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New York City is the most populous city in the United States with a population of 8,804,190. New York City is made up of five boroughs: Brooklyn, Queens, Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island. Of 62 ranked counties in New York State, Kings County (Brooklyn) is ranked 13th for health outcomes and 47th for health factors. Queens County (Queens) is 8th for health outcomes and 24th for health factors. New York County (Manhattan) is 6th for both health outcomes and factors. Richmond County (Staten Island) is 17th for health outcomes and 16th for health factors. And Bronx County comes in last, 62nd, for both health outcomes and health factors. Health outcomes signify quality of life and life expectancy while health factors reflect health behaviors, clinical care, social and economic factors, and physical environment. New Yorkers report 3.6 poor mental health days every month, which is half a day lower than the national average of 4.1.

According to the New York City’s Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health, one in five New Yorkers experience mental illness in a given year, which is equal to about 65% of the residents of Brooklyn. 49.2% of those with health insurance and 29.8% of those without insurance received mental healthcare. Non-White New Yorkers are less likely to receive mental healthcare than White New Yorkers; among those with depression, 58.3% of Whites, 39.3% of Latinx, 38.2% of Asian Americans or Pacific Islanders, and 30.3% of Blacks report receiving mental health treatment.

Connection to mental healthcare also varied according to neighborhood; in Coney Island, Long Island City/Astoria, and the Upper East Side/Gramercy, between 66.5 and 68% of those with mental health needs received treatment; In the Northeast Bronx, Borough Park, and Kingsbridge, between 19.4 and 20.7% of those with needs received mental health treatment. Neighborhoods with the highest poverty have over twice as many psychiatric hospitalizations per capita as the lowest poverty neighborhoods.

Among youth in New York City, males are less likely to be connected with mental healthcare than females. High school students with mental healthcare needs self-reported connection to care as follows: 14.5% of female and 7.5% of male Asian American or Pacific Islanders, 20.7% of female and 16.9% of Blacks, 25.3% of female and 14.9% of Latinx, and 18.4% of female and 14.9% of Whites.

In 2021, Mental Health America ranked New York state 6th in the country for mental health according to 15 adult and youth measures of mental illness prevalence and access to care. New York was ranked 2nd in the U.S. for adults, and 12th for youth. Across the state, 2,802,000 or 18.25% of residents experienced a mental illness (ranking 12th) and 157,000 or 11.4% of youth ages 12-17 suffered from at least one major depressive episode in the past year (ranking 2nd).

Sources

1. New York City. Wikipedia.  [Accessed September 2021]
2. New York. County Health Rankings & Roadmap.  [Accessed September 2021]
3. Mental Health Data Dashboard. New York City’s Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health.  [Accessed September 2021]
4. The State of Mental Health in America 2021. Mental Health America.  [Accessed September 2021]

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