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Frequent physical distress, 14+ days: U.S. states ranked (2024)

Measure: Frequent physical distress, 14+ days. All 49 states and District of Columbia with data in Frequent distress, checkups and personal doctors by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

Licence: Public domain (U.S. federal government work).
Data last updated: 2026-10-30

Download full table CSV Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (opens in a new tab)

Small states, hard to see on the map:

DC 8.5 %
RI 13.1 %
DE 12.5 %
CT 12.1 %
NJ 11.8 %
MD 11.3 %
MA 11.9 %
VT 12.7 %
NH 11.5 %

Lowest: 8.5 to 11.8 %
Group 2: 11.8 to 12.6 %
Group 3: 12.6 to 13.7 %
Group 4: 13.7 to 14.5 %
Highest: 14.5 to 18 %

The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.


1	Arkansas	18
2	Kentucky	17.4
2	West Virginia	17.4
4	Louisiana	15.2
5	Alabama	15.1
5	Maine	15.1
5	Oregon	15.1
8	Michigan	14.8
9	Montana	14.5
9	New Mexico	14.5
9	Wyoming	14.5
12	Nevada	14.4
12	Oklahoma	14.4
14	Georgia	14.3
15	Idaho	14
15	Indiana	14
17	Mississippi	13.9
18	Alaska	13.8
19	Missouri	13.7
19	Pennsylvania	13.7
21	Florida	13.6
22	Arizona	13.2
22	Ohio	13.2
22	Wisconsin	13.2
25	Rhode Island	13.1
26	South Carolina	13
27	Washington	12.8
28	New York	12.7
28	Vermont	12.7
30	Virginia	12.6
31	California	12.5
31	Delaware	12.5
33	Texas	12.4
34	Illinois	12.3
35	Connecticut	12.1
36	Kansas	12
37	Colorado	11.9
37	Massachusetts	11.9
37	Utah	11.9
40	New Jersey	11.8
41	Iowa	11.7
42	New Hampshire	11.5
43	Hawaii	11.4
44	Maryland	11.3
44	Nebraska	11.3
46	North Carolina	11.2
47	South Dakota	11.1
48	Minnesota	11
49	North Dakota	10.3
50	District of Columbia	8.5

Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011 to present), data.cdc.gov dataset dttw-5yxu. Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by frequent physical distress, 14+ days (2024). Data: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), BRFSS Prevalence Data (2011 to present), data.cdc.gov dataset dttw-5yxu; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-10-30. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-frequent-physical-distress-14-plus-days/

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