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    "display": "25 to 29",
    "estimand": "definition used in this chapter, not an estimate",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2024",
    "population": "an age group of respondents defined in this chapter",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "years of age",
    "value": 25,
    "weights": "none (definition)"
  },
  "band_2534": {
    "display": "25 to 34",
    "estimand": "definition used in this chapter, not an estimate",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2024",
    "population": "an age group of respondents defined in this chapter",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "years of age",
    "value": 25,
    "weights": "none (definition)"
  },
  "band_3034": {
    "display": "30 to 34",
    "estimand": "definition used in this chapter, not an estimate",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2024",
    "population": "an age group of respondents defined in this chapter",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "years of age",
    "value": 30,
    "weights": "none (definition)"
  },
  "band_3549": {
    "display": "35 to 49",
    "estimand": "definition used in this chapter, not an estimate",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2024",
    "population": "an age group of respondents defined in this chapter",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "years of age",
    "value": 35,
    "weights": "none (definition)"
  },
  "band_5559": {
    "display": "55 to 59",
    "estimand": "definition used in this chapter, not an estimate",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2024",
    "population": "an age group of respondents defined in this chapter",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "years of age",
    "value": 55,
    "weights": "none (definition)"
  },
  "band_6569": {
    "display": "65 to 69",
    "estimand": "definition used in this chapter, not an estimate",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2024",
    "population": "an age group of respondents defined in this chapter",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "years of age",
    "value": 65,
    "weights": "none (definition)"
  },
  "band_6574": {
    "display": "65 to 74",
    "estimand": "definition used in this chapter, not an estimate",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2024",
    "population": "an age group of respondents defined in this chapter",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "years of age",
    "value": 65,
    "weights": "none (definition)"
  },
  "band_mid": {
    "display": "50 to 64",
    "estimand": "definition used in this chapter, not an estimate",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2024",
    "population": "an age group of respondents defined in this chapter",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "years of age",
    "value": 50,
    "weights": "none (definition)"
  },
  "band_old": {
    "display": "75 and older",
    "estimand": "definition used in this chapter, not an estimate",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2024",
    "population": "an age group of respondents defined in this chapter",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "years of age",
    "value": 75,
    "weights": "none (definition)"
  },
  "band_young": {
    "display": "18 to 24",
    "estimand": "definition used in this chapter, not an estimate",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2024",
    "population": "an age group of respondents defined in this chapter",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "years of age",
    "value": 18,
    "weights": "none (definition)"
  },
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      6.8,
      8.6
    ],
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    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
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    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
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  },
  "chg_3549_22_24": {
    "ci": [
      0.2,
      1.6
    ],
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    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024 compared with 2022",
    "population": "adults 35 to 49 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
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    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "chg_mid_14_24": {
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      1.3,
      2.5
    ],
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    "n": 247091,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024 compared with 2014",
    "population": "adults 50 to 64 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
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    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "chg_old_14_24": {
    "ci": [
      0.3,
      1.6
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "1.0",
    "estimand": "design-based difference between two survey periods, estimated from independent samples (separate survey years), interval from Taylor linearization, 2024 minus 2014",
    "n": 140907,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024 compared with 2014",
    "population": "adults 75 and older in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 0.977903,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "chg_young_14_24": {
    "ci": [
      8.4,
      10.6
    ],
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    "estimand": "design-based difference between two survey periods, estimated from independent samples (separate survey years), interval from Taylor linearization, 2024 minus 2014",
    "n": 51863,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024 compared with 2014",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 9.48225,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
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    "note": "",
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    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 0.472668,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
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    "nUnit": "states",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2024",
    "population": "jurisdictions with respondents in every survey year",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "states and the District of Columbia",
    "value": 46,
    "weights": "none (count)"
  },
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      20.8,
      21.6
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
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    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 142659,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2016",
    "population": "adults 55 to 59 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents ever told by a health professional that they have a depressive disorder",
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    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "dep_5559_late": {
    "ci": [
      20.2,
      21.2
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "20.7%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
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    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 55 to 59 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents ever told by a health professional that they have a depressive disorder",
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    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
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    "ci": [
      -0.5,
      1.1
    ],
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    "display": "+0.3",
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    "n": 145474,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 and adults 25 to 29 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 0.258908,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "dep_gap_vs_3034": {
    "ci": [
      -0.1,
      1.5
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "+0.7",
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    "n": 155148,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 and adults 30 to 34 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 0.678596,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "dep_young_early": {
    "ci": [
      15.1,
      16
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "15.5%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 72503,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2016",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents ever told by a health professional that they have a depressive disorder",
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    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "dep_young_late": {
    "ci": [
      25.1,
      26.1
