# Counties in Alaska by frequent mental distress in adults, local model estimate, 2023

All 30 values come from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for 2023, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `adult_frequent_mental_distress_rate_modelled`
- 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.
- 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/)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/cdc
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- 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/rankings/adult-frequent-mental-distress-rate-county-estimate/alaska-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Kusilvak Census Area | 24.5 |
| 2 | Bethel Census Area | 21.6 |
| 3 | Northwest Arctic Borough | 20.8 |
| 4 | Nome Census Area | 20.6 |
| 5 | Dillingham Census Area | 19.2 |
| 6 | Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | 18.8 |
| 7 | Lake and Peninsula Borough | 18.4 |
| 8 | Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | 16.8 |
| 9 | North Slope Borough | 16.6 |
| 10 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough | 16.2 |
| 11 | Anchorage Municipality | 16.1 |
| 12 | Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | 16 |
| 13 | Fairbanks North Star Borough | 15.8 |
| 13 | Yakutat City and Borough | 15.8 |
| 15 | Bristol Bay Borough | 15.3 |
| 16 | Copper River Census Area | 15.2 |
| 17 | Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | 15.1 |
| 18 | Denali Borough | 15 |
| 18 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough | 15 |
| 20 | Juneau City and Borough | 14.8 |
| 20 | Kenai Peninsula Borough | 14.8 |
| 20 | Wrangell City and Borough | 14.8 |
| 23 | Kodiak Island Borough | 14.5 |
| 23 | Skagway Municipality | 14.5 |
| 25 | Petersburg Borough | 14.4 |
| 26 | Chugach Census Area | 14.3 |
| 26 | Sitka City and Borough | 14.3 |
| 28 | Haines Borough | 13.3 |
| 29 | Aleutians West Census Area | 13.2 |
| 30 | Aleutians East Borough | 13 |