Behavioral Health Diagnoses Among Insured Population

This chart displays the percentage of insured residents with a diagnosed behavioral health condition by age group for the 14-county Finger Lakes region over a period of 9 years. At a regional level, the data provide valuable information regarding the rise in behavioral health diagnoses amongst all age groups between 2016 and 2024. Regardless of whether this is related to improvements in screening and detection or an actual increase in prevalence, the need for behavioral health professionals and services is on the rise. Of note, this dataset does not include all insurance providers. Understanding that some counties may have greater market share than others of the providers included, the data may be more representative of some individual counties than others. 

Methodology note: The SES index ranking was developed by Common Ground Health and calculated using a variety of socioeconomic indicators from the American Community Survey including average income, poverty rates, education levels, housing value, and homeownership. Each ZIP code is assigned a socioeconomic (SES) index ranking from 1 to 5. The lower SES ZIP codes tend to have lower average income, higher poverty rates, lower prevalence of college degrees, etc.

Methodology note: Years of potential life lost (YPLL) is a widely used measure to assess the rate of premature mortality. YPLL places a larger weight on the deaths of younger people, in contrast with overall mortality statistics which are dominated by deaths of the elderly. The YPLL rates in Common Ground Health analyses are derived using 75 years as the baseline. A death at age 65 has YPLL of 10, where as a death at age 35 has a YPLL of 40. The rates are calculated per 100,000 population and are age-sex adjusted to account for differences in population distribution.