2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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?

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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 4,844 3,311 65.9 64.1-67.7 359 7.9 6.9- 9.0 436 10.3 9.1-11.5 409 8.8 7.8- 9.9 329 7.2 6.2- 8.3
-Eastern NC 1,921 1,346 65.9 62.8-68.9 123 7.2 5.7- 9.0 145 8.3 6.7-10.1 159 9.3 7.6-11.3 148 9.4 7.4-11.8
GENDER
Male 844 632 70.9 66.6-74.9 40 6.2 4.3- 8.9 54 6.6 4.8- 8.9 67 9.0 6.7-11.9 51 7.3 5.0-10.5
Female 1,077 714 61.2 56.8-65.4 83 8.1 6.0-10.7 91 9.9 7.5-12.8 92 9.5 7.2-12.5 97 11.4 8.5-15.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,113 788 66.0 62.1-69.7 68 7.4 5.5-10.0 82 8.5 6.5-11.0 91 8.9 6.9-11.4 84 9.2 7.0-11.9
Non-Hispanic Black 507 344 63.0 56.4-69.2 36 6.7 4.4-10.2 43 8.1 5.6-11.7 46 11.2 7.5-16.4 38 10.9 6.4-17.9
Other 301 214 71.9 64.7-78.2 19 6.7 3.9-11.2 20 7.5 4.4-12.5 22 6.7 3.9-11.3 26 7.2 4.2-12.0
AGE
18-34 370 224 58.7 52.2-64.8 29 8.8 5.7-13.3 45 11.2 8.2-15.2 45 11.3 8.0-15.7 27 10.1 6.0-16.4
35-44 247 158 59.1 50.7-66.9 22 8.1 4.9-13.0 21 7.4 4.4-12.0 28 15.8 10.0-24.2 18 9.7 5.8-15.8
45-54 314 207 65.1 57.6-72.0 27 8.5 5.4-13.1 29 10.4 6.7-15.7 20 5.6 3.2- 9.5 31 10.5 5.8-18.1
55-64 388 260 67.6 61.3-73.4 *** *** *** 32 7.1 4.7-10.6 37 9.7 6.4-14.5 36 9.2 6.2-13.5
65-74 355 289 78.9 71.1-85.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 4.7 2.7- 8.1 19 7.0 4.0-12.0
75+ 231 193 81.8 74.4-87.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 9.2 5.1-16.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 239 160 58.3 48.9-67.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 30 11.8 7.1-18.9 34 20.4 13.3-30.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 549 389 67.0 61.6-72.0 40 9.8 6.6-14.5 49 8.9 6.4-12.2 35 6.9 4.8-10.0 36 7.4 5.0-10.7
Some Post-H.S. 566 383 65.9 60.5-71.0 32 5.6 3.8- 8.2 44 8.4 6.0-11.7 64 12.0 8.7-16.3 43 8.0 4.9-12.7
College Graduate 560 408 70.4 65.6-74.9 44 9.4 6.8-12.9 44 8.9 6.3-12.4 30 5.6 3.7- 8.4 34 5.7 3.8- 8.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 216 122 55.6 46.5-64.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 35 21.0 14.0-30.4 37 15.4 10.1-22.7
$15,000- 24,999 327 223 65.4 57.5-72.5 20 6.4 3.7-10.9 24 7.9 4.8-12.5 29 10.1 5.9-16.8 31 10.3 6.0-17.2
$25,000- 34,999 199 134 62.7 52.5-71.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 15.5 8.7-26.1
$35,000- 49,999 238 171 66.6 57.1-75.0 *** *** *** 21 9.1 5.5-14.7 21 7.4 4.4-12.3 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 227 161 66.8 58.1-74.4 *** *** *** 15 8.0 4.4-14.0 23 10.8 6.6-17.0 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 366 278 73.1 66.8-78.6 33 11.5 7.7-16.9 30 8.1 5.2-12.3 15 5.3 3.0- 9.2 *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 658 368 49.1 43.8-54.4 38 6.3 4.0- 9.7 46 7.9 5.6-11.0 92 16.0 12.2-20.8 114 20.7 16.2-26.1
No 1,204 935 73.5 69.8-76.9 81 7.7 5.9-10.0 95 8.5 6.6-10.9 60 5.9 4.3- 8.0 33 4.4 2.7- 7.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 356 273 73.6 67.3-79.0 17 6.3 3.7-10.6 19 5.9 3.5- 9.6 29 9.0 5.7-14.0 18 5.2 3.0- 9.0
Non-Veteran 1,563 1,073 64.3 60.8-67.6 105 7.3 5.6- 9.3 126 8.8 7.1-11.0 129 9.2 7.3-11.5 130 10.4 8.1-13.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 129 89 65.8 55.5-74.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 11.2 6.4-18.8 *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 307 202 64.3 57.4-70.7 20 6.9 4.1-11.3 29 9.8 6.6-14.4 32 11.3 7.3-17.1 24 7.7 4.7-12.2
Rural 1,485 1,055 66.3 62.6-69.8 95 7.3 5.6- 9.5 108 7.9 6.2-10.1 113 8.6 6.7-10.9 114 9.9 7.5-12.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 958 679 67.0 62.6-71.0 75 8.5 6.4-11.3 84 8.5 6.6-11.0 67 7.9 5.8-10.5 53 8.1 5.4-12.0
Unemployed 93 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 540 442 79.6 74.4-84.0 *** *** *** 22 4.6 2.7- 7.8 30 4.4 2.8- 6.9 29 7.3 4.7-11.3
Unable to Work 209 90 36.5 28.5-45.3 *** *** *** 18 8.3 4.7-14.2 34 20.5 13.8-29.3 51 28.2 20.4-37.4
Other not in Labor Force 107 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 64 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 173 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 22 13.9 7.7-23.7 30 21.5 13.2-33.1
101% to 150% 325 210 62.7 54.9-70.0 24 7.8 4.6-13.0 21 6.4 3.7-10.7 34 10.5 6.5-16.4 36 12.6 7.7-20.1
151% to 200% 138 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 812 603 70.8 66.1-75.1 62 9.2 6.7-12.6 61 7.7 5.7-10.4 53 6.8 4.9- 9.3 33 5.5 3.1- 9.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 652 474 68.0 61.9-73.6 35 4.9 3.2- 7.4 44 7.5 5.0-11.0 53 10.8 7.2-15.7 46 8.9 5.4-14.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 926 634 65.7 61.6-69.5 62 7.0 5.2- 9.4 79 9.1 7.0-11.9 84 9.8 7.5-12.7 67 8.4 6.4-11.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 343 238 64.4 56.8-71.3 26 9.8 6.1-15.6 22 6.9 4.2-11.0 22 6.4 4.0-10.3 35 12.4 7.2-20.5

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2017 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2017 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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