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

All 33 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/new-mexico-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | McKinley County | 23.3 |
| 2 | San Juan County | 19.4 |
| 3 | Cibola County | 18.7 |
| 4 | Curry County | 18.3 |
| 5 | Roosevelt County | 18.2 |
| 6 | Lea County | 17.6 |
| 6 | Luna County | 17.6 |
| 8 | Chaves County | 17.3 |
| 9 | Socorro County | 17.2 |
| 9 | Torrance County | 17.2 |
| 11 | Otero County | 17.1 |
| 12 | Eddy County | 16.7 |
| 13 | Valencia County | 16.1 |
| 14 | Quay County | 16 |
| 14 | Union County | 16 |
| 16 | Doña Ana County | 15.9 |
| 17 | Hidalgo County | 15.8 |
| 17 | Rio Arriba County | 15.8 |
| 19 | Bernalillo County | 15.7 |
| 20 | De Baca County | 15.4 |
| 21 | Sandoval County | 15.3 |
| 22 | Guadalupe County | 15.2 |
| 23 | Sierra County | 15.1 |
| 24 | Colfax County | 14.6 |
| 25 | Grant County | 14.5 |
| 25 | San Miguel County | 14.5 |
| 27 | Lincoln County | 14.2 |
| 28 | Catron County | 14.1 |
| 29 | Harding County | 13.6 |
| 30 | Taos County | 13.4 |
| 31 | Santa Fe County | 13.1 |
| 32 | Mora County | 12.6 |
| 33 | Los Alamos County | 12.1 |