Table 1:
Characteristics of the patient visits included in the study, summarized by visit type (mental health specialty or general medical).
| Mental health | General medical | |
|---|---|---|
| n = 15, 986, 946 | n = 11, 104, 580 | |
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| n (%) | n (%) | |
| Female | 10,173,202 (63.6%) | 6,964,601 (62.7%) |
| Age, years | ||
| 11–17 | 1,762,956 (11.0%) | 692,306 (6.2%) |
| 18–29 | 2,700,008 (16.9%) | 1,418,491 (12.8%) |
| 30–44 | 4,068,753 (25.5%) | 2,191,953 (19.7%) |
| 45–64 | 5,601,992 (35.0) | 3,832,204 (34.5%) |
| 65 and older | 1,853,237 (11.6%) | 2,969,626 (26.7%) |
| Race, self-reported | ||
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 152,863 (0.96%) | 125,382 (1.1%) |
| Asian | 785,358 (4.9%) | 522,750 (4.7%) |
| Black/African American | 1,393,712 (8.7%) | 868,921 (7.8%) |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 169,010 (1.1%) | 101,295 (0.91%) |
| White | 10,858,962 (67.9%) | 7,808,508 (70.3%) |
| Multiple or other races indicated | 85,075 (0.53%) | 95,466 (0.86%) |
| Hispanic/Latino ethnicity | 3,876,798 (24.2%) | 2,384,030 (21.5%) |
| No race or ethnicity recorded | 615,203 (3.8%) | 384,300 (3.5%) |
| Insurancea | ||
| Commercial group | 11,669,276 (73.0%) | 6,698,458 (60.3%) |
| Individual | 2,260,530 (14.1%) | 2,017,579 (18.2%) |
| Medicaid | 1,083,167 (6.8%) | 978,177 (8.8%) |
| Medicare | 2,567,666 (16.1%) | 3,313,068 (29.8%) |
| Any fatal or non-fatal self-harm | ||
| # visits included in analysis | 15,249,031 (95.4%) | 10,551,857 (95.0%) |
| # visits with 90-day eventb | 98,089 (0.64%) | 34,764 (0.33%) |
| Suicide death | ||
| # visits included in analysis | 13,981,418 (87.5%) | 9,714,817 (87.5%) |
| # visits with 90-day eventb | 3,199 (0.023%) | 1,510 (0.016%) |
a
Patients may have multiple types of insurance.
b
Percentage calculated using only visits included in the analysis.