2014 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Healthy Days

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?

View results for a demographic group:
 Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  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 7,182 5,114 68.8 67.4-70.1 477 7.2 6.5- 8.0 604 9.5 8.7-10.4 545 8.4 7.6- 9.2 442 6.1 5.5- 6.8
-Piedmont NC 3,956 2,821 68.7 66.9-70.5 263 7.2 6.3- 8.3 358 10.4 9.2-11.7 284 7.7 6.8- 8.8 230 5.9 5.1- 6.8
GENDER
Male 1,715 1,299 73.0 70.4-75.6 97 6.8 5.4- 8.4 141 9.8 8.0-11.8 98 5.9 4.8- 7.4 80 4.5 3.5- 5.7
Female 2,241 1,522 64.7 62.2-67.1 166 7.7 6.4- 9.1 217 10.9 9.4-12.7 186 9.4 8.0-11.1 150 7.3 6.1- 8.7
RACE
White 2,763 1,971 68.2 66.0-70.3 180 7.3 6.2- 8.6 255 10.7 9.3-12.3 197 8.0 6.7- 9.4 160 5.9 4.9- 7.0
African American 813 580 70.2 66.3-73.9 57 6.5 4.8- 8.7 63 9.2 7.0-12.1 62 7.2 5.4- 9.6 51 6.8 5.0- 9.2
Other minorities 324 229 68.5 62.2-74.3 23 8.9 5.6-13.9 34 10.9 7.5-15.5 21 7.3 4.6-11.5 17 4.3 2.5- 7.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 321 218 65.7 59.5-71.4 21 6.9 4.3-10.9 35 12.2 8.5-17.2 26 9.4 6.3-13.8 21 5.8 3.7- 8.9
Non-Hispanic 3,604 2,580 68.9 67.0-70.8 239 7.3 6.3- 8.4 320 10.2 9.0-11.6 257 7.6 6.6- 8.8 208 5.9 5.1- 6.9
AGE
18-34 735 448 60.6 56.5-64.6 74 10.3 8.1-13.0 99 14.1 11.4-17.3 78 10.6 8.4-13.4 36 4.3 3.0- 6.2
35-54 1,193 803 67.7 64.6-70.6 93 7.0 5.6- 8.8 112 10.2 8.3-12.5 96 7.5 6.0- 9.3 89 7.6 6.1- 9.4
55-64 764 561 73.1 69.4-76.5 42 6.1 4.4- 8.3 61 8.4 6.4-11.0 55 6.9 5.2- 9.2 45 5.5 4.0- 7.5
65-74 699 553 80.2 76.7-83.3 28 3.2 2.1- 4.8 53 6.9 5.1- 9.2 33 4.3 2.9- 6.2 32 5.4 3.7- 7.9
75+ 494 407 82.7 78.5-86.2 20 3.5 2.2- 5.8 27 5.4 3.5- 8.3 18 3.7 2.2- 6.1 22 4.7 3.0- 7.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 483 331 66.1 60.9-71.0 17 2.9 1.7- 4.9 44 11.4 8.1-15.7 37 8.4 5.9-11.9 54 11.2 8.3-14.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 990 697 68.6 64.9-72.0 54 6.4 4.7- 8.7 80 9.0 6.9-11.5 88 9.6 7.6-12.2 71 6.4 5.0- 8.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,004 700 66.4 62.8-69.8 63 7.7 5.9-10.0 96 11.6 9.3-14.4 77 8.0 6.2-10.3 68 6.3 4.9- 8.2
College Graduate 1,460 1,076 72.7 69.9-75.2 128 10.0 8.2-12.0 138 9.9 8.2-11.8 81 5.3 4.1- 6.9 37 2.2 1.5- 3.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 436 247 53.0 47.3-58.6 26 6.7 4.3-10.3 47 12.2 8.9-16.5 51 12.1 8.9-16.3 65 16.1 12.3-20.6
$15,000- 24,999 616 416 66.2 61.6-70.6 38 6.7 4.6- 9.4 56 9.0 6.6-12.0 61 11.2 8.5-14.7 45 7.0 5.0- 9.6
$25,000- 34,999 353 244 63.8 57.4-69.7 27 8.8 5.7-13.4 39 13.2 9.3-18.3 24 8.9 5.6-13.8 19 5.4 3.3- 8.6
$35,000- 49,999 431 307 68.2 62.4-73.6 22 4.1 2.4- 6.9 50 14.3 10.4-19.4 34 8.7 5.8-12.9 18 4.7 2.9- 7.6
$50,000+ 1,337 997 72.8 69.7-75.6 106 8.3 6.7-10.3 131 10.8 8.8-13.2 68 5.3 4.0- 7.1 35 2.7 1.8- 4.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 961 573 54.0 50.1-57.8 48 4.5 3.2- 6.3 92 11.7 9.1-14.9 125 15.0 12.3-18.2 123 14.9 12.3-17.9
No 2,848 2,146 72.9 70.9-74.9 207 8.0 6.9- 9.3 252 9.8 8.5-11.3 151 5.9 4.9- 7.1 92 3.4 2.7- 4.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 468 351 72.2 66.9-76.9 24 6.2 3.8- 9.8 30 7.3 4.6-11.2 29 6.4 4.3- 9.5 34 7.9 5.5-11.3
Non-Veteran 3,478 2,462 68.2 66.3-70.1 238 7.4 6.4- 8.5 328 10.8 9.5-12.2 255 7.9 6.9- 9.1 195 5.7 4.8- 6.6
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,505 1,049 67.5 64.5-70.4 98 6.7 5.3- 8.5 133 9.9 8.1-12.1 122 8.9 7.3-10.9 103 6.9 5.6- 8.6
No 2,451 1,772 69.5 67.2-71.7 165 7.5 6.4- 8.9 225 10.6 9.1-12.3 162 7.0 5.9- 8.4 127 5.3 4.4- 6.4

Back to Healthy Days.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 16SEP15.

SCHS Home | FAQs | Contacts