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 White 3,164 2,167 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-34 551 307 57.0 52.1-61.8 63 11.1 8.4-14.6 80 15.6 12.3-19.5 71 11.6 8.9-14.9 30 4.7 3.2- 7.0
35-44 353 215 60.0 53.5-66.1 41 12.2 8.7-16.8 44 11.7 8.2-16.4 34 7.9 5.2-11.9 19 8.2 4.8-13.6
45-54 524 326 60.7 55.2-66.0 59 10.0 7.4-13.2 49 11.4 8.2-15.6 46 8.3 5.8-11.8 44 9.6 6.5-13.8
55-64 622 434 71.7 66.9-76.0 46 7.8 5.5-10.9 46 5.9 4.0- 8.6 46 7.6 5.2-10.9 50 7.1 4.9-10.0
65-74 629 490 75.3 70.3-79.7 23 3.5 2.1- 6.0 30 5.6 3.2- 9.4 42 7.3 4.9-10.7 44 8.3 5.9-11.6
75+ 458 373 80.1 74.8-84.6 20 4.4 2.5- 7.6 20 3.7 2.1- 6.3 19 4.8 2.8- 8.2 26 7.0 4.3-11.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 201 113 54.2 45.4-62.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 30 14.5 9.3-21.9 39 20.4 14.2-28.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 745 517 68.9 64.7-72.9 46 7.4 5.2-10.3 60 7.4 5.4- 9.9 64 8.2 6.2-10.8 58 8.1 6.0-10.8
Some Post-H.S. 904 608 67.1 63.2-70.9 62 7.2 5.3- 9.6 82 11.3 8.8-14.5 84 8.2 6.3-10.6 68 6.2 4.6- 8.3
College Graduate 1,311 928 66.4 63.1-69.5 134 12.4 10.3-14.9 118 11.2 9.2-13.7 83 6.9 5.4- 8.8 48 3.0 2.1- 4.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 246 126 46.4 38.2-54.7 *** *** *** 22 10.8 6.6-17.2 41 20.5 14.1-28.8 46 18.9 13.1-26.5
$15,000- 24,999 373 227 58.4 51.6-64.9 28 7.0 4.5-10.7 35 9.8 6.4-14.5 45 12.0 8.3-17.2 38 12.9 8.7-18.6
$25,000- 34,999 301 201 67.4 60.1-73.9 22 6.6 3.8-11.3 22 8.3 4.8-14.2 27 6.8 4.3-10.5 29 10.9 7.1-16.4
$35,000- 49,999 365 254 67.9 61.3-73.8 30 10.2 6.9-14.8 34 8.6 5.7-12.9 30 7.6 4.8-11.7 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 473 324 67.2 61.6-72.3 48 11.1 7.9-15.4 40 9.7 6.7-14.0 36 6.4 4.3- 9.4 25 5.6 3.5- 8.7
$75,000+ 917 676 70.3 66.4-73.8 93 11.4 9.1-14.2 81 10.8 8.4-13.8 48 5.8 4.2- 7.9 19 1.8 1.1- 2.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 967 540 53.1 48.8-57.3 64 6.6 4.8- 9.2 78 8.0 6.1-10.4 140 15.9 13.0-19.3 145 16.4 13.4-19.9
No 2,109 1,567 71.1 68.5-73.5 182 9.4 7.9-11.0 183 10.4 8.7-12.3 114 5.6 4.5- 6.9 63 3.6 2.7- 4.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 500 395 79.1 74.3-83.1 26 4.6 2.9- 7.2 23 4.8 3.0- 7.8 27 5.3 3.4- 8.2 29 6.2 3.9- 9.6
Non-Veteran 2,662 1,773 64.0 61.6-66.4 225 9.2 7.9-10.7 246 10.5 9.1-12.2 234 9.0 7.7-10.5 184 7.3 6.1- 8.7
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 733 469 64.0 59.9-68.0 77 10.2 8.0-12.9 86 12.6 9.9-15.8 67 9.1 7.0-11.8 34 4.1 2.7- 6.1
Regional City or Suburban County 668 462 66.9 62.2-71.2 50 8.4 6.1-11.3 64 10.0 7.5-13.2 47 6.9 4.9- 9.7 45 7.9 5.6-11.1
Rural 1,764 1,237 67.0 63.9-69.9 125 7.5 6.0- 9.4 119 7.6 6.0- 9.6 148 9.0 7.4-11.0 135 8.9 7.2-11.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,602 1,094 66.5 63.5-69.3 165 10.8 9.1-12.8 163 11.2 9.4-13.3 112 6.8 5.5- 8.4 68 4.8 3.6- 6.3
Unemployed 96 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 996 793 79.4 75.9-82.5 43 4.8 3.2- 7.0 46 4.1 2.8- 5.9 56 5.9 4.3- 8.1 58 5.9 4.2- 8.1
Unable to Work 258 93 35.1 27.5-43.6 19 4.7 2.6- 8.2 24 7.3 4.4-12.0 52 20.4 14.6-27.8 70 32.4 24.8-41.1
Other not in Labor Force 204 133 62.2 53.5-70.2 17 8.8 5.1-14.8 27 17.8 11.5-26.4 19 7.4 4.2-13.0 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 58 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 154 76 45.4 35.5-55.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** 25 14.6 8.6-23.6 31 26.2 17.7-37.0
101% to 150% 382 223 57.7 50.9-64.2 28 7.4 4.7-11.5 32 7.2 4.6-10.9 54 14.5 10.3-20.1 45 13.2 9.0-18.8
151% to 200% 230 158 70.9 62.9-77.7 17 8.0 4.5-13.5 *** *** *** 20 6.4 3.7-10.9 18 7.2 4.0-12.5
More than 200% 1,716 1,236 69.6 66.7-72.3 165 10.8 9.1-12.8 147 10.2 8.4-12.4 105 5.9 4.7- 7.4 63 3.5 2.6- 4.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 608 439 68.7 62.8-74.1 33 5.5 3.6- 8.4 42 6.3 4.2- 9.3 46 9.7 6.5-14.1 48 9.7 6.2-14.9
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,194 816 64.8 61.2-68.1 94 8.4 6.7-10.7 102 10.1 8.0-12.7 93 7.6 6.0- 9.6 89 9.1 7.1-11.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,363 913 66.4 63.2-69.4 125 9.4 7.7-11.4 125 10.2 8.3-12.4 123 8.9 7.2-11.0 77 5.1 3.9- 6.8

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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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