Percentage of Adults Who Reported Their Mental Health
Was Not Good on 14 or More Days in the Past 30 Days

Subpopulation Unweighted Frequency Weighted Percentage Standard Error Lower 95% Confidence
Limit
Upper 95% Confidence
Limit
TOTAL 203 7.7 0.9 6.0 9.3
  . . . . .
SEX . . . . .
Male 64 6.9 0.9 5.1 8.7
Female 139 8.4 1.2 6.1 10.7
AGE GROUP . . . . .
18-24 years 12 8.2 6.6 0.0 21.2
25-34 years 37 8.0 4.2 0.0 16.3
35-44 years 46 5.8 3.1 0.0 11.8
45-54 years 50 12.4 4.4 3.9 21.0
55-64 years 33 8.1 2.6 3.0 13.1
65+ years 21 2.1 0.6 0.9 3.3
ETHNICITY . . . . .
Hispanic 66 5.2 1.4 2.5 7.9
Non-Hispanic 137 7.9 0.9 6.0 9.7
RACE . . . . .
White Only 56 7.2 0.9 5.4 8.9
Black Only 92 12.1 1.6 9.0 15.1
Other Race Only 47 9.7 3.8 2.2 17.2
More than One Race 7 8.4 3.9 0.7 16.1
EDUCATION . . . . .
Less than High School 48 7.5 1.3 5.0 10.1
High School Graduate or G.E.D. 70 10.7 2.5 5.8 15.6
Some College 55 8.1 0.7 6.7 9.5
College Graduate 29 4.6 0.8 3.0 6.2
ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME . . . . .
Less than $15,000 57 19.7 2.9 14.1 25.3
$15,000 - $24,999 52 11.2 2.1 7.2 15.3
$25,000 - $34,999 32 10.6 3.4 3.9 17.3
$35,000 - $49,999 17 3.1 1.0 1.2 5.0
$50,000+ 31 6.2 1.1 4.1 8.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS . . . . .
Employed for Wages / Self-Employed 101 7.3 1.5 4.4 10.2
Out of Work 17 4.2 2.8 0.0 9.7
Homemaker / Student 15 4.5 3.3 0.0 10.9
Retired 19 2.1 0.8 0.6 3.6
Unable to Work 51 62.9 13.7 36.0 89.8
AVERAGE HOURS WORKED . . . . .
None 18 1.6 0.2 1.3 2.0
1-19 Hours 10 5.0 2.6 0.0 10.1
20-39 Hours 17 6.3 0.9 4.6 8.0
40 + Hours 78 7.8 1.8 4.2 11.4
MARITAL STATUS . . . . .
Married / Member of Unmarried Couple 96 8.4 0.7 7.0 9.9
Divorced / Separated 54 9.5 1.7 6.1 12.9
POPULATION DENSITY . . . . .
Frontier 6 7.1 4.9 0.0 16.8
Rural 10 10.8 5.3 0.5 21.1
Densely-settled Rural 33 9.7 3.9 2.0 17.4
Semi-urban 16 7.2 1.2 4.8 9.7
Urban 135 6.7 1.9 3.0 10.4
SELF-PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS . . . . .
Fair or Poor 101 17.0 2.4 12.3 21.6
Excellent to Good 101 5.5 1.1 3.5 7.6
DIABETES STATUS . . . . .
Has Diabetes 37 13.8 5.7 2.7 25.0
No Diabetes 165 6.6 1.1 4.5 8.7
ASTHMA STATUS . . . . .
Current Asthma 35 21.4 4.5 12.5 30.3
No Current Asthma 167 5.9 0.9 4.3 7.6
WEIGHT CATEGORY . . . . .
Normal or Underweight (BMI <25) 60 8.7 3.1 2.6 14.8
Overweight (25 <= BMI < 30) 47 3.6 0.9 1.9 5.3
Obese (BMI >= 30) 73 8.9 1.6 5.8 12.0
RECOMMENDED LEVEL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY . . . . .
Meets Recommendation 61 6.9 1.8 3.4 10.4
Insufficient 76 7.1 0.7 5.7 8.6
No Activity 55 8.9 4.6 0.0 17.9

Numerator: Respondents reporting 14 or more days when their mental health was not good.
Denominator: All respondents, excluding unknowns and refusals.