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
-MALES 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
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,436 1,060 71.3 68.2-74.2 94 7.3 5.8- 9.2 109 8.7 6.9-10.8 97 7.1 5.6- 9.0 76 5.7 4.3- 7.4
Non-Hispanic Black 359 262 68.1 61.2-74.3 16 5.0 2.7- 9.1 27 8.6 5.6-13.1 28 8.3 5.2-12.9 26 10.0 6.0-16.2
Other 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 496 324 63.1 57.6-68.2 42 8.4 5.9-11.7 58 13.0 9.7-17.1 51 10.3 7.4-14.1 21 5.3 3.0- 9.1
35-44 295 209 68.5 61.7-74.7 26 9.6 6.1-14.6 26 9.8 6.4-14.8 18 5.5 3.1- 9.7 16 6.6 3.8-11.1
45-54 388 273 66.5 60.1-72.3 28 7.8 5.2-11.5 35 10.6 7.2-15.3 28 7.1 4.4-11.2 24 8.1 4.9-13.1
55-64 401 312 79.4 74.1-83.8 14 3.6 1.8- 6.9 16 3.0 1.7- 5.5 35 8.7 5.8-12.8 24 5.3 3.2- 8.5
65-74 364 302 81.1 75.4-85.8 *** *** *** 14 3.6 1.9- 7.0 17 5.3 3.0- 9.2 22 8.0 5.0-12.6
75+ 212 176 81.3 73.4-87.3 *** *** *** 12 4.9 2.4- 9.6 *** *** *** 12 6.6 3.1-13.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 232 160 65.3 57.0-72.8 14 6.2 3.2-11.6 *** *** *** 18 7.9 4.4-13.8 30 14.7 9.7-21.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 607 444 70.8 65.9-75.2 25 5.4 3.4- 8.5 48 8.1 5.8-11.1 55 9.2 6.7-12.5 35 6.5 4.2-10.0
Some Post-H.S. 536 385 70.3 65.2-74.9 25 4.5 2.8- 7.1 43 10.4 7.4-14.3 54 9.4 6.8-12.9 29 5.5 3.5- 8.4
College Graduate 795 620 74.5 70.5-78.1 62 10.3 7.9-13.2 60 9.0 6.7-12.0 29 3.8 2.4- 6.0 24 2.4 1.5- 3.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 192 124 60.5 51.2-69.2 *** *** *** 15 10.2 5.7-17.5 28 12.6 7.9-19.6 20 12.9 7.6-21.1
$15,000- 24,999 310 215 63.2 55.7-70.1 19 6.3 3.6-10.6 20 8.5 5.0-14.1 33 13.3 8.7-19.8 23 8.7 5.3-14.0
$25,000- 34,999 196 143 67.7 58.1-76.1 *** *** *** 13 9.6 4.9-17.7 17 7.6 4.0-14.0 15 10.0 5.1-18.6
$35,000- 49,999 265 203 75.0 67.9-81.0 13 5.1 2.9- 8.9 21 7.0 4.1-11.7 18 8.1 4.7-13.6 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 308 226 70.5 63.1-77.0 24 7.9 4.8-12.6 26 10.0 6.3-15.6 17 4.4 2.5- 7.8 15 7.1 3.4-14.3
$75,000+ 599 474 77.3 72.9-81.2 43 8.6 6.1-11.9 43 7.8 5.5-10.9 26 4.8 3.1- 7.4 13 1.5 0.8- 2.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 627 385 57.2 52.0-62.2 26 5.1 3.1- 8.1 49 8.9 6.3-12.3 88 15.6 12.1-19.8 79 13.3 10.1-17.2
No 1,465 1,172 76.3 73.3-79.1 94 7.1 5.6- 8.9 104 8.4 6.7-10.5 60 4.5 3.3- 6.2 35 3.7 2.4- 5.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 637 492 75.0 70.6-79.0 28 4.6 3.0- 6.9 37 6.8 4.7- 9.8 44 7.4 5.2-10.5 36 6.1 4.1- 9.0
Non-Veteran 1,534 1,121 69.8 66.7-72.7 96 7.0 5.5- 8.8 124 9.2 7.5-11.3 111 7.7 6.1- 9.6 82 6.4 4.8- 8.3
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 608 435 69.2 64.7-73.4 41 7.2 5.1-10.0 57 10.5 7.9-13.8 48 8.6 6.3-11.8 27 4.5 2.9- 6.9
Regional City or Suburban County 443 314 69.1 63.3-74.3 26 6.0 3.9- 9.2 38 9.8 6.8-13.9 34 6.9 4.4-10.6 31 8.2 5.2-12.7
Rural 1,124 864 73.4 69.7-76.9 59 6.3 4.6- 8.5 66 6.2 4.6- 8.5 74 7.1 5.4- 9.4 61 6.9 5.0- 9.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,340 1,003 71.5 68.3-74.5 95 7.5 6.0- 9.5 110 9.5 7.6-11.7 85 6.8 5.3- 8.8 47 4.6 3.2- 6.6
Unemployed 79 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 509 420 82.2 77.7-85.9 12 2.6 1.4- 4.8 24 4.1 2.5- 6.7 26 5.6 3.6- 8.7 27 5.5 3.5- 8.7
Unable to Work 161 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 7.8 4.0-14.6 28 16.4 10.3-25.0 32 22.6 14.9-32.7
Other not in Labor Force 73 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 51 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 138 *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 14.3 7.8-24.8 19 9.9 5.6-17.0 12 14.0 7.7-24.3
101% to 150% 294 202 64.5 56.8-71.4 23 8.7 5.5-13.7 13 5.0 2.6- 9.4 34 12.6 8.2-18.9 22 9.2 5.4-15.2
151% to 200% 142 106 72.1 61.2-81.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 10.9 5.2-21.7 11 7.2 3.6-13.7
More than 200% 1,135 876 74.8 71.3-77.9 75 7.7 5.9- 9.9 87 8.7 6.8-11.1 57 5.1 3.7- 6.9 40 3.8 2.4- 5.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 433 345 76.8 70.6-82.1 19 4.8 2.7- 8.3 24 5.7 3.4- 9.5 25 7.5 4.6-12.1 20 5.2 2.7- 9.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 769 568 71.3 66.9-75.2 42 6.1 4.3- 8.6 56 8.6 6.3-11.6 58 6.9 5.0- 9.4 45 7.1 4.9-10.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 973 700 69.3 65.5-72.8 65 7.3 5.5- 9.5 81 9.3 7.2-11.8 73 8.2 6.2-10.7 54 6.0 4.3- 8.3

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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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