{
  "alt": "Line chart of the difference in frequent mental distress between adults {fact:band_young} and adults {fact:band_mid} by survey year. The line starts near zero in 2014, climbs to a peak in 2022 with a dip in 2020, then falls in 2023 and 2024 while staying above zero, with narrow intervals.",
  "caption": "The line crosses zero between 2014 and 2015, the interval only just clears zero in {fact:year_cross} and stays above zero in every later year, and the difference is largest in 2022 and smaller in 2024. Each point is the weighted share for adults {fact:band_young} minus the weighted share for adults {fact:band_mid} in that year, with a 95% interval that accounts for the two groups sharing one survey design.",
  "data": [
    {
      "conf_high": 0.55,
      "conf_low": -1,
      "gap": -0.23,
      "n": 164132,
      "year": 2014
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 1.67,
      "conf_low": 0.07,
      "gap": 0.87,
      "n": 155179,
      "year": 2015
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 2.73,
      "conf_low": 1.14,
      "gap": 1.93,
      "n": 167505,
      "year": 2016
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 4.65,
      "conf_low": 2.83,
      "gap": 3.74,
      "n": 154101,
      "year": 2017
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 5.99,
      "conf_low": 4.22,
      "gap": 5.11,
      "n": 145835,
      "year": 2018
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 8.4,
      "conf_low": 6.49,
      "gap": 7.45,
      "n": 134635,
      "year": 2019
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 7.25,
      "conf_low": 5.15,
      "gap": 6.2,
      "n": 129205,
      "year": 2020
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 10.15,
      "conf_low": 8.13,
      "gap": 9.14,
      "n": 137669,
      "year": 2021
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 12.56,
      "conf_low": 10.56,
      "gap": 11.56,
      "n": 136149,
      "year": 2022
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 10.45,
      "conf_low": 8.36,
      "gap": 9.41,
      "n": 128689,
      "year": 2023
    },
    {
      "conf_high": 8.36,
      "conf_low": 6.41,
      "gap": 7.38,
      "n": 134822,
      "year": 2024
    }
  ],
  "id": "young_minus_midlife",
  "notes": [],
  "source": "CDC BRFSS, 2014-2024, adults in the 50 states and DC; weighted (BRFSS final weight), design-based intervals",
  "spec": {
    "annotations": [
      {
        "label": "No difference",
        "type": "y-rule",
        "y": 0
      }
    ],
    "hi": "conf_high",
    "lo": "conf_low",
    "n": "n",
    "x": "year",
    "xDomain": [
      2014,
      2024
    ],
    "xLabel": "Survey year",
    "xTicks": "data",
    "y": "gap",
    "yDomain": [
      -3,
      14
    ],
    "yFormat": {
      "digits": 1
    },
    "yLabel": "Difference in frequent mental distress (percentage points)"
  },
  "subtitle": "Rate for adults 18 to 24 minus rate for adults 50 to 64, percentage points, design-based difference by survey year, 50 states and DC, 2014 to 2024",
  "title": "The difference in frequent distress between adults {fact:band_young} and adults {fact:band_mid} went from {fact:gap_ym_2014} points in 2014 to {fact:gap_ym_2022} points in 2022",
  "type": "line"
}