Mental health · 2025 survey
Personal Mental Health Rating
Personally speaking, how would you rate your own overall mental health?
57% of young American men rate their own mental health as fair, poor or very poor.
Topline, all respondents
- Excellent14%
- Good26.5%
- Fair33%
- Poor15.2%
- Very poor9.2%
- Unsure2%
Most common answer
Fair
Share
33.0%
Deck page
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The numbers
| Response | Percent |
|---|---|
| Excellent | 14.0 |
| Good | 26.5 |
| Fair | 33.0 |
| Poor | 15.2 |
| Very poor | 9.2 |
| Unsure | 2.0 |
By segment
This question carries the survey’s full 40-segment crosstab. Compare any two groups.
Regular Exercise
48%
Positive mental health
20%
Negative mental health
Never Exercise
23%
Positive mental health
40%
Negative mental health
Regular Exercise report positive mental health 25 points above Never Exercise: 48% versus 23%. The national figure is 40.5%.
- Excellent16%10%
- Good32%13%
- Fair31%31%
- Poor14%19%
- Very poor6%20%
- Unsure1%7%
View as table
| Rating | Regular Exercise | Never Exercise |
|---|---|---|
| Excellent | 16% | 10% |
| Good | 32% | 13% |
| Fair | 31% | 31% |
| Poor | 14% | 19% |
| Very poor | 6% | 20% |
| Unsure | 1% | 7% |
Citation
Cygnal / The Lafayette Company, “Personally speaking, how would you rate your own overall mental health?” Survey of 1,000 American men aged 16 to 28, fielded October 22–26, 2025, margin of error ±3.01%.