This statistic shows the percentage of persons with serious psychological distress in the past 30 days among adults 18 years of age and over, in the U.S. from 1997 to 2016, by location of residence. In the period 2015-2016, 3.3 percent of all adults within the metropolitan statistical area in the United States had such problems.
Percentage of persons with serious psychological distress in the past month in the U.S. from 1997 to 2016, by location of residence*
* Serious psychological distress is measured by a six-question scale that asks respondents how often they experienced each of six symptoms of psychological distress in the past 30 days.
Estimates are age-adjusted to the year 2000 standard population using five age groups: 18-44 years, 45-54 years, 55-64 years, 65-74 years, and 75 years and over.
Includes all other races not shown separately.
Values not included in the pdf version of the report were taken from the Health, United States, trend tables.
** MSA is metropolitan statistical area. Starting with 2006-2007 data, MSA status is determined using 2000 census data and the 2000 standards for defining MSAs.
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US Department of Health and Human Services. (September 19, 2018). Percentage of persons with serious psychological distress in the past month in the U.S. from 1997 to 2016, by location of residence* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/187822/persons-with-serious-psychological-distress-in-the-us-by-location-since-1997/
US Department of Health and Human Services. "Percentage of persons with serious psychological distress in the past month in the U.S. from 1997 to 2016, by location of residence*." Chart. September 19, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/187822/persons-with-serious-psychological-distress-in-the-us-by-location-since-1997/
US Department of Health and Human Services. (2018). Percentage of persons with serious psychological distress in the past month in the U.S. from 1997 to 2016, by location of residence*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/187822/persons-with-serious-psychological-distress-in-the-us-by-location-since-1997/
US Department of Health and Human Services. "Percentage of Persons with Serious Psychological Distress in The past Month in The U.S. from 1997 to 2016, by Location of Residence*." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Sep 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/187822/persons-with-serious-psychological-distress-in-the-us-by-location-since-1997/
US Department of Health and Human Services, Percentage of persons with serious psychological distress in the past month in the U.S. from 1997 to 2016, by location of residence* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/187822/persons-with-serious-psychological-distress-in-the-us-by-location-since-1997/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Percentage of persons with serious psychological distress in the past month in the U.S. from 1997 to 2016, by location of residence* [Graph], US Department of Health and Human Services, September 19, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/187822/persons-with-serious-psychological-distress-in-the-us-by-location-since-1997/
