Distribution Of The U.S. Adult Population With A Serious Mental Illness By Payer: An OPEN MINDS Market Intelligence Report

Of the estimated 333 million individuals in the United States in 2022 (78.3% of whom are age 18 years or older), approximately 27 million adults (8%) have a diagnosis of serious mental illness (SMI). In 2016, 18.0 million adults had a diagnosis of SMI – representing 7% of the population.

Of the individuals with an SMI, the majority (31%) have health coverage through Commercial health plans in 2022. The second largest insurer of individuals with SMI, with 7.7 million (29%) people, was Medicaid. This is a change from 2016, when 34% of adults with SMI were covered by . . .