TABLE 6. Self-Reported Measures of Mental or Emotional Health by Age, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity Among the Big Cities Health Coalition Governmental Public Health Workforce, 2021a.
| Age, y | <31 | 31+ | Overall | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good to excellent mental healthb | 63 | 60-67 | 77 | 76-78 | 75 | 74-76 |
| Poor/fair mental healthb | 37 | 33-40 | 23 | 22-24 | 25 | 24-26 |
| I have felt bullied, threatened, or harassedb | 17 | 14-20 | 12 | 11-13 | 13 | 12-14 |
| I have felt that my public health expertise was undermined or challengedb | 36 | 32-39 | 26 | 24-27 | 27 | 26-28 |
| Probable PTSD (3 or more reported symptoms)b | 38 | 35-42 | 27 | 26-29 | 29 | 27-30 |
| Gender | Man | Woman | Some Other Way | |||
| Good to excellent mental healthb | 78 | 75-80 | 75 | 74-76 | 53 | 43-63 |
| Poor/fair mental healthb | 22 | 20-25 | 25 | 24-26 | 47 | 37-57 |
| I have felt bullied, threatened, or harassedb | 16 | 14-18 | 12 | 11-13 | 20 | 13-29 |
| I have felt that my public health expertise was undermined or challengedb | 26 | 24-29 | 26 | 25-28 | 44 | 34-54 |
| Probable PTSD (3 or more reported symptoms)b | 25 | 23-28 | 29 | 28-31 | 43 | 33-53 |
| Race and ethnicity | White | BIPOC | ||||
| Good to excellent mental healthb | 71 | 68-73 | 77 | 76-79 | ||
| Poor/fair mental healthb | 29 | 27-32 | 23 | 21-24 | ||
| I have felt bullied, threatened, or harassedb | 15 | 13-17 | 12 | 11-13 | ||
| I have felt that my public health expertise was undermined or challengedb | 39 | 36-41 | 21 | 20-23 | ||
| Probable PTSD (3 or more reported symptoms)b | 34 | 31-36 | 26 | 25-28 | ||
Abbreviations: BIPOC, Black, Indigenous, and people of color; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder.
aEstimates shown as estimate (95% confidence interval) by year.
bDifferences between groups are statistically significant at P < .05.