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Benchmarking Brown County, South Dakota against all counties

 

Brown County, South Dakota has the 10th-fewest days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health (2.43) of all the 3,142 counties. That 2.43 compares to an average of 3.78 and standard deviation of 0.57 across those 3,142 counties.

Brown County, South Dakota has these related standings among all the 3,142 counties:

  • days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health = 2.43 (10th-fewest)

  • older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) who are diagnosed with depression = 18.69% (717th-most, tied)

  • deaths due to drug overdose, alcohol, or suicide per 100,000 population = 27.49 (335th-fewest, tied)

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Peers

beat out by Union County, South Dakota (2.28), Jerauld County, South Dakota (2.35), Sully County, South Dakota (2.38), and McCook County, South Dakota (2.38), and 5 others, ending with Kingsbury County, South Dakota (2.42).

Incidentally, all 10 are in South Dakota.


beat Carver County, Minnesota (2.44), Turner County, South Dakota (2.45), Douglas County, South Dakota (2.45), and Codington County, South Dakota (2.47), and others, ending with Apache County, Arizona (5.78).

6 out of the other 3,141 counties were ruled out due to missing, unknown, or not-applicable values for days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health, e.g., Skagway Municipality, Alaska.

Taking Action

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References

  1. days per month that adults self-report 'not good' mental health. Lower values are better. Source is CDC, 2015.