2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Healthy Days

Frequent Mental Distress (within the past 30 days)*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,662 581 12.3 11.2-13.6 4,081 87.7 86.4-88.8
-Eastern NC 1,675 233 14.0 12.0-16.2 1,442 86.0 83.8-88.0
GENDER
Male 779 93 10.5 8.3-13.2 686 89.5 86.8-91.7
Female 896 140 17.3 14.2-20.8 756 82.7 79.2-85.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,045 148 14.8 12.3-17.8 897 85.2 82.2-87.7
Non-Hispanic Black 399 57 13.4 9.8-18.1 342 86.6 81.9-90.2
Other 233 28 10.6 6.7-16.3 205 89.4 83.7-93.3
AGE
18-34 340 52 15.9 11.9-21.0 288 84.1 79.0-88.1
35-44 222 37 15.4 10.8-21.6 185 84.6 78.4-89.2
45-54 275 47 16.7 11.8-23.2 228 83.3 76.8-88.2
55-64 305 48 16.2 11.6-22.3 257 83.8 77.7-88.4
65-74 316 37 9.3 6.5-13.2 279 90.7 86.8-93.5
75+ 190 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 187 44 22.6 16.0-31.0 143 77.4 69.0-84.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 478 68 13.4 10.0-17.8 410 86.6 82.2-90.0
Some Post-H.S. 496 72 14.0 10.9-17.9 424 86.0 82.1-89.1
College Graduate 515 49 9.5 6.6-13.5 466 90.5 86.5-93.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 174 53 32.4 24.0-42.2 121 67.6 57.8-76.0
$15,000- 24,999 274 50 18.1 13.2-24.3 224 81.9 75.7-86.8
$25,000- 34,999 171 19 13.6 8.2-21.7 152 86.4 78.3-91.8
$35,000- 49,999 209 26 13.6 8.6-21.0 183 86.4 79.0-91.4
$50,000- 74,999 225 19 9.4 5.7-15.2 206 90.6 84.8-94.3
$75,000+ 308 25 7.3 4.6-11.3 283 92.7 88.7-95.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 569 150 27.5 22.9-32.7 419 72.5 67.3-77.1
No 1,069 81 7.9 6.1-10.1 988 92.1 89.9-93.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 350 45 11.7 8.4-16.2 305 88.3 83.8-91.6
Non-Veteran 1,324 187 14.5 12.3-17.2 1,137 85.5 82.8-87.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 395 62 18.2 13.8-23.6 333 81.8 76.4-86.2
Rural 1,183 160 12.3 10.2-14.7 1,023 87.7 85.3-89.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 826 81 10.1 7.9-12.9 745 89.9 87.1-92.1
Unemployed 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 479 42 7.2 5.1-10.2 437 92.8 89.8-94.9
Unable to Work 194 77 40.7 32.1-50.0 117 59.3 50.0-67.9
Other not in Labor Force 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 132 31 21.9 14.6-31.5 101 78.1 68.5-85.4
101% to 150% 255 51 20.1 14.8-26.7 204 79.9 73.3-85.2
151% to 200% 137 15 11.4 6.5-19.4 122 88.6 80.6-93.5
More than 200% 755 69 9.4 7.1-12.3 686 90.6 87.7-92.9
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 531 74 12.7 9.6-16.7 457 87.3 83.3-90.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 827 119 15.1 12.3-18.5 708 84.9 81.5-87.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 319 40 12.6 8.8-17.6 279 87.4 82.4-91.2

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*Frequent Mental Distress (FMD) was defined as having 14 or more days of poor mental health (including stress, depression, and problems with emotions) in the past 30 days.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2018 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2018 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2018 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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