Mental Illness Statistics

Using the information given by the National Alliance on Mental

Illness (NAMI), we are able to find that the average number of
people suffering from mental illness is a total of 3.56% of the
population (11,318,798 people). Of this 3.56%, teenagers make up
a total of 11% of that number (1,245,067 teenagers). This number
is doing nothing but rise, and it is up to us as a nation to further
develop programs and organizations to better the lives of these
people that may potentially become victims of mental disorders.