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

All 46 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/south-carolina-counties

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Dillon County | 20.2 |
| 2 | Marlboro County | 19.4 |
| 3 | Marion County | 19.1 |
| 4 | Barnwell County | 18.9 |
| 5 | Union County | 18.8 |
| 6 | Cherokee County | 18.7 |
| 7 | Lee County | 18.6 |
| 8 | Chester County | 18.5 |
| 9 | Chesterfield County | 18.4 |
| 9 | Hampton County | 18.4 |
| 11 | Allendale County | 18.3 |
| 12 | Orangeburg County | 18 |
| 12 | Pickens County | 18 |
| 14 | Laurens County | 17.9 |
| 14 | Williamsburg County | 17.9 |
| 16 | Colleton County | 17.8 |
| 16 | Darlington County | 17.8 |
| 18 | Anderson County | 17.7 |
| 18 | Bamberg County | 17.7 |
| 20 | Abbeville County | 17.6 |
| 20 | Florence County | 17.6 |
| 22 | Clarendon County | 17.5 |
| 23 | Sumter County | 17.4 |
| 24 | Spartanburg County | 17.3 |
| 25 | Fairfield County | 17.2 |
| 26 | Edgefield County | 17.1 |
| 26 | Greenwood County | 17.1 |
| 28 | Newberry County | 17 |
| 29 | Berkeley County | 16.7 |
| 29 | Kershaw County | 16.7 |
| 31 | Horry County | 16.6 |
| 31 | Richland County | 16.6 |
| 33 | Saluda County | 16.5 |
| 34 | Dorchester County | 16.2 |
| 34 | Lexington County | 16.2 |
| 36 | Greenville County | 16 |
| 37 | York County | 15.9 |
| 38 | Calhoun County | 15.8 |
| 38 | Jasper County | 15.8 |
| 38 | Lancaster County | 15.8 |
| 38 | Oconee County | 15.8 |
| 42 | Aiken County | 15.6 |
| 43 | Charleston County | 14.4 |
| 44 | Georgetown County | 14 |
| 45 | McCormick County | 13.9 |
| 46 | Beaufort County | 13.1 |