Mental illness prevalence
About 1 in 5 Oklahoma adults has a mental illness.
This is just below the national average and lower than several states that border Oklahoma.
Source: 2023-2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH)
Oklahoma adults experience mental illness at rates close to the U.S. average.
About 8% of Oklahoma adults experienced a major depressive episode in the past year, on par with the national average.
Source: 2005-2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), the most recent data available
Note: The gap after 2018-2019 data exists because estimates for 2021-2022 cannot be compared to estimates from previous years due to changes in NSDUH survey methodology.
About 1 in 20 Oklahoma adults has serious thoughts of suicide.
This is about the same as the national average.
Source: 2005-2024 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), the most recent data available
Note: The gap after 2018-2019 data exists because estimates for 2021-2022 cannot be compared to estimates from previous years due to changes in NSDUH survey methodology.
In recent years, Oklahoma has seen higher suicide rates in rural counties.
With about 21 deaths for every 100,000 residents, Oklahoma had the seventh-highest suicide rate in the country in 2024. Most of these suicides are firearm deaths.
Source: 2018-2024 data from CDC WONDER
Note: Data was not available for all counties. For privacy reasons, suicide death rates were suppressed for counties and suicide mechanisms with fewer than five annual deaths.
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