2012 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-WHITES

Now thinking about your mental health, which includes stress, depression, and problems with emotions,
for how many days during the past 30 days was your mental health not good?

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  Total
Respond.^		 None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days 30 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,682 8,178 67.9 66.8-69.0 785 7.1 6.5- 7.8 1,005 9.4 8.7-10.1 938 9.1 8.4- 9.9 776 6.5 5.9- 7.1
-WHITES 8,232 5,805 67.8 66.5-69.1 575 7.3 6.6- 8.0 695 9.6 8.8-10.5 626 8.9 8.1- 9.7 531 6.4 5.8- 7.2
GENDER
Male 3,275 2,461 72.3 70.3-74.3 189 6.1 5.2- 7.2 228 8.2 7.0- 9.6 210 7.7 6.6- 9.0 187 5.7 4.7- 6.8
Female 4,957 3,344 63.6 61.8-65.3 386 8.3 7.3- 9.5 467 10.9 9.8-12.2 416 10.0 8.9-11.2 344 7.2 6.3- 8.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 171 123 72.3 62.9-80.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 11.6 6.5-19.9 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 8,048 5,674 67.7 66.3-69.0 564 7.3 6.6- 8.1 677 9.6 8.8-10.6 609 8.8 8.0- 9.7 524 6.5 5.9- 7.3
AGE
18-34 1,158 681 58.2 54.8-61.6 113 9.0 7.3-11.1 165 14.6 12.3-17.3 136 12.4 10.3-14.9 63 5.7 4.4- 7.5
35-44 1,024 625 62.0 58.5-65.4 94 8.1 6.5-10.2 123 11.2 9.2-13.5 111 11.1 9.1-13.6 71 7.5 5.7- 9.9
45-54 1,391 883 66.6 63.6-69.5 117 7.4 5.9- 9.1 136 8.8 7.2-10.8 135 8.7 7.2-10.6 120 8.5 6.9-10.4
55-64 1,692 1,174 70.4 67.7-73.0 130 7.8 6.3- 9.5 121 7.0 5.7- 8.7 134 8.0 6.5- 9.7 133 6.8 5.6- 8.3
65-74 1,643 1,317 79.8 77.3-82.1 81 5.0 3.8- 6.4 95 6.3 4.9- 8.0 68 4.5 3.4- 5.9 82 4.5 3.5- 5.8
75+ 1,265 1,077 86.0 83.5-88.2 37 2.8 1.7- 4.5 52 3.9 2.9- 5.4 40 2.9 2.1- 4.1 59 4.3 3.2- 5.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 751 517 63.8 59.0-68.3 27 4.1 2.6- 6.3 53 8.3 6.0-11.5 72 11.1 8.4-14.5 82 12.8 9.8-16.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,329 1,632 68.1 65.6-70.5 109 4.7 3.7- 5.8 184 8.1 6.8- 9.6 209 10.7 9.1-12.6 195 8.4 7.1- 9.9
Some Post-H.S. 2,256 1,545 65.1 62.5-67.7 159 8.2 6.7- 9.9 207 12.0 10.2-14.0 183 8.7 7.3-10.2 162 6.1 5.0- 7.3
College Graduate 2,876 2,094 72.2 70.1-74.2 280 10.2 8.8-11.6 250 8.9 7.7-10.3 160 6.3 5.2- 7.6 92 2.4 1.9- 3.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 791 404 46.1 41.7-50.7 48 6.9 4.9- 9.7 78 11.4 8.7-14.7 116 15.9 12.9-19.6 145 19.6 16.1-23.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,197 815 61.9 58.2-65.5 50 4.9 3.4- 7.1 110 11.2 8.9-13.9 110 11.5 9.3-14.1 112 10.5 8.4-13.0
$25,000- 34,999 842 568 66.3 62.1-70.2 62 7.3 5.4- 9.6 74 9.3 6.9-12.3 82 10.1 7.8-13.0 56 7.1 5.2- 9.5
$35,000- 49,999 1,058 748 68.5 64.8-72.0 70 6.0 4.6- 7.9 102 10.6 8.5-13.3 90 9.7 7.6-12.3 48 5.1 3.4- 7.6
$50,000- 74,999 1,083 808 72.7 69.0-76.1 88 10.1 7.6-13.2 82 7.1 5.5- 9.1 65 6.8 5.0- 9.1 40 3.3 2.3- 4.8
$75,000+ 1,860 1,402 73.7 71.0-76.3 178 9.1 7.7-10.8 153 9.9 8.0-12.1 81 5.4 4.2- 7.0 46 1.9 1.3- 2.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,237 1,268 52.0 49.3-54.6 129 5.8 4.7- 7.0 197 9.6 8.1-11.3 303 15.4 13.6-17.5 340 17.3 15.3-19.5
No 5,916 4,481 72.4 70.8-73.9 442 7.8 6.9- 8.7 492 9.7 8.7-10.8 316 6.9 6.0- 7.9 185 3.2 2.7- 3.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,167 939 78.8 75.7-81.6 45 4.8 3.3- 6.8 73 6.8 5.1- 8.9 45 4.5 3.2- 6.3 65 5.2 3.9- 6.9
Non-Veteran 7,064 4,866 66.2 64.7-67.6 530 7.6 6.9- 8.5 622 10.0 9.1-11.1 581 9.5 8.6-10.5 465 6.6 5.9- 7.4

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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