Poor Mental Health Among Adults by R/E - Kaiser State Health Facts

Percentage of Adults Reporting Poor Mental Health by Race/Ethnicity, 2007

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	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native	Other

United States	33.2%	35.2%	32.9%	27.0%	37.6%	NSD

Alabama	33.1%	34.0%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Alaska	35.1%	NSD	NSD	NSD	28.2%	NSD
Arizona	35.5%	NSD	30.9%	NSD	NSD	NSD
Arkansas	32.0%	45.5%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
California	37.9%	NSD	39.5%	27.0%	NSD	NSD
Colorado	33.8%	NSD	36.8%	NSD	NSD	41.6%
Connecticut	33.9%	32.7%	27.2%	NSD	NSD	NSD
Delaware	35.4%	29.3%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
District of Columbia	34.1%	33.1%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Florida	28.8%	31.4%	26.5%	NSD	26.4%	34.1%
Georgia	32.5%	35.4%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Hawaii	29.4%	NSD	39.5%	25.7%	NSD	34.8%
Idaho	34.1%	NSD	38.3%	NSD	NSD	NSD
Illinois	37.8%	42.5%	32.0%	NSD	NSD	NSD
Indiana	33.4%	38.0%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Iowa	27.0%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Kansas	28.5%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Kentucky	27.4%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Louisiana	23.2%	23.2%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Maine	33.2%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Maryland	34.5%	35.8%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Massachusetts	33.6%	33.8%	34.5%	23.0%	NSD	33.2%
Michigan	38.2%	39.8%	NSD	NSD	NSD	41.6%
Minnesota	29.9%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Mississippi	32.3%	38.5%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Missouri	34.6%	39.3%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Montana	32.7%	NSD	NSD	NSD	43.9%	NSD
Nebraska	29.2%	NSD	24.8%	NSD	NSD	NSD
Nevada	36.5%	NSD	42.2%	NSD	NSD	45.9%
New Hampshire	36.8%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
New Jersey	34.8%	33.0%	32.3%	NSD	NSD	NSD
New Mexico	32.3%	NSD	33.3%	NSD	34.8%	NSD
New York	33.8%	33.8%	32.2%	NSD	NSD	NSD
North Carolina	32.5%	30.7%	18.2%	NSD	36.9%	NSD
North Dakota	29.3%	NSD	NSD	NSD	36.5%	NSD
Ohio	35.3%	41.7%	NSD	NSD	NSD	43.5%
Oklahoma	31.7%	36.5%	NSD	NSD	39.0%	34.3%
Oregon	33.8%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Pennsylvania	31.8%	35.9%	NSD	NSD	NSD	44.0%
Rhode Island	35.0%	NSD	26.4%	NSD	NSD	NSD
South Carolina	31.6%	34.1%	NSD	NSD	NSD	38.9%
South Dakota	26.3%	NSD	NSD	NSD	30.5%	NSD
Tennessee	26.8%	23.3%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Texas	31.8%	35.9%	28.5%	NSD	NSD	40.2%
Utah	38.4%	NSD	34.4%	NSD	NSD	NSD
Vermont	33.8%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Virginia	31.3%	35.2%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Washington	35.3%	30.5%	26.8%	30.8%	48.4%	43.4%
West Virginia	29.3%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Wisconsin	32.8%	42.6%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Wyoming	33.2%	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD

Guam	NSD	NSD	NSD	25.0%	NSD	NSD
Puerto Rico	NSD	NSD	27.8%	NSD	NSD	NSD
Virgin Islands	29.4%	30.2%	30.5%	NSD	NSD	NSD

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Notes:

Data represent adults who reported having poor mental health between one and 30 days in the past 30 days.
US totals include territories.

Sources:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data (BRFSS), 2007, unpublished data. Information about the BRFSS is available at http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.htm.

Definitions:

NSD: Not Sufficient Data.

BRFSS: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. BRFSS is an ongoing, state-based, random-digit-dialed telephone survey of noninstitutionalized civilian adults aged 18 years and older. Percentages are weighted to reflect population characteristics.

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