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "25.6%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 80455,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents ever told by a health professional that they have a depressive disorder",
    "value": 25.5952,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "did_inc_2_vs_low": {
    "ci": [
      3.7,
      9
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "6.3",
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    "n": 46215,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024 compared with 2014 to 2016",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in the second and lowest household income brackets",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 6.32436,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "did_inc_top_vs_low": {
    "ci": [
      -1.8,
      3.2
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "0.7",
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    "n": 49419,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024 compared with 2014 to 2016",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in the top and lowest household income brackets",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 0.695404,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "dip_young_2020": {
    "ci": [
      0.2,
      2.8
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "1.5",
    "estimand": "design-based difference between two survey periods, estimated from independent samples (separate survey years), interval from Taylor linearization, 2019 minus 2020",
    "n": 48616,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2019 compared with 2020",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 1.49406,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "drop_young_22_24": {
    "ci": [
      2.3,
      4.8
    ],
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    "display": "3.5",
    "estimand": "design-based difference between two survey periods, estimated from independent samples (separate survey years), interval from Taylor linearization, 2022 minus 2024",
    "n": 54526,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 compared with 2024",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 3.52629,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "dx_gap_6569_late": {
    "ci": [
      7.1,
      8.1
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "7.6",
    "estimand": "design-based mean over respondents who answered both items of each respondent's diagnosis indicator minus distress indicator, interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 135563,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 65 to 69 who answered both the distress and the diagnosis questions, in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 7.61477,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "dx_gap_80_late": {
    "ci": [
      2.3,
      3.3
    ],
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    "display": "2.8",
    "estimand": "design-based mean over respondents who answered both items of each respondent's diagnosis indicator minus distress indicator, interval from Taylor linearization",
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    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 80 and older who answered both the distress and the diagnosis questions, in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 2.79145,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
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    "ci": [
      1.7,
      2.7
    ],
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    "display": "2.2",
    "estimand": "design-based mean over respondents who answered both items of each respondent's diagnosis indicator minus distress indicator, interval from Taylor linearization",
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    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2016",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 who answered both the distress and the diagnosis questions, in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 2.2172,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "dx_gap_young_late": {
    "ci": [
      1.8,
      3
    ],
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    "display": "2.4",
    "estimand": "design-based mean over respondents who answered both items of each respondent's diagnosis indicator minus distress indicator, interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 79000,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 who answered both the distress and the diagnosis questions, in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 2.41319,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "fmd_all_2014": {
    "ci": [
      11.2,
      11.6
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "11.4%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 448268,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014",
    "population": "adults in the 50 states and the District of Columbia",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 11.4243,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "fmd_all_2022": {
    "ci": [
      15.5,
      16
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "15.8%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 426923,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022",
    "population": "adults in the 50 states and the District of Columbia",
    "source": "brfss",
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    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "fmd_all_2024": {
    "ci": [
      15.3,
      15.8
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "15.6%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 442292,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "adults in the 50 states and the District of Columbia",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 15.5604,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "fmd_days": {
    "display": "14",
    "estimand": "definition used in this chapter, not an estimate",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2024",
    "population": "cutoff for frequent mental distress",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "days of poor mental health in the past 30",
    "value": 14,
    "weights": "none (definition)"
  },
  "fmd_inc_missing": {
    "ci": [
      14.6,
      15.2
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "14.9%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 255353,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults who did not report household income",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 14.9211,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "fmd_inc_reported": {
    "ci": [
      15.7,
      16
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "15.8%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 1030978,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults who reported household income",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 15.8289,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "fmd_mid_2014": {
    "ci": [
      12.2,
      12.9
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "12.5%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 140980,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014",
    "population": "adults 50 to 64 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 12.5339,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "fmd_mid_2022": {
    "ci": [
      13.3,
      14.2
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "13.8%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 110334,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022",
    "population": "adults 50 to 64 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 13.751,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "fmd_mid_2024": {
    "ci": [
      13.9,
      14.9
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "14.4%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 106111,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "adults 50 to 64 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 14.4083,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "fmd_old_2014": {
    "ci": [
      6.1,
      7
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "6.5%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 65066,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014",
    "population": "adults 75 and older in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 6.53913,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "fmd_old_2024": {
    "ci": [
      7.1,
      8
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "7.5%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 75841,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "adults 75 and older in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 7.51703,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "fmd_young_2014": {
    "ci": [
      11.6,
      13
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "12.3%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 23152,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 12.3069,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
