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Poor Mental Health Days
Poor Mental Health Days is the average number
of days in the previous 30 days that a person could not perform work or
household tasks due to mental illness. The data are collected by the Behavioral
Risk Factor Surveillance System of the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and rely on the accuracy of each respondent’s estimate of the number
of limited activity days lost in the previous 30 days.
Table 32 displays the 2006 ranks, based on 2005 data (Behavioral Risk
Factor Surveillance System, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The
number of poor mental health days in the previous 30 days ranges from an average
of 2.4 days in North Dakota to 4.0 or more
days in West Virginia,
Kentucky and
Mississippi. The average number of poor
mental health days in the previous 30 days for the United States is 2.7 days.
Poor mental health days and poor physical health days
replaced the prior measure called limited activity days. They accent the fact
that good health outcomes preclude days in which mental or physical health
prohibits an individual from accomplishing everyday activities.
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Table 32 - Poor Mental Health Days
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ALPHABETICAL BY
STATE |
RANK ORDER |
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2006 RANK
(1-50) |
STATE |
DAYS LOST IN LAST
30 |
SCORE |
2006 RANK
(1-50) |
STATE |
DAYS LOST IN LAST
30 |
SCORE |
|
47 |
Alabama |
3.8 |
15 |
1 |
North Dakota |
2.4 |
-26 |
|
17 |
Alaska |
3.1 |
-6 |
2 |
Nebraska |
2.6 |
-21 |
|
7 |
Arizona |
2.9 |
-12 |
2 |
South Dakota |
2.6 |
-21 |
|
45 |
Arkansas |
3.7 |
12 |
4 |
Louisiana |
2.7 |
-18 |
|
37 |
California |
3.5 |
6 |
5 |
Hawaii |
2.8 |
-15 |
|
13 |
Colorado |
3.0 |
-9 |
5 |
Kansas |
2.8 |
-15 |
|
7 |
Connecticut |
2.9 |
-12 |
7 |
Arizona |
2.9 |
-12 |
|
17 |
Delaware |
3.1 |
-6 |
7 |
Connecticut |
2.9 |
-12 |
|
32 |
Florida |
3.4 |
3 |
7 |
Iowa |
2.9 |
-12 |
|
41 |
Georgia |
3.6 |
9 |
7 |
Texas |
2.9 |
-12 |
|
5 |
Hawaii |
2.8 |
-15 |
7 |
Wisconsin |
2.9 |
-12 |
|
23 |
Idaho |
3.2 |
-3 |
7 |
Wyoming |
2.9 |
-12 |
|
23 |
Illinois |
3.2 |
-3 |
13 |
Colorado |
3.0 |
-9 |
|
45 |
Indiana |
3.7 |
12 |
13 |
Minnesota |
3.0 |
-9 |
|
7 |
Iowa |
2.9 |
-12 |
13 |
New Hampshire |
3.0 |
-9 |
|
5 |
Kansas |
2.8 |
-15 |
13 |
New Jersey |
3.0 |
-9 |
|
49 |
Kentucky |
4.3 |
23 |
17 |
Alaska |
3.1 |
-6 |
|
4 |
Louisiana |
2.7 |
-18 |
17 |
Delaware |
3.1 |
-6 |
|
32 |
Maine |
3.4 |
3 |
17 |
Massachusetts |
3.1 |
-6 |
|
23 |
Maryland |
3.2 |
-3 |
17 |
Montana |
3.1 |
-6 |
|
17 |
Massachusetts |
3.1 |
-6 |
17 |
North Carolina |
3.1 |
-6 |
|
37 |
Michigan |
3.5 |
6 |
17 |
Vermont |
3.1 |
-6 |
|
13 |
Minnesota |
3.0 |
-9 |
23 |
Idaho |
3.2 |
-3 |
|
48 |
Mississippi |
4.0 |
21 |
23 |
Illinois |
3.2 |
-3 |
|
32 |
Missouri |
3.4 |
3 |
23 |
Maryland |
3.2 |
-3 |
|
17 |
Montana |
3.1 |
-6 |
23 |
Rhode Island |
3.2 |
-3 |
|
2 |
Nebraska |
2.6 |
-21 |
23 |
Tennessee |
3.2 |
-3 |
|
37 |
Nevada |
3.5 |
6 |
23 |
Virginia |
3.2 |
-3 |
|
13 |
New Hampshire |
3.0 |
-9 |
23 |
Washington |
3.2 |
-3 |
|
13 |
New Jersey |
3.0 |
-9 |
30 |
Ohio |
3.3 |
0 |
|
37 |
New Mexico |
3.5 |
6 |
30 |
Utah |
3.3 |
0 |
|
32 |
New York |
3.4 |
3 |
32 |
Florida |
3.4 |
3 |
|
17 |
North Carolina |
3.1 |
-6 |
32 |
Maine |
3.4 |
3 |
|
1 |
North Dakota |
2.4 |
-26 |
32 |
Missouri |
3.4 |
3 |
|
30 |
Ohio |
3.3 |
0 |
32 |
New York |
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