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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 2,175 1,613 70.9 68.3-73.3 126 6.5 5.3- 8.0 161 8.6 7.2-10.3 156 7.6 6.3- 9.2 119 6.3 5.0- 7.9
Female 2,669 1,698 61.2 58.7-63.7 233 9.1 7.7-10.8 275 11.8 10.1-13.6 253 9.9 8.5-11.5 210 8.0 6.7- 9.6
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,165 2,168 66.0 63.8-68.2 252 8.6 7.4- 9.9 269 9.7 8.4-11.2 262 8.5 7.3- 9.8 214 7.2 6.1- 8.5
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
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 148 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 9.4 4.6-18.2 18 11.2 5.7-20.7
Non-Hispanic Other 185 115 60.4 51.4-68.8 15 6.7 3.8-11.7 29 18.1 11.8-26.8 15 9.5 5.3-16.4 11 5.3 2.6-10.2
Hispanic 351 258 67.0 59.2-74.0 20 8.3 4.0-16.5 28 9.7 5.9-15.6 28 9.6 6.1-14.8 17 5.4 3.0- 9.5
AGE
18-34 982 569 57.7 53.8-61.5 97 9.9 7.7-12.7 142 14.9 12.4-17.8 122 11.7 9.6-14.3 52 5.8 4.1- 8.3
35-44 648 415 62.7 57.9-67.3 62 9.2 6.9-12.3 76 11.9 9.1-15.2 59 8.8 6.4-12.0 36 7.4 5.0-10.8
45-54 813 517 62.7 58.2-66.9 79 9.1 7.0-11.8 79 10.8 8.3-14.0 65 7.7 5.6-10.4 73 9.7 7.1-13.0
55-64 924 638 71.2 67.3-74.8 62 6.8 4.9- 9.2 68 6.4 4.7- 8.7 79 8.4 6.3-11.1 77 7.2 5.4- 9.6
65-74 848 657 75.6 71.3-79.5 35 4.2 2.8- 6.5 44 5.8 3.7- 9.0 57 6.9 4.9- 9.7 55 7.4 5.4-10.1
75+ 576 472 80.4 75.7-84.4 24 4.3 2.6- 7.1 22 3.3 2.0- 5.5 23 4.6 2.8- 7.5 35 7.3 4.8-10.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 495 323 60.2 54.1-66.0 24 7.0 4.0-11.9 23 6.9 4.2-11.3 53 10.2 7.2-14.3 72 15.7 11.9-20.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,236 852 67.0 63.5-70.3 79 7.1 5.4- 9.3 107 9.0 7.2-11.3 109 9.0 7.2-11.2 89 7.8 6.0-10.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,329 876 65.8 62.5-69.0 90 6.5 5.1- 8.4 128 11.6 9.5-14.1 135 9.5 7.7-11.7 100 6.5 5.0- 8.5
College Graduate 1,770 1,250 67.9 65.1-70.6 166 10.8 9.1-12.8 176 11.5 9.7-13.6 111 7.0 5.6- 8.7 67 2.8 2.1- 3.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 481 258 50.4 44.3-56.5 25 5.6 3.3- 9.5 41 11.7 7.9-16.9 79 17.8 13.5-23.0 78 14.5 10.8-19.2
$15,000- 24,999 736 472 61.0 55.9-65.8 53 7.5 4.9-11.4 61 8.7 6.3-11.8 79 11.6 8.7-15.3 71 11.3 8.4-14.9
$25,000- 34,999 473 315 66.0 60.0-71.5 41 8.0 5.4-11.7 41 9.5 6.4-13.9 37 7.0 4.5-10.8 39 9.5 6.4-13.9
$35,000- 49,999 554 381 66.6 61.1-71.7 40 7.8 5.5-11.0 62 10.5 7.8-13.9 49 9.1 6.4-12.8 22 6.0 3.2-10.9
$50,000-74,999 622 427 66.9 61.8-71.6 58 9.3 6.8-12.8 59 10.9 8.0-14.6 46 6.7 4.7- 9.4 32 6.3 3.9- 9.9
$75,000+ 1,138 846 71.5 68.0-74.7 105 10.4 8.3-12.8 101 10.4 8.3-13.0 64 6.2 4.7- 8.2 22 1.5 0.9- 2.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 842 614 69.5 65.2-73.6 37 4.8 3.1- 7.3 71 10.4 7.8-13.8 55 7.4 5.5-10.0 65 7.8 5.8-10.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,482 806 51.1 47.6-54.6 93 6.2 4.7- 8.1 129 9.3 7.6-11.5 222 16.9 14.3-19.7 232 16.6 14.0-19.4
