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

All 16 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/maine-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Androscoggin County | 19.7 |
| 1 | Somerset County | 19.7 |
| 3 | Penobscot County | 19.4 |
| 4 | Washington County | 19.1 |
| 5 | Franklin County | 19 |
| 6 | Aroostook County | 18.3 |
| 6 | Kennebec County | 18.3 |
| 8 | Waldo County | 18.1 |
| 9 | Oxford County | 17.8 |
| 9 | Piscataquis County | 17.8 |
| 11 | York County | 16.9 |
| 12 | Cumberland County | 16.7 |
| 13 | Hancock County | 16.5 |
| 14 | Sagadahoc County | 16.2 |
| 15 | Lincoln County | 16.1 |
| 16 | Knox County | 15.3 |