This statistic depicts the percentage of adults with poor mental health in the United States as of 2017, sorted by ethnicity. As of that year, some 40 percent of American Indian/Alaska Native adults had poor mental health.
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Percentage of adults in the United States with poor mental health as of 2017, by ethnicity*
* Data represent adults who reported that their mental health was "not good" between one and 30 days in the past 30 days. Percentages are weighted to reflect population characteristics.
Data based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an ongoing, state-based, random-digit-dialed telephone survey of non-institutionalized civilian adults aged 18 years and older.
Date released refers to the date figures were accessed.
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (October 5, 2018). Percentage of adults in the United States with poor mental health as of 2017, by ethnicity* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 05, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/252306/us-adults-with-poor-mental-health-2011-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of adults in the United States with poor mental health as of 2017, by ethnicity*." Chart. October 5, 2018. Statista. Accessed July 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/252306/us-adults-with-poor-mental-health-2011-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2018). Percentage of adults in the United States with poor mental health as of 2017, by ethnicity*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/252306/us-adults-with-poor-mental-health-2011-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Percentage of Adults in The United States with Poor Mental Health as of 2017, by Ethnicity*." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Oct 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/252306/us-adults-with-poor-mental-health-2011-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Percentage of adults in the United States with poor mental health as of 2017, by ethnicity* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/252306/us-adults-with-poor-mental-health-2011-by-ethnicity/ (last visited July 05, 2025)
Percentage of adults in the United States with poor mental health as of 2017, by ethnicity* [Graph], Kaiser Family Foundation, October 5, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/252306/us-adults-with-poor-mental-health-2011-by-ethnicity/