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      24.4,
      26.2
    ],
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    "display": "25.3%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 25815,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
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    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
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    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
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    "ci": [
      20.9,
      22.7
    ],
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    "display": "21.8%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 28711,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
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    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
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    "ci": [
      -1,
      0.5
    ],
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    "display": "−0.2",
    "estimand": "design-based difference in weighted shares between two groups of one survey, interval from Taylor linearization, adults 18 to 24 minus adults 50 to 64",
    "n": 164132,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 and adults 50 to 64 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": -0.227048,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "gap_ym_2015": {
    "ci": [
      0.1,
      1.7
    ],
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    "display": "+0.9",
    "estimand": "design-based difference in weighted shares between two groups of one survey, interval from Taylor linearization, adults 18 to 24 minus adults 50 to 64",
    "n": 155179,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2015",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 and adults 50 to 64 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 0.867491,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "gap_ym_2022": {
    "ci": [
      10.6,
      12.6
    ],
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    "display": "+11.6",
    "estimand": "design-based difference in weighted shares between two groups of one survey, interval from Taylor linearization, adults 18 to 24 minus adults 50 to 64",
    "n": 136149,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 and adults 50 to 64 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 11.5645,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "gap_ym_2024": {
    "ci": [
      6.4,
      8.4
    ],
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    "display": "+7.4",
    "estimand": "design-based difference in weighted shares between two groups of one survey, interval from Taylor linearization, adults 18 to 24 minus adults 50 to 64",
    "n": 134822,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2024",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 and adults 50 to 64 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 7.38086,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "heat_age_low": {
    "ci": [
      -8.1,
      -3.8
    ],
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    "display": "−6.0",
    "estimand": "design-based difference in weighted shares between two groups of one survey, interval from Taylor linearization, adults 18 to 24 minus adults 50 to 64",
    "n": 34104,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 and 50 to 64 in the lowest household income bracket",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": -5.96645,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "heat_age_top": {
    "ci": [
      11.9,
      14.2
    ],
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    "display": "+13.0",
    "estimand": "design-based difference in weighted shares between two groups of one survey, interval from Taylor linearization, adults 18 to 24 minus adults 50 to 64",
    "n": 155745,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 and 50 to 64 in the top household income bracket",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 13.0458,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "heat_grad_2534": {
    "ci": [
      9.7,
      13.2
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "11.5",
    "estimand": "design-based difference in weighted shares between two groups of one survey, interval from Taylor linearization, lowest bracket minus top bracket",
    "n": 60520,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 25 to 34 in the lowest and top household income brackets",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 11.4654,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "heat_grad_3549": {
    "ci": [
      19.4,
      22.6
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "21.0",
    "estimand": "design-based difference in weighted shares between two groups of one survey, interval from Taylor linearization, lowest bracket minus top bracket",
    "n": 137700,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 35 to 49 in the lowest and top household income brackets",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 20.9884,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "heat_grad_mid": {
    "ci": [
      22.5,
      24.9
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "23.7",
    "estimand": "design-based difference in weighted shares between two groups of one survey, interval from Taylor linearization, lowest bracket minus top bracket",
    "n": 165514,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 50 to 64 in the lowest and top household income brackets",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 23.694,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "heat_grad_young": {
    "ci": [
      2.6,
      6.8
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "4.7",
    "estimand": "design-based difference in weighted shares between two groups of one survey, interval from Taylor linearization, lowest bracket minus top bracket",
    "n": 24335,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in the lowest and top household income brackets",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 4.68171,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "heat_max": {
    "ci": [
      31.3,
      34.5
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "32.9%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 16152,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 35 to 49 in the lowest household income bracket",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 32.9114,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "heat_mid_low": {
    "ci": [
      30.5,
      32.9
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "31.7%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 27662,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 50 to 64 in the lowest household income bracket",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 31.7051,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "heat_mid_top": {
    "ci": [
      7.7,
      8.3
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "8.0%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 137852,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 50 to 64 in the top household income bracket",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 8.01115,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "heat_young_low": {
    "ci": [
      24,
      27.6
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "25.7%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 6442,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in the lowest household income bracket",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 25.7387,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "heat_young_top": {
    "ci": [
      20,
      22.2
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "21.1%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 17893,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in the top household income bracket",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 21.057,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "inc_low_cut": {
    "display": "$20,000",
    "estimand": "definition used in this chapter, not an estimate",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2024",
    "population": "lowest household income bracket in the survey recode",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "dollars of annual household income",
    "value": 20000,
    "weights": "none (definition)"
  },
  "inc_top_cut": {
    "display": "$75,000",
    "estimand": "definition used in this chapter, not an estimate",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2024",
    "population": "highest household income bracket in the survey recode",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "dollars of annual household income",
    "value": 75000,
    "weights": "none (definition)"
  },
  "income_all_low": {
    "ci": [
      26.3,
      27.6
