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

All 24 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/maryland-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Allegany County | 18.9 |
| 2 | Somerset County | 18.5 |
| 3 | Baltimore city | 18.4 |
| 4 | Caroline County | 18.1 |
| 5 | Wicomico County | 17.6 |
| 6 | Cecil County | 17.4 |
| 7 | Dorchester County | 17 |
| 8 | Washington County | 16.9 |
| 9 | Garrett County | 16.4 |
| 9 | St. Mary's County | 16.4 |
| 11 | Baltimore County | 16.1 |
| 12 | Charles County | 16 |
| 13 | Harford County | 15.4 |
| 14 | Kent County | 15.2 |
| 15 | Frederick County | 15.1 |
| 16 | Calvert County | 14.9 |
| 16 | Carroll County | 14.9 |
| 16 | Queen Anne's County | 14.9 |
| 19 | Anne Arundel County | 14.6 |
| 20 | Worcester County | 14.5 |
| 21 | Prince George's County | 14.3 |
| 22 | Talbot County | 13.6 |
| 23 | Howard County | 12.4 |
| 24 | Montgomery County | 12 |