On average, adults in Minnesota and Wisconsin reported about half a week of days per month when they felt mentally unhealthy; Wisconsin’s rate was about one-third higher than Minnesota’s
Residents of the St. Croix River Valley counties tend to have slightly lower rates of unhealthy mental health days than their respective state averages.
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.
The St. Croix River Valley counties have levels of unhealthy mental health days comparable to (Burnett), or lower than (Pierce, Polk 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.
Washington County residents consistently and Chisago County residents since 2016 have had fewer mentally unhealthy days/month than the state average.