The AHS Index is a new way to look at data that illuminates a snapshot of our world today. It is intended to highlight health inequities and spark conversation, debate, outrage, and wonder.
Rank of the U.S. on The World Happiness Report’s list of countries with the happiest young people (younger than 30 years old): 62
Rank of the U.S. on its list of countries with the happiest older people (60 and up): 10
Age that females start to report lower life satisfaction than males throughout most global regions: 12
Percent of students in Alameda County schools who report experiencing chronic sadness or hopelessness: 37
Percent of students in Alameda County who do not perceive school as safe or very safe: 44
Percent of seventh graders in Alameda County who report experiencing bullying in school: 36
Of Black or Asian seventh graders in Alameda County: 46
Percent of Black youth between the ages of 15 and 18 who say they have experienced racial discrimination on social media: 93%
Of Asian youth: 88%
Of Latinx youth: 78%
Of Indigenous youth: 63%
Percent of California children who did not receive needed mental health care in 2021 and 2022, according to a report from the Commonwealth Fund: 21