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
-FEMALES 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
Non-Hispanic White 1,728 1,107 61.1 58.0-64.1 158 9.7 8.1-11.7 160 10.7 8.9-12.9 165 9.8 8.1-11.8 138 8.6 6.9-10.7
Non-Hispanic Black 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
Other 88 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 486 245 52.0 46.4-57.5 55 11.5 8.0-16.2 84 16.9 13.2-21.4 71 13.2 10.2-16.9 31 6.4 4.1-10.0
35-44 352 205 56.9 50.2-63.4 36 9.0 6.0-13.1 50 13.9 10.0-18.9 41 12.0 8.3-17.2 20 8.2 4.7-13.8
45-54 424 243 59.0 52.7-65.0 51 10.4 7.4-14.5 44 11.1 7.7-15.6 37 8.2 5.4-12.3 49 11.3 7.7-16.2
55-64 523 326 63.7 58.0-69.0 48 9.6 6.8-13.5 52 9.5 6.6-13.4 44 8.2 5.5-12.1 53 9.0 6.3-12.8
65-74 484 355 70.8 64.5-76.5 26 6.3 3.8-10.2 30 7.7 4.4-13.1 40 8.3 5.4-12.7 33 6.8 4.4-10.3
75+ 364 296 79.9 73.8-84.8 17 4.4 2.3- 8.2 *** *** *** 18 5.6 3.2- 9.9 23 7.8 4.7-12.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 263 163 55.0 46.2-63.5 *** *** *** 13 7.9 3.9-15.4 35 12.5 8.0-19.0 42 16.8 11.4-24.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 628 407 62.6 57.5-67.4 54 9.1 6.6-12.6 59 10.1 7.4-13.8 54 8.8 6.5-11.9 54 9.3 6.8-12.6
Some Post-H.S. 792 490 62.4 57.9-66.7 65 8.1 6.0-10.8 85 12.5 9.7-15.9 81 9.6 7.3-12.5 71 7.4 5.3-10.2
College Graduate 975 630 61.7 57.7-65.5 104 11.3 9.0-14.1 116 13.9 11.3-16.9 82 9.9 7.7-12.7 43 3.2 2.2- 4.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 289 134 42.8 35.1-51.0 20 7.0 3.8-12.7 26 12.8 7.6-20.7 51 21.6 15.5-29.4 58 15.7 11.0-21.9
$15,000- 24,999 424 255 58.9 51.9-65.5 34 8.6 4.6-15.3 41 8.8 6.0-12.9 46 10.3 7.1-14.7 48 13.5 9.3-19.0
$25,000- 34,999 277 172 64.5 56.8-71.6 33 10.3 6.6-15.9 28 9.5 5.9-15.0 20 6.6 3.6-11.7 24 9.1 5.7-14.2
$35,000- 49,999 289 178 57.2 49.2-65.0 27 10.9 7.0-16.5 41 14.3 10.1-19.9 31 10.3 6.4-16.0 12 7.3 2.8-17.5
$50,000- 74,999 314 201 63.4 56.3-70.0 34 10.7 7.0-16.1 33 11.7 7.7-17.2 29 8.8 5.6-13.4 17 5.4 3.1- 9.4
$75,000+ 539 372 64.2 58.7-69.3 62 12.6 9.4-16.6 58 13.8 10.2-18.3 38 8.0 5.6-11.4 *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 855 421 45.7 41.0-50.5 67 7.1 5.0-10.0 80 9.7 7.5-12.6 134 18.0 14.5-22.0 153 19.5 15.8-23.8
No 1,729 1,224 67.8 64.8-70.7 159 9.8 8.0-12.0 184 12.2 10.3-14.5 111 6.8 5.4- 8.4 51 3.4 2.4- 4.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 79 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 12.8 6.3-24.1 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,590 1,642 61.0 58.3-63.5 225 9.1 7.7-10.9 272 11.9 10.3-13.8 242 9.8 8.4-11.5 209 8.2 6.8- 9.8
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 682 404 59.2 54.7-63.6 75 10.1 7.7-13.0 95 15.7 12.5-19.6 77 11.1 8.7-14.2 31 3.9 2.5- 5.9
Regional City or Suburban County 534 346 65.2 59.8-70.2 40 8.4 5.8-11.9 63 10.2 7.5-13.7 44 7.8 5.5-11.1 41 8.4 5.7-12.3
Rural 1,453 948 60.6 56.8-64.4 118 8.7 6.5-11.6 117 9.2 7.2-11.7 132 10.1 8.0-12.6 138 11.3 9.0-14.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,183 745 61.6 57.9-65.1 134 10.8 8.8-13.2 149 13.3 10.9-16.0 95 8.8 7.0-11.0 60 5.6 3.9- 7.9
Unemployed 108 *** *** *** *** *** *** 17 16.7 9.9-26.8 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 801 618 76.9 72.7-80.6 44 6.5 4.4- 9.5 45 5.6 3.8- 8.0 50 5.7 3.9- 8.2 44 5.4 3.6- 7.8
Unable to Work 293 101 30.4 23.7-38.1 22 6.9 3.7-12.6 28 9.8 6.1-15.3 60 21.2 15.6-28.2 82 31.7 24.5-39.9
Other not in Labor Force 266 171 61.6 53.2-69.4 24 9.9 5.2-18.0 35 16.0 10.6-23.5 23 8.2 4.9-13.4 13 4.3 2.3- 8.1
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 92 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 225 115 49.8 40.4-59.2 13 7.9 2.8-20.6 22 9.5 5.7-15.4 32 14.6 9.3-22.2 43 18.2 12.2-26.3
101% to 150% 400 218 55.3 48.5-61.8 35 7.5 4.8-11.4 44 10.5 7.3-15.0 49 11.8 8.2-16.8 54 14.9 10.4-20.9
151% to 200% 186 125 69.3 59.9-77.3 21 13.0 7.8-20.8 14 6.2 3.2-12.0 15 6.7 3.0-14.1 11 4.8 2.2-10.4
More than 200% 1,127 755 63.8 60.0-67.5 123 11.4 9.2-14.1 123 12.9 10.4-15.8 89 8.2 6.4-10.5 37 3.6 2.2- 5.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 624 418 62.4 56.2-68.3 45 7.2 4.9-10.3 46 7.2 4.8-10.7 53 11.0 7.4-16.1 62 12.1 8.1-17.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,008 640 60.2 56.3-64.0 84 8.4 6.5-10.7 109 12.4 9.9-15.3 93 9.6 7.5-12.2 82 9.4 7.2-12.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,037 640 61.7 57.8-65.5 104 10.2 7.9-13.2 120 12.4 10.0-15.3 107 9.8 7.9-12.2 66 5.8 4.2- 8.0

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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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