UT-EPHT - Health Indicator Report - Health status: mental health past 30 days

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Why Is This Important?

Mental health refers to an individual's ability to negotiate the daily challenges and social interactions of life without experiencing undue emotional or behavioral incapacity. Mental health and mental disorders can be influenced by numerous conditions including biologic and genetic vulnerabilities, acute or chronic physical dysfunction, and environmental conditions and stresses. The BRFSS mental health question is an attempt to obtain a global measure of recent mental and emotional distress.

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Data Table

	BRFSS Utah vs. U.S. Series Value	BRFSS Utah vs. U.S.	Year	Age-adjusted percentage of adults	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI
UT Old Methodology
	1	UT Old Methodology	1993	12.7%	11.0%	14.4%
	1	UT Old Methodology	1994	11.8%	10.2%	13.4%
	1	UT Old Methodology	1995	13.9%	12.3%	15.5%
	1	UT Old Methodology	1996	15.3%	13.7%	17.0%
	1	UT Old Methodology	1997	15.3%	13.6%	16.9%
	1	UT Old Methodology	1998	16.5%	14.7%	18.3%
	1	UT Old Methodology	1999	14.3%	12.6%	16.0%
	1	UT Old Methodology	2000	14.7%	13.1%	16.3%
	1	UT Old Methodology	2001	15.1%	13.7%	16.6%
	1	UT Old Methodology	2002	14.1%	12.7%	15.5%
	1	UT Old Methodology	2003	15.0%	13.5%	16.4%
	1	UT Old Methodology	2004	15.3%	14.0%	16.5%
	1	UT Old Methodology	2005	15.4%	14.3%	16.7%
	1	UT Old Methodology	2006	14.4%	13.2%	15.7%
	1	UT Old Methodology	2007	13.7%	12.4%	15.0%
	1	UT Old Methodology	2008	14.4%	13.2%	15.8%
	1	UT Old Methodology	2009	14.6%	13.7%	15.6%
	1	UT Old Methodology	2010	14.5%	13.9%	15.2%
	1	UT Old Methodology	2011		n/a	n/a
	1	UT Old Methodology	2012		n/a	n/a
	1	UT Old Methodology	2013		n/a	n/a
	1	UT Old Methodology	2014		n/a	n/a
	1	UT Old Methodology	2015		n/a	n/a
	1	UT Old Methodology	2016		n/a	n/a
	1	UT Old Methodology	2017		n/a	n/a
	1	UT Old Methodology	2018		n/a	n/a
	1	UT Old Methodology	2019		n/a	n/a
	1	UT Old Methodology	2020		n/a	n/a
	1	UT Old Methodology	2021		n/a	n/a
	1	UT Old Methodology	2022		n/a	n/a
	1	UT Old Methodology	2023		n/a	n/a
US Old Methodology
	2	US Old Methodology	1993	12.8%	12.5%	13.1%
	2	US Old Methodology	1994	13.0%	12.7%	13.3%
	2	US Old Methodology	1995	13.1%	12.8%	13.5%
	2	US Old Methodology	1996	12.8%	12.5%	13.1%
	2	US Old Methodology	1997	13.3%	13.0%	13.6%
	2	US Old Methodology	1998	13.6%	13.3%	13.8%
	2	US Old Methodology	1999	13.6%	13.3%	13.9%
	2	US Old Methodology	2000	14.4%	14.1%	14.7%
	2	US Old Methodology	2001	15.2%	14.9%	15.4%
	2	US Old Methodology	2002	14.4%	13.9%	14.8%
	2	US Old Methodology	2003	15.2%	14.9%	15.4%
	2	US Old Methodology	2004	15.4%	15.1%	15.7%
	2	US Old Methodology	2005	14.9%	14.7%	15.2%
	2	US Old Methodology	2006	15.1%	14.8%	15.4%
	2	US Old Methodology	2007	15.5%	15.3%	15.8%
	2	US Old Methodology	2008	15.9%	15.7%	16.2%
	2	US Old Methodology	2009	16.2%	15.9%	16.4%
	2	US Old Methodology	2010	15.8%	15.5%	15.9%
