2017 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Non-Hispanic Black 931 621 65.1 60.8-69.2 63 6.3 4.5- 8.7 100 11.0 8.6-13.8 85 9.6 7.3-12.4 62 8.1 5.6-11.5
GENDER
Male 359 262 68.1 61.2-74.3 *** *** *** 27 8.6 5.6-13.1 28 8.3 5.2-12.9 26 10.0 6.0-16.2
Female 572 359 62.6 57.1-67.9 47 7.4 5.0-10.6 73 12.9 9.7-16.9 57 10.6 7.7-14.6 36 6.4 3.8-10.6
AGE
18-34 194 114 60.7 51.4-69.3 17 6.7 3.7-11.9 28 11.2 7.1-17.3 25 11.7 7.2-18.2 *** *** ***
35-44 135 85 61.2 50.6-70.9 *** *** *** 20 14.6 8.9-22.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 158 101 63.7 53.3-72.8 *** *** *** 19 10.9 6.5-17.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 199 132 67.7 58.9-75.4 *** *** *** 19 9.7 5.5-16.6 21 11.5 7.0-18.4 *** *** ***
65-74 152 111 71.9 60.9-80.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 81 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 119 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 292 199 65.2 57.3-72.3 21 7.7 4.4-13.3 28 11.0 7.1-16.6 26 9.6 6.2-14.5 *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 251 160 63.3 55.1-70.9 18 5.7 3.3- 9.8 28 11.3 7.3-17.2 31 12.2 7.7-18.6 *** *** ***
College Graduate 266 183 72.7 65.5-79.0 19 5.7 3.2-10.1 37 12.2 8.3-17.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 135 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 23 14.9 9.2-23.1 *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 202 128 60.2 51.0-68.7 16 6.1 3.3-10.8 20 9.3 5.4-15.6 20 13.0 7.6-21.6 18 11.4 6.4-19.3
$25,000- 34,999 91 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 116 *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 14.0 8.4-22.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 91 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 116 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 310 169 49.5 41.7-57.2 *** *** *** 31 10.9 7.3-16.1 47 17.1 12.0-23.9 48 18.6 12.8-26.3
No 585 430 72.3 67.1-77.0 44 6.8 4.6- 9.8 64 11.2 8.3-15.0 35 6.3 4.1- 9.3 *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 121 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 810 535 64.9 60.2-69.3 57 6.4 4.5- 9.0 91 10.9 8.5-13.9 70 9.4 7.0-12.4 57 8.5 5.8-12.3
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 301 196 64.8 58.1-70.9 21 6.8 4.0-11.4 37 12.7 8.9-17.7 31 10.6 7.2-15.4 16 5.2 2.9- 9.1
Regional City or Suburban County 178 113 67.8 57.7-76.4 *** *** *** 24 10.7 6.7-16.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 452 312 64.0 57.0-70.6 33 6.9 4.4-10.6 39 8.9 5.7-13.4 36 9.3 5.9-14.3 32 11.0 6.4-18.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 478 326 66.1 60.0-71.7 38 6.8 4.4-10.2 59 11.3 8.2-15.3 36 9.3 6.3-13.5 *** *** ***
Unemployed 49 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 223 172 75.9 67.9-82.4 *** *** *** 17 9.1 5.2-15.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 136 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 24 16.2 10.1-24.9 29 21.6 13.9-32.0
Other not in Labor Force 36 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 41 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 110 *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 16.1 8.9-27.3 17 15.5 8.5-26.7 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 185 112 57.7 47.7-67.0 21 11.1 6.3-18.7 17 9.0 5.0-15.6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 325 228 69.4 61.8-76.1 *** *** *** 43 11.7 8.2-16.4 26 7.8 4.8-12.3 *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 261 183 68.2 59.4-75.9 21 7.5 4.2-12.9 *** *** *** 21 10.7 5.8-18.7 *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 344 229 65.1 58.0-71.5 18 4.7 2.6- 8.3 43 13.2 9.3-18.4 37 10.7 7.1-15.8 *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 326 209 64.1 57.4-70.4 24 7.1 4.3-11.5 39 10.5 7.3-14.9 27 8.4 5.4-12.7 27 9.9 6.1-15.7

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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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