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Mental Health Days

Poor mental health days have increased

Mental health is a key component of overall well-being. Nationally, 23% of adults aged 18 or older experienced mental illness in 2022, while 6% of adults experienced a serious mental illness (e.g., schizophrenia, manic-depressive disorder, and severe depressive disorders).¹⁶

• The number of poor mental health days reported by Lancaster County and Nebraska residents has increased in the past decade since 2012.
  • In 2022, Lancaster County and Nebraska residents reported an average of 4.0 and 4.1 poor mental health days per month, compared to an average of 3.0 and 3.7 poor mental health days per month in 2012, respectively.
• The number of poor mental health days reported by Lancaster County residents was highest at 4.9 in 2021, and has since decreased to about the same as in 2018 and 2019.

Notes

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; national data from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; local data from Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department.

Data shown through most recent year available. U.S. data is not reported comparably from 2017-2018 and is not shown.

Footnotes

16. National Institute of Mental Health. (2024, September). Mental illness.