	2	US Old Methodology	2011		n/a	n/a
	2	US Old Methodology	2012		n/a	n/a
	2	US Old Methodology	2013		n/a	n/a
	2	US Old Methodology	2014		n/a	n/a
	2	US Old Methodology	2015		n/a	n/a
	2	US Old Methodology	2016		n/a	n/a
	2	US Old Methodology	2017		n/a	n/a
	2	US Old Methodology	2018		n/a	n/a
	2	US Old Methodology	2019		n/a	n/a
	2	US Old Methodology	2020		n/a	n/a
	2	US Old Methodology	2021		n/a	n/a
	2	US Old Methodology	2022		n/a	n/a
	2	US Old Methodology	2023		n/a	n/a
UT New Methodology
	3	UT New Methodology	1993		n/a	n/a
	3	UT New Methodology	1994		n/a	n/a
	3	UT New Methodology	1995		n/a	n/a
	3	UT New Methodology	1996		n/a	n/a
	3	UT New Methodology	1997		n/a	n/a
	3	UT New Methodology	1998		n/a	n/a
	3	UT New Methodology	1999		n/a	n/a
	3	UT New Methodology	2000		n/a	n/a
	3	UT New Methodology	2001		n/a	n/a
	3	UT New Methodology	2002		n/a	n/a
	3	UT New Methodology	2003		n/a	n/a
	3	UT New Methodology	2004		n/a	n/a
	3	UT New Methodology	2005		n/a	n/a
	3	UT New Methodology	2006		n/a	n/a
	3	UT New Methodology	2007		n/a	n/a
	3	UT New Methodology	2008		n/a	n/a
	3	UT New Methodology	2009	15.8%	14.9%	16.8%
	3	UT New Methodology	2010	15.7%	14.9%	16.6%
	3	UT New Methodology	2011	15.8%	15.0%	16.7%
	3	UT New Methodology	2012	15.3%	14.5%	16.2%
	3	UT New Methodology	2013	15.9%	15.1%	16.7%
	3	UT New Methodology	2014	15.4%	14.7%	16.1%
	3	UT New Methodology	2015	15.6%	14.7%	16.4%
	3	UT New Methodology	2016	16.5%	15.6%	17.5%
	3	UT New Methodology	2017	17.5%	16.6%	18.5%
	3	UT New Methodology	2018	18.2%	17.3%	19.1%
	3	UT New Methodology	2019	20.7%	19.7%	21.6%
	3	UT New Methodology	2020	22.4%	21.4%	23.5%
	3	UT New Methodology	2021	24.3%	23.3%	25.4%
	3	UT New Methodology	2022	24.6%	23.5%	25.8%
	3	UT New Methodology	2023	23.7%	22.6%	24.8%
US New Methodology
	4	US New Methodology	1993		n/a	n/a
	4	US New Methodology	1994		n/a	n/a
	4	US New Methodology	1995		n/a	n/a
	4	US New Methodology	1996		n/a	n/a
	4	US New Methodology	1997		n/a	n/a
	4	US New Methodology	1998		n/a	n/a
	4	US New Methodology	1999		n/a	n/a
	4	US New Methodology	2000		n/a	n/a
	4	US New Methodology	2001		n/a	n/a
	4	US New Methodology	2002		n/a	n/a
	4	US New Methodology	2003		n/a	n/a
	4	US New Methodology	2004		n/a	n/a
	4	US New Methodology	2005		n/a	n/a
	4	US New Methodology	2006		n/a	n/a
	4	US New Methodology	2007		n/a	n/a
	4	US New Methodology	2008		n/a	n/a
	4	US New Methodology	2009		n/a	n/a
	4	US New Methodology	2010		n/a	n/a
	4	US New Methodology	2011	17.3%	17.1%	17.6%
	4	US New Methodology	2012	17.6%	17.3%	17.8%
	4	US New Methodology	2013	16.6%	16.4%	16.8%
	4	US New Methodology	2014	16.5%	16.2%	16.7%
	4	US New Methodology	2015	16.8%	13.9%	19.6%
	4	US New Methodology	2016	17.2%	16.9%	17.4%
	4	US New Methodology	2017	18.3%	18.0%	18.6%
	4	US New Methodology	2018	18.8%	18.5%	19.0%
	4	US New Methodology	2019	20.2%	19.9%	20.5%
	4	US New Methodology	2020	20.5%	20.2%	20.9%
	4	US New Methodology	2021	22.4%	22.1%	22.7%
	4	US New Methodology	2022	23.5%	22.2%	24.8%
	4	US New Methodology	2023	24.0%	23.7%	24.3%

