Rating

Lower Frequent Mental Distress

Scale56-100

Higher values are better.

About This Ranking

Goal

Highlight places with lower population-level mental distress, combining fewer reported poor mental-health days with fewer adults experiencing frequent mental distress.

Sources

Data behind the rating

1 source

County Health Rankings & Roadmaps

March 25, 2026 release

Data: County-level modeled poor mental-health days, frequent mental distress, loneliness, social/emotional support, and suicide mortality counts and rates.
What it tells us: Provides broad population-level mental-health and social-support comparisons, not individual clinical risk.

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