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

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Sep 05, 2019, 06:39 ET

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
Composite Rank	State	Prevalence (higher rank equals lower mental illness)	Access (lower rank equals more access to care)
1	North Dakota	39	12
2	Maryland	38	14
3	New Jersey	50	26
4	Pennsylvania	36	13
5	New York	40	17
6	Illinois	41	18
7	Hawaii	48	28
8	Maine	22	4
9	Connecticut	24	7
10	Michigan	32	15
11	Minnesota	19	3
12	Iowa	23	8
13	South Dakota	35	21
14	Delaware	33	20
15	Massachusetts	13	1
16	New Hampshire	16	6
17	Ohio	18	9
18	Georgia	49	43
19	Vermont	7	2
20	Wisconsin	12	11
21	Oklahoma	34	33
22	Rhode Island	5	5
23	North Carolina	37	37
24	Florida	42	42
25	Kansas	30	31
26	Alabama	46	47
27	Nebraska	25	27
28	California	28	30
29	Louisiana	43	45
30	Texas	47	49
31	South Carolina	44	48
32	Kentucky	20	25
33	Mississippi	45	50
34	Colorado	4	10
35	New Mexico	15	23
36	Missouri	27	35
37	Virginia	29	39
38	Washington	10	22
39	West Virginia	17	29
40	Tennessee	31	44
41	Oregon	1	16
42	Arizona	26	41
43	Alaska	2	19
44	Montana	6	24
45	Arkansas	21	40
46	Utah	14	34
47	Indiana	11	32
48	Wyoming	9	36
49	Idaho	3	38
50	Nevada	8	46

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