Mental Health Behaviors and Complications

Mental Health Status and Complications

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Mental Health Status and Complications, Florida

Indicator	Rate Type	Year	Count	Percent	Confidence Interval
Age 18 and Older
Emergency Department Visits From Mental Disorders (Aged 18 Years and Older)	Rate Per 100,000 Population	2023	194,128	1,059.1
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders (Aged 18 Years and Older)	Rate Per 100,000 Population	2023	179,791	980.9
Adults Who Are Limited in Any Way in Any Activities Because of Physical, Mental or Emotional Problems (BRFSS)	Percent	2016		21.2	(20.3 - 22.1)
Adults Who Had Poor Mental Health on 14 or More of the Past 30 Days (BRFSS)	Percent	2023		15.0	(13.7 - 16.3)
Adults Who Have Ever Been Told They Had a Depressive Disorder (BRFSS)	Percent	2023		16.3	(15.1 - 17.6)
Adults Whose Poor Physical or Mental Health Kept Them From Doing Usual Activities on 14 or More of the Past 30 Days Among Adults Who Have Had at Least One Day of Poor Mental or Physical Health (BRFSS)	Percent	2023		18.7	(16.7 - 20.6)
Adults With Good Mental Health (BRFSS)	Percent	2023		85.0	(83.7 - 86.3)
Average Number of Unhealthy Mental Days in the Past 30 Days (BRFSS)	Days	2019		4.4	(4.1 - 4.7)
Average Number of Days Where Poor Mental or Physical Health Interfered With Activities of Daily Living in the Past 30 Days Among Adults Who Have Had at Least One Day of Poor Mental or Physical Health (BRFSS)	Days	2022		18.3	(16.5 - 20.1)
Age Less Than 18
Students With Emotional/Behavioral Disability (Kindergarten - 12th Grade)	Percent of K-12 Students	2023	11,009	0.4
Emergency Department Visits From Mental Disorders (Aged 0-17 Years)	Rate Per 100,000 Population	2023	15,877	364.5
Hospitalizations From Mental Disorders (Aged 0-17 Years)	Rate Per 100,000 Population	2023	30,349	696.7
Students Who, in the Past Year, Did Something to Purposely Hurt Themselves Without Wanting to Die (FYTS)	Percent	2023		17.7	(16.8 - 18.6)
Students Who, in the Past Year, Felt Sad or Hopeless for Two or More Weeks in a Row and Stopped Doing Usual Activities (FYTS)	Percent	2023		30.5	(29.2 - 31.8)
Students Who Did Not Go to School Because They Felt They Would Be Unsafe at School or on Their Way to School in the Past 30 Days (FYTS)	Percent	2023		16.0	(15 - 17)

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Data Note(s)

FLHealthCharts.gov is provided by the Florida Department of Health, Division of Public Health Statistics and Performance Management.

Confidence intervals (CI) are at 95%. Numbers in parenthesis show the lower and upper CI limits.
Data Sources
Age 18 and Older:
Emergency department visits and hospitalizations: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
Data source for all other indicators in this section: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
Age Less Than 18:
Children in Schools Grades K-12 With Emotional/Behavioral Disability: Florida Department of Education.
Emergency department visits and hospitalizations: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration
Data source for all other indicators in this section: Florida Youth Tobacco Survey.

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Mental Health Status and Complications, Florida

Data Note(s)

	Suicide and Behavioral Health Profile	Florida Department of Health Bureau of Community Health Assessment Division of Public Health Statistics and Performance Management


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