Share of U.S. children who had received any mental healthcare in 2021, by gender
In 2021, around 11 percent of boys aged 5 to 17 years in the United States received counseling or therapy from a mental health professional in the past 12 months. This statistic illustrates the percentage of U.S. children aged 5 to 17 years who had received any mental health treatment or medication in the past 12 months in 2021, by gender.