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "26.9%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 93274,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults in the lowest household income bracket",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 26.9403,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "income_all_top": {
    "ci": [
      10.9,
      11.3
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "11.1%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 453847,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults in the top household income bracket",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 11.0844,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "income_missing_all": {
    "display": "22.1%",
    "estimand": "weighted share of respondents whose income is don't know, refused or missing",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults in the 50 states and the District of Columbia",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of adults (weighted) with no valid household income",
    "value": 22.141,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight"
  },
  "income_missing_young": {
    "display": "32.8%",
    "estimand": "weighted share of respondents whose income is don't know, refused or missing",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of adults (weighted) with no valid household income",
    "value": 32.803,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight"
  },
  "item_nonresponse": {
    "display": "1.8%",
    "estimand": "unweighted share of rows",
    "n": 4790742,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2024",
    "population": "respondents in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents with no valid answer to the mental health question (don't know, refused or not asked)",
    "value": 1.80239,
    "weights": "none (unweighted share)"
  },
  "men_young_early": {
    "ci": [
      10.2,
      11.2
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "10.6%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 37580,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2016",
    "population": "men 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 10.6466,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "men_young_late": {
    "ci": [
      17.5,
      18.8
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "18.1%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 45502,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "men 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 18.1373,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "metro_cov_early": {
    "display": "38.7%",
    "estimand": "weighted share of respondents whose metro status is coded",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2016",
    "population": "adults in the 50 states and the District of Columbia",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of adults (weighted) with a metro status code",
    "value": 38.6634,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight"
  },
  "metro_cov_late": {
    "display": "11.4%",
    "estimand": "weighted share of respondents whose metro status is coded",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults in the 50 states and the District of Columbia",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of adults (weighted) with a metro status code",
    "value": 11.3796,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight"
  },
  "metro_n_max": {
    "display": "384",
    "estimand": "count of respondent rows",
    "n": 384,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "the largest metro-status group of adults 18 to 24",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "respondents",
    "value": 384,
    "weights": "none (unweighted count)"
  },
  "metro_n_min": {
    "display": "103",
    "estimand": "count of respondent rows",
    "n": 103,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "the smallest metro-status group of adults 18 to 24",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "respondents",
    "value": 103,
    "weights": "none (unweighted count)"
  },
  "metro_n_positive": {
    "display": "one",
    "estimand": "count of groups whose interval for the rise lies above zero",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024 compared with 2014 to 2016",
    "population": "the four metro-status groups of adults 18 to 24",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "metro-status groups",
    "value": 1,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "metro_width_max": {
    "display": "31.9",
    "estimand": "widest interval width among the four rises",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024 compared with 2014 to 2016",
    "population": "the four metro-status groups of adults 18 to 24",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 31.9054,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "metro_width_min": {
    "display": "12.6",
    "estimand": "narrowest interval width among the four rises",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024 compared with 2014 to 2016",
    "population": "the four metro-status groups of adults 18 to 24",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
    "value": 12.6191,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "n_eff_young_late": {
    "display": "24,390",
    "estimand": "Kish effective sample size, (sum of weights) squared over the sum of squared weights",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "respondents 18 to 24 with an answer to the distress question",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "respondents (effective sample size from the weights)",
    "value": 24390.3,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight"
  },
  "n_file": {
    "display": "4,874,919",
    "estimand": "count of respondent rows",
    "n": 4874919,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2024",
    "population": "respondents in the staged file, all jurisdictions",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "respondents",
    "value": 4874919,
    "weights": "none (unweighted count)"
  },
  "n_states": {
    "display": "4,790,742",
    "estimand": "count of respondent rows",
    "n": 4790742,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2024",
    "population": "respondents in the 50 states and the District of Columbia",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "respondents",
    "value": 4790742,
    "weights": "none (unweighted count)"
  },
  "n_valid_age": {
    "display": "4,626,736",
    "estimand": "count of respondent rows",
    "n": 4626736,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2024",
    "population": "respondents in the 50 states and DC with a valid answer to the distress question and an age group",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "respondents",
    "value": 4626736,
    "weights": "none (unweighted count)"
  },
  "n_young_late": {
    "display": "79,822",
    "estimand": "count of respondent rows",
    "n": 79822,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "respondents 18 to 24 with an answer to the distress question",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "respondents",
    "value": 79822,
    "weights": "none (unweighted count)"
  },
  "prof_early_80": {
    "ci": [
      6.1,
      6.7
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "6.4%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 110004,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2016",
    "population": "adults 80 and older in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 6.38906,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "prof_early_max": {
    "display": "13.3%",
    "estimand": "highest of eight design-based band estimates",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2016",
    "population": "the eight five-year age bands from 18 to 59",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 13.3287,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "prof_early_min": {
    "display": "11.7%",
    "estimand": "lowest of eight design-based band estimates",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2016",
    "population": "the eight five-year age bands from 18 to 59",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 11.713,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "prof_late_55": {
    "ci": [
      14.2,
      15.2
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "14.7%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 101915,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 55 to 59 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 14.7103,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "prof_late_80": {
    "ci": [
      6.7,
      7.5
    ],
    "ciLevel": 0.95,
    "display": "7.1%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 111830,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 80 and older in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
    "value": 7.05149,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "recall_days": {