No 3,196 2,398 72.0 69.8-74.0 253 8.5 7.3- 9.9 288 10.4 9.0-11.9 171 5.7 4.7- 6.8 86 3.5 2.7- 4.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 716 548 74.7 70.5-78.5 36 5.0 3.4- 7.2 40 6.8 4.7- 9.6 55 8.0 5.8-10.9 37 5.6 3.8- 8.2
Non-Veteran 4,126 2,765 64.7 62.7-66.6 321 8.2 7.1- 9.4 396 10.8 9.5-12.1 353 8.9 7.8-10.1 291 7.4 6.4- 8.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,290 839 64.2 61.0-67.2 116 8.6 7.0-10.6 152 13.1 11.0-15.6 125 9.9 8.1-12.0 58 4.2 3.1- 5.7
Regional City or Suburban County 977 660 67.0 63.1-70.7 66 7.3 5.5- 9.5 101 10.0 7.9-12.6 78 7.4 5.6- 9.7 72 8.3 6.2-11.1
Rural 2,579 1,814 66.8 64.1-69.4 177 7.5 6.1- 9.3 183 7.8 6.4- 9.4 206 8.7 7.3-10.3 199 9.2 7.6-11.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,524 1,749 67.1 64.7-69.4 229 9.0 7.7-10.5 259 11.2 9.7-12.8 180 7.7 6.5- 9.1 107 5.0 3.9- 6.5
Unemployed 187 102 51.2 41.8-60.5 12 5.5 2.9-10.2 22 13.9 8.8-21.1 33 20.9 13.8-30.4 18 8.5 4.6-15.4
Retired 1,310 1,038 79.1 76.1-81.9 56 4.8 3.4- 6.7 69 5.0 3.7- 6.7 76 5.7 4.3- 7.5 71 5.4 4.0- 7.2
Unable to Work 454 181 37.9 31.9-44.3 30 5.8 3.5- 9.6 41 9.0 6.1-13.0 88 19.3 14.9-24.5 114 28.0 22.5-34.3
Other not in Labor Force 339 219 61.6 54.4-68.3 30 10.5 6.3-17.0 44 15.7 11.0-21.9 29 7.0 4.4-10.9 17 5.3 2.9- 9.2
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 143 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 12.7 7.0-22.0 26 23.5 15.4-34.1 27 16.6 9.9-26.5
50% to 100% 364 207 54.4 47.2-61.5 15 5.0 1.8-13.3 36 11.3 7.6-16.4 51 12.7 8.9-17.9 55 16.5 11.9-22.5
101% to 150% 694 420 59.7 54.7-64.6 58 8.1 5.9-11.1 57 7.8 5.7-10.8 83 12.2 9.2-16.0 76 12.1 9.0-16.1
151% to 200% 329 232 70.6 63.6-76.8 27 8.7 5.6-13.4 21 6.1 3.4-10.6 27 8.6 5.0-14.5 22 5.9 3.5- 9.8
More than 200% 2,262 1,631 69.6 67.1-72.1 198 9.4 8.0-11.1 210 10.7 9.1-12.5 146 6.6 5.4- 7.9 77 3.7 2.7- 5.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 842 614 69.5 65.2-73.6 37 4.8 3.1- 7.3 71 10.4 7.8-13.8 55 7.4 5.5-10.0 65 7.8 5.8-10.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,057 763 69.1 64.6-73.2 64 6.0 4.4- 8.2 70 6.5 4.7- 9.0 78 9.4 6.9-12.7 82 8.9 6.3-12.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,778 1,209 65.4 62.4-68.2 126 7.3 5.9- 8.9 165 10.6 8.9-12.7 151 8.4 6.9-10.1 127 8.4 6.7-10.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 2,011 1,341 65.5 62.8-68.1 169 8.7 7.2-10.5 201 10.8 9.2-12.7 180 9.0 7.6-10.7 120 5.9 4.7- 7.4

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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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