Database schema:

CREATE TABLE "Answer" (
	"AnswerText" TEXT -- example: ['44', '37'],
	"SurveyID" INTEGER -- example: ['2014', '2016'],
	"UserID" INTEGER -- example: ['2', '1'],
	"QuestionID" INTEGER -- example: ['2', '1'],
	PRIMARY KEY ("UserID", "QuestionID"), 
	CONSTRAINT fk_answer_question FOREIGN KEY("QuestionID") REFERENCES "Question" (questionid),
	CONSTRAINT fk_answer_survey FOREIGN KEY("SurveyID") REFERENCES "Survey" ("SurveyID")
)


CREATE TABLE "Question" (
	questiontext TEXT -- example: ['What is your age?', 'What is your gender?'],
	questionid INTEGER -- example: ['2', '1'],
	PRIMARY KEY (questionid)
)


CREATE TABLE "Survey" (
	"SurveyID" INTEGER -- example: ['2014', '2016'],
	"Description" TEXT -- example: ['mental health survey for 2014', 'mental health survey for 2016'],
	PRIMARY KEY ("SurveyID")
)

Question: Betweeen 2016 to 2019, which year recorded the highest number of people with mental illness?
Evidence: Between 2016 to 2019 refer to SurveyID 2016 BETWEEN 2019; People with mental illness refers to AnswerText = 'Yes' where questionid = 34

SQL:
SELECT T1.SurveyID FROM Answer AS T1 INNER JOIN Question AS T2 ON T1.QuestionID = T2.questionid WHERE T1.SurveyID BETWEEN 2016 AND 2019 AND T2.questionid = 34 AND T1.AnswerText LIKE 'Yes' GROUP BY T1.SurveyID ORDER BY COUNT(T1.UserID) DESC LIMIT 1