# Frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate in Van Buren County

Frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate in Van Buren County was 16.9% in 2023. Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

- Indicator id: `adult_frequent_mental_distress_rate_modelled`
- Place id: `us-county-19177`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Percentage of adults who say their mental health was not good on 14 or more of the past 30 days. Model-based estimate for adults aged 18 and over from CDC PLACES. Crude prevalence, not age-adjusted.
- Note: US counties and cities (incorporated places of 10,000 or more). CDC PLACES combines Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) answers with local population data through multilevel regression and poststratification, so a county or city value is a model estimate, not a survey count. The year is the BRFSS survey year, not the release year. CDC says the method does not support tracking change in a place over time, and each annual release can change the model, so values for different years are not strictly comparable. A state is missing in a year when its BRFSS data did not meet standards (Kentucky and Pennsylvania in 2023, Florida in 2021). Connecticut counties appear as its nine planning regions from 2022; its eight former counties are not served. City values for 2021 come from the 2023 release, built on 2010 Census place boundaries; later years use 2020 boundaries.
- Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence (https://www.cdc.gov/places/)
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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain US government data; attribution, free-availability notice and non-endorsement disclaimer required; substantive content unchanged
- Citation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, County Data (swc5-untb, fu4u-a9bh, h3ej-a9ec and later releases), frequent mental distress in adults, crude prevalence. https://www.cdc.gov/places/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. These data are available free from CDC. Use does not imply endorsement by CDC, ATSDR, HHS or the United States Government.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/adult-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/van-buren-county-iowa
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=adult_frequent_mental_distress_rate_modelled&place=us-county-19177

| Period | % |
|---|---:|
| 2023 | 16.9 |
| 2022 | 15 |
| 2021 | 15.2 |