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

All 9 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/connecticut-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 17.2 |
| 2 | Capitol Planning Region | 16.7 |
| 3 | Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region | 16.6 |
| 4 | Naugatuck Valley Planning Region | 16.2 |
| 5 | South Central Connecticut Planning Region | 16.1 |
| 6 | Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 15.7 |
| 7 | Northwest Hills Planning Region | 15.2 |
| 8 | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | 14.6 |
| 9 | Western Connecticut Planning Region | 13.9 |