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Seattle is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest, and the seat of King County. 11% of the 737,015 residents live in poverty. King County ranks 2nd of 39 counties in the state for health outcomes like quality of life and life expectancy and 1st for health factors like health behaviors, clinical care, social and economic factors, and physical environment. Residents of King County report 3.8 poor mental health days every month, 0.3 less than the national average of 4.1.
A 2016 public health report showed that 10.5% of King County residents reported 14 or more days of mental distress in the past 30 days. In the Seattle Public Schools, one in four students reported feeling hopeless for more than two weeks in the past year. 20% of students reported that they’d been bullied, 8% had been cyber-bullied, 6% carried a weapon to school, and 19% felt unsafe at school.
Data from 2009 to 2013 shows that an average of 3% of adults in King County experienced serious psychological distress over a 30-day time period. 21% of King County adults reported receiving a diagnosis of depression at some time during their lives. Of those reporting serious psychological distress, 69% reported five or more days of not being unable to carry out usual activities. Residents with incomes under 200% of the federal poverty level were four times more likely to have psychological distress than those with higher income.
In 2021, Mental Health America ranked Washington 31st overall in the country for mental health according to 15 adult and youth measures of mental illness prevalence and access to care. Washington moved up from their previous ranking of 45th in large part due to a decrease in youth with major depression who did not receive treatment.
Across the state, 1,269,000 or 22.23% of adults experienced a mental illness (ranking 46th) and 487,000 or 8.53% had a substance use disorder in the past year (ranking 32nd). 704,000 or 53.5% of those with mental illness did not receive treatment (ranking 23rd), while 310,000 or 23.7% of those who sought mental health treatment reported an unmet need (ranking 22nd) due to barriers like cost and lack of providers or insurance.
Among Washington youth ages 12-17, 85,000 or 15.66% suffered from at least one major depressive episode last year (ranking 44th). 27,000 or 5.01% had a substance use disorder (ranking 46th). 53,000 or 10.3% of youth coped with severe major depression (ranking 31st). 38,000 or 47% of those with major depression did not receive treatment (ranking 6th). 13,000 or 26.7% of youth with severe depression received some consistent treatment over the year (ranking 32nd) such as a day treatment facility, mental health clinic, private therapist, or in-home therapist, more than 7 times in the year.
The ratio of mental health care providers to residents in Washington is 270:1 (ranking 11th).
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