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Appendix A: Mental Health-related and BRFSS Indicators

This appendix offers both individual and state-level characteristics that help explain why residents in different States report different attitudes towards mental illness.

Table A. Mental Health-related and BRFSS Indicators for 37 States and the District of Columbia*

(Lists State-level characteristics in 2007 and 2009 related to differences in attitudes)

	Per Capita Expenditure of State Mental Health Agencies (2004)		Population in Mental Health Professional Shortage Area (2010)		Population with Health Insurance Coverage		Unemployment Rate		Per Capita Donated Media Value		Frequent Mental Distress		Serious Psychological Distress		Receiving Mental Health Medicine or Treatment		Population Aged 18-24
	Dollars		Percent		Percent		Percent		Dollars		Percent		Percent		Percent		Percent
State	2007	2009	2007	2009	2007	2009	2007	2009	2007	2009	2007	2009	2007	2009	2007	2009	2007	2009
Alaska	287.56	287.56	38	38	82	82	6	8	36.89	36.86	9	N/A	2	N/A	10	N/A	15	N/A
Arkansas	32.95	32.95	48	48	84	81	5	7	0.83	2.89	11	N/A	5	N/A	12	N/A	13	N/A
California	113.61	113.61	10	10	82	80	5	11	4.95	8.08	10	12	4	3	8	6	14	14
Colorado	69.07	69.07	15	15	84	85	4	8	1.32	16.1	9	N/A	3	N/A	10	N/A	13	N/A
Connecticut	152.09	152.09	13	13	91	88	5	8	4.75	6.43	8	N/A	3	N/A	12	N/A	9	N/A
District of Columbia	409.92	409.92	14	14	91	88	5	10	0.09	96.89	8	N/A	2	N/A	11	N/A	6	N/A
Georgia	51.25	51.25	32	32	83	80	5	10	1.26	1.42	11	9	5	3	11	8	8	8
Hawaii	147.99	147.99	6	6	93	92	3	7	0.01	0.2	9	7	2	2	6	6	13	12
Illinois	68.51	68.51	35	35	87	85	5	10	3.12	6.37	8	N/A	3	N/A	9	N/A	11	N/A
Indiana	80.58	80.58	16	16	89	86	5	10	0.67	2.06	10	N/A	3	N/A	12	N/A	13	N/A
Iowa	76.14	76.14	44	44	91	89	4	6	4.16	10.54	7	N/A	2	N/A	12	N/A	13	N/A
Kansas	83.22	83.22	37	37	87	87	4	7	2.99	2.94	7	9	3	2	10	11	8	9
Kentucky	49.69	49.69	28	28	86	84	6	11	3.82	4.4	12	N/A	6	N/A	14	N/A	9	N/A
Louisiana	52.63	52.63	59	59	82	84	4	7	1.09	2.09	9	N/A	5	N/A	11	N/A	8	N/A
Maine	130.66	130.66	12	12	91	90	5	8	9.19	18.4	9	N/A	4	N/A	15	N/A	12	N/A
Massachusetts	103.99	103.99	6	6	95	96	4	8	0.07	1.21	9	8	3	3	14	12	9	7
Michigan	90.96	90.96	12	12	88	86	7	14	2.18	6.81	10	11	4	3	11	14	11	11
Minnesota	121.37	121.37	27	27	92	91	5	8	0.5	0.71	7	N/A	3	N/A	11	N/A	13	N/A
Mississippi	95.5	95.5	35	35	81	82	6	10	3.48	4.48	13	13	6	7	12	13	14	12
Missouri	69.33	69.33	38	38	87	85	5	9	4.6	8.91	11	12	5	5	12	14	12	9
Montana	126.49	126.49	46	46	84	85	4	6	26.16	41.18	9	N/A	3	N/A	13	N/A	12	N/A
Nebraska	58.28	58.28	43	43	87	89	3	5	1.27	5.69	8	7	2	3	10	9	10	6
Nevada	54.45	54.45	8	8	83	79	5	12	2.19	2.74	11	12	4	4	8	8	12	8
New Hampshire	117.21	117.21	4	4	90	90	4	6	23.12	37.88	10	N/A	3	N/A	13	N/A	8	N/A
New Mexico	27.78	27.78	47	47	78	78	4	7	6.82	13.06	10	N/A	4	N/A	10	N/A	14	N/A
Ohio	64.06	64.06	19	19	88	86	6	10	3.37	3.82	12	N/A	5	N/A	13	N/A	8	N/A
Oklahoma	39.79	39.79	36	36	82	82	4	6	0.06	1	12	N/A	5	N/A	12	N/A	11	N/A
Oregon	60.79	60.79	24	24	83	82	5	11	3.9	6.82	10	N/A	3	N/A	13	N/A	9	N/A
Rhode Island	92.92	92.92	15	15	89	88	5	11	0	2.13	10	N/A	5	N/A	14	N/A	12	N/A
South Carolina	67.31	67.31	27	27	84	83	6	12	0.19	1.78	11	11	5	4	11	12	9	10
Tennessee	88.16	88.16	34	34	86	85	5	11	1.19	1.42	N/A	13	N/A	8	N/A	14	N/A	7
Texas	36.7	36.7	27	27	75	74	4	8	1.42	4.15	11	N/A	5	N/A	11	N/A	7	N/A
Utah	N/A	73.56	N/A	37	N/A	85	N/A	7	N/A	5.19	N/A	9	N/A	2	N/A	13	N/A	13
Vermont	165.95	165.95	7	7	89	90	4	7	13.31	46.83	9	9	3	3	13	14	13	12
Virginia	69.79	69.79	17	17	85	87	3	7	3.53	5.35	8	N/A	3	N/A	11	N/A	9	N/A
Washington	93.6	93.6	30	30	89	87	5	9	1.55	3.11	9	9	3	3	12	13	13	8
Wisconsin	94.82	94.82	36	36	92	91	5	9	3.68	5.09	8	N/A	3	N/A	10	N/A	14	N/A
Wyoming	102.44	102.44	75	75	86	84	3	6	7.45	7.17	9	9	3	3	11	12	14	13

*Puerto Rico was omitted from multilevel analysis because not all state-level predictors examined (e.g., donated media) were available. (We describe this on page 8 of the methodology). Because it looks like we goofed in the final document, my suggestion is to omit the asterisk on Table A. We state this on page 8 of the methodology, so careful readers should catch it—and or we can refer any inquiries back to this point.

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Introduction to Figures 1 –3

Figures 1 through 3 below depict how much the percent disagreement that treatment can help those with mental illness, the percent disagreement that people are caring and sympathetic to people with mental illness, and the percent of adults receiving mental health treatment vary with the quantity of each state-level predictor (e.g., per capita expenditures, percentage of population living in mental health professional shortage areas), from lowest value to highest value. The three horizontal bars in each figure represent the average level of agreement for these three outcomes at the 25th, 50th, and the 75th percentile of the values of these state-level predictors. Each figure depicts the statistically significant associations found between each state-level predictor and the outcome.