This statistic depicts the U.S. states with the lowest percentage of adults reporting poor mental health as of 2018. As of that year, with around 31 percent, South Dakota had the lowest percentage of adults reporting poor mental health among all U.S. states.
U.S. states with the lowest percentage of adults reporting poor mental health as of 2018*
* Data represent adults who reported that their mental health was "not good" between one and 30 days in the past 30 days. Percentages are weighted to reflect population characteristics.
Data based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an ongoing, state-based, random-digit-dialed telephone survey of non-institutionalized civilian adults aged 18 years and older.
Date released represents the date figures were accessed.
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (July 8, 2020). U.S. states with the lowest percentage of adults reporting poor mental health as of 2018* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/252304/us-states-with-lowest-percentage-of-poor-mental-health-among-adults/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "U.S. states with the lowest percentage of adults reporting poor mental health as of 2018*." Chart. July 8, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/252304/us-states-with-lowest-percentage-of-poor-mental-health-among-adults/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2020). U.S. states with the lowest percentage of adults reporting poor mental health as of 2018*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/252304/us-states-with-lowest-percentage-of-poor-mental-health-among-adults/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "U.S. States with The Lowest Percentage of Adults Reporting Poor Mental Health as of 2018*." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 Jul 2020, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/252304/us-states-with-lowest-percentage-of-poor-mental-health-among-adults/
Kaiser Family Foundation, U.S. states with the lowest percentage of adults reporting poor mental health as of 2018* Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/252304/us-states-with-lowest-percentage-of-poor-mental-health-among-adults/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
U.S. states with the lowest percentage of adults reporting poor mental health as of 2018* [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, July 8, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/252304/us-states-with-lowest-percentage-of-poor-mental-health-among-adults/