A new study to be published in June in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found a link between the state that you live in, and your mental state. The study looked at BRFSS respondent’s frequencies of depression, stress, and other mental problems; the actual measure used was the percent of respondents reporting 14 or more mentally unhealthy days. Naturally, Hawaii had the lowest rate in the country (6.6%), and Kentucky had the highest (14.4%).

The other state-level data isn’t currently available, but the CNN article about this study suggests that the Upper Midwest (ND, SD, NE, KS, MN, IA, MO, WI, IL) has the lowest rates (<8%), while the region by Kentucky had the highest rates (>12%). I’ll need to wait patiently to see where exactly Minnesota falls on this list…