Mental Health

• On average, adults in Minnesota and Wisconsin reported a monthly average of about four days per month when they felt mentally unhealthy; Wisconsin’s rate was about 7% higher than Minnesota’s.
• Residents of the St. Croix River Valley counties tend to be close to their respective state averages with respect to unhealthy mental health days.
• Residents in the Wisconsin counties, compared to the Minnesota counties, had slightly more days per month when they felt mentally unhealthy.
   

• There has been a marked increase in the average number of unhealthy mental health days/month in Wisconsin and the St. Croix River Valley counties since 2010, with an acceleration of this trend since 2020 – possibly as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The St. Croix River Valley counties have levels of unhealthy mental health days comparable to (Burnett, Polk), or lower than (Pierce, St. Croix), the Wisconsin average.

• At least since 2015 or 2016, the number of mentally unhealthy days/month among adults in Minnesota, Chisago County and Washington County has trended upward, with an acceleration of this trend since 2020 – possibly as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Washington County residents consistently have had fewer mentally unhealthy days/month than the state average. Residents of Chisago County, which registered fewer mentally unhealthy days/month than the state average between 2016 and 2020, now follow the Minnesota average for mentally unhealthy days per month.
   

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