Report Finds North Dakota, Maryland and New Jersey Rank Best for a Combined Lower Prevalence of Mental Illness and Higher Access to Mental Health Care
Thursday, September 5, 2019
SEATTLE, Sept. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 90% of people who died by suicide showed symptoms of mental health conditions, yet 59% of US adults with a mental health condition received no mental health services in the past year, according to a new QuoteWizard.com report.
QuoteWizard®, a LendingTree company, and one of the nation's leading online insurance marketplaces, released its report on how mental health care access across the country affects mental illness and suicide rates to bring awareness for National Suicide Prevention Week: Sun, Sep 8, 2019 - Sat, Sep 14, 2019, and September Suicide Prevention Month.
Key Findings:
-- States with a high rate of access to mental health care tend to have low
prevalence of mental illness.
-- North Dakota ranked 1st-overall with 11th-lowest mental illness
prevalence and 12th-best access to care.
-- Maryland ranked 2nd-overall with 12th-lowest mental illness
prevalence and 14th-best access to care.
-- New Jersey ranked 3rd-overall with the number-1 lowest mental
illness prevalence and 26th-best access to care.
-- Over 5.3 million (12.2% of) adults with a mental illness remain
uninsured.
-- Over 24 million individuals experiencing a mental health illness are
going untreated
-- Over 9.8 million adults seriously thought about suicide--an increase of
200,000 people from last year's data set.
Methodology
Using state ranking data from Mental Health America, we ranked each state 1 to 50 for prevalence of mental illness and access to mental health care. Overall, rankings were determined by a composite score of prevalence and access rankings. States that scored highest overall composite score were states that had a high rate of access and a low rate of prevalence.
Mental Health America state rankings for prevalence were based on factors such as thoughts of suicide, population with mental illness and substance abuse. State rankings for access were based on factors such as uninsured rates, health care costs and government programs.
To view the full report, visit:
https://quotewizard.com/news/posts/best-states-for-mental-healthcare
Table:
Column 1: Overall rankings were determined by a composite score of prevalence and access rankings.
Column 3: Prevalence rankings 1-50, 1 having the highest prevalence of mental illness and 50 having the lowest.
Column 4: Access rankings 1-50, 1 having the highest access to mental health care and 50 having the lowest.
Combined Composite State Rankings for Mental Illness and Access to Care
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Composite
State Prevalence (higher rank equals Access (lower rank
equals
Rank lower mental illness) more access to care)
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1
North Dakota 39 12
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2
Maryland 38 14
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3
New Jersey 50 26
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4
Pennsylvania 36 13
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5
New York 40 17
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6
Illinois 41 18
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7
Hawaii 48 28
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8
Maine 22 4
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9
Connecticut 24 7
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10
Michigan 32 15
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11
Minnesota 19 3
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12
Iowa 23 8
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13
South Dakota 35 21
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14
Delaware 33 20
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15
Massachusetts 13 1
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16
New Hampshire 16 6
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17
Ohio 18 9
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18
Georgia 49 43
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19
Vermont 7 2
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20
Wisconsin 12 11
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21
Oklahoma 34 33
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22
Rhode Island 5 5
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23
North Carolina 37 37
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24
Florida 42 42
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25
Kansas 30 31
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26
Alabama 46 47
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27
Nebraska 25 27
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28
California 28 30
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29
Louisiana 43 45
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30
Texas 47 49
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31
South Carolina 44 48
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32
Kentucky 20 25
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33
Mississippi 45 50
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34
Colorado 4 10
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35
New Mexico 15 23
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36
Missouri 27 35
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37
Virginia 29 39
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38
Washington 10 22
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39
West Virginia 17 29
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40
Tennessee 31 44
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41
Oregon 1 16
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42
Arizona 26 41
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43
Alaska 2 19
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44
Montana 6 24
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45
Arkansas 21 40
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46
Utah 14 34
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47
Indiana 11 32
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48
Wyoming 9 36
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49
Idaho 3 38
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50
Nevada 8 46
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About QuoteWizard QuoteWizard (quotewizard.com) is an insurance comparison marketplace for consumers looking to save on insurance. QuoteWizard provides consumers with direct access to thousands of qualified agents in all 50 states, as well as major carriers, who offer personalized quotes and the opportunity to save up to 40% on auto, home, health, and life insurance. Agents and carriers, in turn, benefit from millions of highly qualified leads, calls, and traffic to their site. Based in Seattle, QuoteWizard was founded in 2006.
Media Contacts:
Jericka - jericka@lendingtreenews.com
Nathan - nathan@lendingtreenews.com
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SOURCE QuoteWizard
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