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Increase the proportion of children with mental health problems who get treatment — MHMD‑03 Data

National Status: Little or no detectable change

  
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Most Recent Data:
73.7 percent (2022)

National Target:
79.3 percent  1

Desired Direction:
Increase desired

National Baseline:
70.7 percent of children aged 4 to 17 years with mental health problems received treatment in 2019 2

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Children with mental health problems receiving treatment, 2019-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2022
Total
70.7
CI 64.8 / 76.1
SE 2.802
73.7
CI 68.2 / 78.8
SE 2.625

Children with mental health problems receiving treatment by Sex, 2019-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2022
Male
73.4
CI 65.9 / 80.1
SE 3.503
75.0
CI 68.1 / 81.1
SE 3.205
Female
66.2
CI 56.2 / 75.3
SE 4.683
71.7
CI 62.3 / 79.9
SE 4.300

Children with mental health problems receiving treatment by Race/Ethnicity, 2019-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2022
American Indian or Alaska Native only
DSU
DSU
Asian only
DSU
DSU
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only
DSU
DSU
Black or African American only
DSU
DSU
White only
73.8
CI 66.9 / 79.8
SE 3.177
76.1
CI 69.6 / 81.9
SE 3.012
2 or more races
DSU
DSU
Hispanic or Latino
67.6
CI 53.1 / 80.0
SE 6.542
67.8
CI 53.8 / 79.8
SE 6.338
Not Hispanic or Latino
71.4
CI 64.9 / 77.4
SE 3.084
75.1
CI 68.9 / 80.7
SE 2.897
American Indian or Alaska Native only, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
DSU
Asian only, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
DSU
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
DSU
Black or African American only, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
DSU
White only, not Hispanic or Latino
74.8
CI 67.1 / 81.5
SE 3.531
77.9
CI 70.8 / 84.0
SE 3.230
2 or more races, not Hispanic or Latino
DSU
DSU

Children with mental health problems receiving treatment by Age group, 2019-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2022
4-11 years
65.3
CI 56.6 / 73.2
SE 4.079
72.1
CI 64.0 / 79.3
SE 3.752
12-17 years
77.9
CI 70.6 / 84.1
SE 3.319
75.2
CI 66.9 / 82.3
SE 3.778

Children with mental health problems receiving treatment by Family income (percent poverty threshold), 2019-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2022
<100
64.9
CI 51.1 / 77.1
SE 6.329
DSU
100-199
76.1
CI 60.3 / 88.0
SE 6.655
73.8
CI 61.6 / 83.8
SE 5.389
200-399
68.4
CI 57.3 / 78.1
SE 5.074
65.8
CI 55.0 / 75.5
SE 5.028
400+
75.3
CI 65.6 / 83.5
SE 4.370
85.0
CI 76.3 / 91.4
SE 3.629

Children with mental health problems receiving treatment by Health insurance status, 2019-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2022
Insured
71.1
CI 65.1 / 76.6
SE 2.852
75.4
CI 69.7 / 80.5
SE 2.665
Private
71.3
CI 63.3 / 78.5
SE 3.747
77.5
CI 69.9 / 84.0
SE 3.436
Public
70.9
CI 61.8 / 78.9
SE 4.207
73.3
CI 64.4 / 80.9
SE 4.031
Uninsured
DSU
DSU

Children with mental health problems receiving treatment by Geographic location, 2019-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2022
Metropolitan
70.3
CI 64.1 / 76.0
SE 2.934
73.5
CI 67.4 / 79.0
SE 2.866
Non-metropolitan
DSU
75.3
CI 59.9 / 87.1
SE 6.540

Children with mental health problems receiving treatment by Country of birth, 2019-2022 ◊
(percent)
Increase desired

Population 2019 2022
US
70.9
CI 64.8 / 76.4
SE 2.861
73.6
CI 68.0 / 78.7
SE 2.646
Outside US
DSU
DSU

Disparity