Data Notes

Notes

Age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.

U.S. data are the average for all states and the District of Columbia but do not include the U.S. territories. In 2002 the U.S. data includes only 22 states that asked the question.

Starting in 2009, the BRFSS included both landline and cell phone respondent interviews along with a new weighting methodology called iterative proportional fitting, or raking. More details about these changes can be found at: https://ibis.utah.gov/ibisph-view/pdf/opha/resource/brfss/RakingImpact2011.pdf.

Note: At the time of this update, the BRFSS U.S. dataset did not include an age variable but did include five age categories up to age 80+ (vs. the typical weighting scheme that includes 85+). Comparisons with both weighting schemes were compared using Utah data, and the difference was about 1/100 of a percentage point.

Data Sources

Utah Department of Health and Human Services Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) https://ibis.utah.gov/ibisph-view/query/selection/brfss/BRFSSSelection.html
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data, US Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Data Interpretation Issues

Question Text: "Now thinking about your mental health, which includes stress, depression, and problems with emotions, for how many days during the past 30 days was your mental health NOT good?"

Increased number of U.S. households without landline phones and an under-representation of certain demographic groups that were not well-represented in the sample. More details about these changes can be found at: https://ibis.utah.gov/ibisph-view/pdf/opha/resource/brfss/RakingImpact2011.pdf.

As with all surveys, some error results from non-response (e.g., refusal to participate in the survey or to answer specific questions), and measurement (e.g., social desirability or recall bias). Error was minimized by use of strict calling protocols, good questionnaire design, standardization of interviewer behavior, interviewer training, and frequent, on-site interviewer monitoring and supervision.

Health Indicator Definition

Definition

Percentage of adults aged 18 years and older who reported seven or more days when their mental health was not good in the past 30 days.

Numerator

Number of survey respondents who reported seven or more days when their mental health was not good in the past 30 days.

Denominator

Total number of survey respondents excluding those with missing, "Don't know/Not sure," and "Refused" responses.

Current Outlook

How Are We Doing?

In 2023, approximately 23.7% (age-adjusted rate) of Utah adults reported seven or more days when their mental health was not good in the past 30 days. This percentage was higher for adults with lower income levels. Older adults are less likely to report poor mental health status.

How Do We Compare With the U.S.?

Looking at age-adjusted rates for 2023, the percentage of Utah adults reporting seven or more days when their mental health was not good in the past 30 days (23.7%) was similar to the percentage of adults in the U.S. as a whole (24.0%).

Health Improvement Resources

Available Services

The Utah Department of Health and Human Services Office of Substance Abuse and Mental Health (OSUMH) is Utah's public mental health and substance use authority. This office consults and coordinates with federal, state, and local partners regarding programs and services. The office also contracts for substance use and mental health programs funded with state and federal funds.

In crisis? Call the Utah Crisis Line (988) for immediate, free, confidential support. 24 hours, 7 days a week.

Page Content Updated On 10/17/2024, Published on 10/22/2024

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