    "display": "30",
    "estimand": "definition used in this chapter, not an estimate",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2024",
    "population": "the BRFSS mental health question",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "days in the recall period of the question",
    "value": 30,
    "weights": "none (definition)"
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      10.7
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
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      10.9
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    "n": 27770,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024 compared with 2014 to 2016",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 whose highest education is: college graduate",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
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  "rise_edu_nohs": {
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      8.9
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    "estimand": "design-based difference between two survey periods, estimated from independent samples (separate survey years), interval from Taylor linearization, late period minus early period",
    "n": 11334,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024 compared with 2014 to 2016",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 whose highest education is: did not finish high school",
    "source": "brfss",
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      13.5,
      16.8
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    "n": 25841,
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    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024 compared with 2014 to 2016",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in households in the second income bracket",
    "source": "brfss",
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      10.9
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    "n": 20374,
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in households below the lowest income cutoff",
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      11
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    "n": 29045,
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    "note": "",
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      8.3
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    "note": "",
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    "source": "brfss",
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      13.9
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    "n": 68819,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024 compared with 2014 to 2016",
    "population": "women 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
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      10.8
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
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      3.7
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "women and men 25 to 34 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percentage points",
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      1.7
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    "n": 734563,
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    "note": "",
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      6.7
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    "note": "",
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      4.6
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "women and men 50 to 64 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
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      5.8
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    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "women and men 50 to 64 in the 50 states and DC",
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      6.3
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "women and men 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
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  "sex_gap_young_late": {
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      11.9
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "women and men 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
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      16.8
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    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
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    "population": "women 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
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      29.8
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    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
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    "population": "women 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
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    "value": 2015,
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      13.7
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    "note": "",
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    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
    "source": "brfss",
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  "young_edu_college_early": {
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      9.7
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    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
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    "population": "adults 18 to 24 whose highest education is: college graduate",
    "source": "brfss",
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  "young_edu_college_late": {
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      19.6
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    "n": 15515,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
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    "population": "adults 18 to 24 whose highest education is: college graduate",
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  },
  "young_edu_nohs_early": {
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      18.8
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    "display": "17.3%",
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    "n": 5549,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
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    "population": "adults 18 to 24 whose highest education is: did not finish high school",
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  "young_edu_nohs_late": {
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      22,
      25.7
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    "n": 5785,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 whose highest education is: did not finish high school",
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    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
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      16,
      17.9
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    "display": "16.9%",
    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 13932,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2014 to 2016",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in households below the lowest income cutoff",
    "source": "brfss",
    "unit": "percent of respondents who reported frequent mental distress (14 or more of the past 30 days with mental health not good)",
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    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
  },
  "young_inc_top_late": {
    "ci": [
      20,
      22.2
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    "display": "21.1%",
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    "n": 17893,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in households at or above the top income cutoff",
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  },
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      23.9
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    "display": "23.4%",
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    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
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    "population": "adults 18 to 24 in the 50 states and DC",
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  },
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      25.9
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    "estimand": "design-based weighted share of respondents, logit interval from Taylor linearization",
    "n": 942,
    "nUnit": "respondents",
    "note": "",
    "period": "2022 to 2024",
    "population": "adults 18 to 24 with a metro status code",
    "source": "brfss",
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    "value": 20.6111,
    "weights": "BRFSS final weight with stratum and primary sampling unit (design-based)"
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