi, MPH; Benjamin Zablotsky, PhD.
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Pubmed ID:33119559
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC7640996
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