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

All 100 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/north-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Robeson County | 20.1 |
| 2 | Scotland County | 19.7 |
| 3 | Swain County | 19.2 |
| 4 | Richmond County | 19.1 |
| 5 | Hoke County | 19 |
| 5 | Watauga County | 19 |
| 7 | Anson County | 18.9 |
| 7 | Onslow County | 18.9 |
| 9 | Greene County | 18.7 |
| 10 | Lenoir County | 18.5 |
| 11 | Cumberland County | 18.4 |
| 11 | Halifax County | 18.4 |
| 13 | Columbus County | 18.3 |
| 13 | Jackson County | 18.3 |
| 15 | Edgecombe County | 18.2 |
| 15 | Hertford County | 18.2 |
| 15 | Pitt County | 18.2 |
| 18 | Harnett County | 18.1 |
| 18 | Sampson County | 18.1 |
| 18 | Vance County | 18.1 |
| 18 | Wilson County | 18.1 |
| 22 | Randolph County | 17.9 |
| 22 | Wayne County | 17.9 |
| 24 | Cleveland County | 17.8 |
| 24 | Rockingham County | 17.8 |
| 26 | Rutherford County | 17.7 |
| 26 | Surry County | 17.7 |
| 26 | Washington County | 17.7 |
| 29 | Caldwell County | 17.6 |
| 29 | Jones County | 17.6 |
| 29 | Stanly County | 17.6 |
| 32 | Alexander County | 17.5 |
| 32 | Bertie County | 17.5 |
| 32 | Davidson County | 17.5 |
| 32 | Lee County | 17.5 |
| 32 | Martin County | 17.5 |
| 32 | Rowan County | 17.5 |
| 32 | Wilkes County | 17.5 |
| 39 | Bladen County | 17.4 |
| 39 | Gaston County | 17.4 |
| 39 | McDowell County | 17.4 |
| 42 | Burke County | 17.3 |
| 42 | Duplin County | 17.3 |
| 42 | Gates County | 17.3 |
| 42 | Person County | 17.3 |
| 42 | Yadkin County | 17.3 |
| 47 | Alamance County | 17.2 |
| 47 | Caswell County | 17.2 |
| 47 | Hyde County | 17.2 |
| 47 | Nash County | 17.2 |
| 47 | Warren County | 17.2 |
| 52 | Montgomery County | 17.1 |
| 52 | Pasquotank County | 17.1 |
| 54 | Granville County | 17 |
| 54 | Tyrrell County | 17 |
| 56 | Johnston County | 16.9 |
| 56 | Stokes County | 16.9 |
| 58 | Avery County | 16.8 |
| 58 | Franklin County | 16.8 |
| 58 | Graham County | 16.8 |
| 58 | Guilford County | 16.8 |
| 62 | Catawba County | 16.7 |
| 62 | Chowan County | 16.7 |
| 62 | Craven County | 16.7 |
| 65 | Yancey County | 16.6 |
| 66 | Beaufort County | 16.5 |
| 66 | Northampton County | 16.5 |
| 66 | Pender County | 16.5 |
| 69 | Alleghany County | 16.4 |
| 69 | Forsyth County | 16.4 |
| 71 | Madison County | 16.3 |
| 71 | New Hanover County | 16.3 |
| 73 | Ashe County | 16.2 |
| 73 | Cabarrus County | 16.2 |
| 73 | Lincoln County | 16.2 |
| 73 | Mitchell County | 16.2 |
| 77 | Camden County | 16.1 |
| 78 | Haywood County | 15.9 |
| 78 | Iredell County | 15.9 |
| 78 | Perquimans County | 15.9 |
| 81 | Currituck County | 15.8 |
| 81 | Davie County | 15.8 |
| 81 | Macon County | 15.8 |
| 81 | Union County | 15.8 |
| 85 | Cherokee County | 15.7 |
| 85 | Mecklenburg County | 15.7 |
| 87 | Buncombe County | 15.3 |
| 87 | Durham County | 15.3 |
| 87 | Orange County | 15.3 |
| 90 | Pamlico County | 15 |
| 91 | Henderson County | 14.9 |
| 92 | Carteret County | 14.7 |
| 92 | Clay County | 14.7 |
| 92 | Moore County | 14.7 |
| 92 | Wake County | 14.7 |
| 96 | Polk County | 14.5 |
| 96 | Transylvania County | 14.5 |
| 98 | Dare County | 14.2 |
| 99 | Brunswick County | 14 |
| 100 | Chatham County | 13.8 |