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Query Results for New Jersey Behavioral Risk Factor Survey Data - Frequent Mental Distress - Age-adjusted

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Query Criteria

Measure Description:Proportion of adults whose mental health was not good for 14 or more of the past 30 days
Percentage with frequent mental distress Filter: 14 or More of the Past 30 Days Not Good
Year Filter: 2022
Data Grouped By:Year

YearFrequent Mental Distress - Age Adjusted95% Confidence Interval, Lower Limit95% Confidence Interval, Upper LimitSample SizeMargin of ErrorRelative Standard Error
2022202214.3%13.1%15.5%7,8521.2%4.2%
Overall 14.3%13.1%15.5%7,8521.2%4.2%

Data Notes

  • Outcome Measure
    Question Wording
    Now thinking about your mental health, which includes stress, depression, and problems with emotions,for how many days during the past 30 days was your mental health not good?

    Related Health Indicators and Objectives
    Recent mentally unhealthy days among adults aged >=18 years (CDC Chronic Disease Indicator)

  • Statistical Considerations
    Missing Values
    Rows for "unknown" data are not shown but the values in those rows are included in the totals.

    Weighted Estimates
    The estimated percentages reported above have been produced by weighting the sample so that the results better represent the New Jersey adult population and to adjust for the probability of selection. The sample sizes reported in the table are unweighted. Estimates calculated using the unweighted sample sizes will not be accurate.

    Denominator
    Unless otherwise indicated, the denominator used for the calculation of these estimates includes all survey respondents except those with missing, don't know, and refused answers. (If the query was limited to a particular sub-population-group, only those respondents are included in the denominator.)

    Statistical Reliability
    The margin of error (MOE) is calculated as the standard error of the estimate multiplied by 1.96. A MOE of 3 percentage points or less is commonly used as a standard of reliability for opinion surveys, although the reliability of a measure should ideally be assessed in conjunction with the specific use to which it will be put.

    The relative standard error (RSE) also provides a measure of reliability for statistical estimates. The RSE is computed by dividing the standard error of the estimate by the estimate itself (or its complement, if the estimate itself is a proportion greater than 0.5) and multiplying by 100 to convert it to a percentage. (Estimates with a RSE above 25%-30% are commonly flagged as "unreliable" for government surveys, although the reliability of a measure should ideally be assessed in conjunction with the specific use to which it will be put.)

  • Measure Notes

    Data have been age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.

Data Sources

Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health
(http://www.nj.gov/health/chs/njbrfs/)

Data Issue

Data from the New Jersey Behavioral Risk Factor Survey are intended to be representative of all non-institutionalized adult residents of New Jersey. Due to resource issues, however, adults with limited personal access to phone service or limited command of either English or Spanish are not represented. As with all surveys, also, some error results from nonresponse (e.g., refusal to participate in the survey or to answer specific questions), and faulty measurement (e.g., responses affected by social desirability or recall error). Data collection procedures intended to minimize such errors include the use of strict calling protocols, good questionnaire design, standardization of interviewer behavior, interviewer training, and frequent, on-site interviewer monitoring and supervision. Statistical weighting procedures are also used to minimize the potential impact of disproportionate representation of demographic subgroups defined in terms of age, sex, race, ethnicity, education level, marital status, home ownership, and county of residence. (See also Behavioral Risk Factor Survey Data Description and Technical Notes.)
These data were queried on: Mon, 7 Apr 2025 15:28:30 EDT
The dataset was last updated on: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 22:51:51 EDT
New Jersey Behavioral Risk Factor Survey, Center for Health Statistics, New Jersey Department of Health, PO Box 360, Trenton, NJ 08625-0360, e-mail: chs@doh.nj.gov (https://nj.gov/health/chs/njbrfs/)