2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 4,662 3,092 65.6 63.9-67.4 376 8.5 7.5- 9.6 436 9.7 8.7-10.8 458 9.7 8.7-10.8 300 6.4 5.5- 7.4
-Eastern NC 1,675 1,121 66.9 64.0-69.7 132 7.3 5.9- 9.0 128 8.1 6.6-10.0 168 10.2 8.6-12.1 126 7.4 5.9- 9.2
GENDER
Male 779 570 74.7 70.8-78.3 45 5.2 3.6- 7.5 48 6.8 4.7- 9.6 58 6.5 4.9- 8.6 58 6.8 5.0- 9.3
Female 896 551 59.6 55.4-63.7 87 9.3 7.2-11.9 80 9.5 7.3-12.3 110 13.8 11.1-16.9 68 7.9 5.8-10.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,045 685 65.3 61.7-68.8 89 7.4 5.7- 9.4 84 8.4 6.6-10.6 107 11.0 8.8-13.5 80 8.0 6.0-10.4
Non-Hispanic Black 399 270 68.1 61.9-73.7 28 7.1 4.6-11.0 29 8.4 5.2-13.3 40 8.7 6.1-12.4 32 7.6 4.9-11.7
Other 233 166 71.6 63.4-78.6 16 8.0 4.4-14.1 *** *** *** 21 9.7 5.9-15.5 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 340 193 57.1 50.8-63.1 35 9.9 6.9-13.9 43 12.3 8.7-17.2 44 12.5 9.1-16.9 25 8.2 5.2-12.5
35-44 222 135 64.0 56.5-70.8 20 6.5 3.9-10.6 16 7.1 4.0-12.1 33 14.2 9.8-20.1 18 8.3 4.9-13.7
45-54 275 175 65.1 57.6-71.9 25 7.9 4.8-12.7 19 7.6 4.4-13.0 30 10.5 6.9-15.8 26 8.8 5.3-14.3
55-64 305 194 66.3 59.4-72.6 26 7.4 4.5-11.8 29 8.2 5.4-12.3 29 9.5 6.3-14.2 27 8.6 5.2-13.8
65-74 316 240 79.2 73.6-83.8 18 5.0 2.9- 8.7 *** *** *** 22 6.2 3.7-10.1 23 5.5 3.5- 8.5
75+ 190 161 89.5 83.3-93.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 187 120 67.8 59.0-75.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** 21 8.9 5.4-14.2 26 15.0 9.4-23.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 478 322 68.2 62.7-73.2 28 5.6 3.5- 8.7 42 8.8 6.2-12.5 45 9.6 6.7-13.4 41 7.8 5.2-11.6
Some Post-H.S. 496 324 64.4 59.0-69.5 41 8.2 5.8-11.5 40 9.5 6.5-13.6 58 12.1 9.1-15.9 33 5.8 3.9- 8.5
College Graduate 515 355 68.3 63.1-73.1 53 9.8 7.1-13.4 37 8.1 5.4-11.8 44 8.9 6.4-12.4 26 4.8 2.7- 8.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 174 99 57.3 47.7-66.5 *** *** *** *** *** *** 26 14.8 9.6-22.1 32 19.8 12.7-29.4
$15,000- 24,999 274 182 66.8 59.7-73.2 14 5.9 3.3-10.4 19 7.1 4.2-11.6 28 10.0 6.3-15.5 31 10.3 6.8-15.2
$25,000- 34,999 171 108 59.3 49.9-68.0 23 14.5 8.9-22.8 13 5.5 3.0- 9.8 20 13.9 8.7-21.3 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 209 146 69.0 60.8-76.2 17 7.3 4.1-12.5 13 5.9 3.2-10.5 21 11.6 7.0-18.5 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 225 161 71.7 64.1-78.3 17 5.9 3.5- 9.9 17 8.7 5.1-14.2 19 8.4 4.9-14.0 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 308 208 69.6 63.1-75.5 36 9.9 6.6-14.7 27 8.8 5.6-13.5 27 9.4 6.1-14.2 *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 569 314 55.5 50.0-60.9 34 5.0 3.2- 7.7 44 7.9 5.4-11.3 88 14.5 11.3-18.3 89 17.2 13.2-22.0
No 1,069 773 71.2 67.7-74.5 98 8.8 7.0-11.1 83 8.5 6.6-11.1 79 8.5 6.6-10.8 36 3.0 2.0- 4.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 350 251 73.2 67.3-78.3 20 4.7 2.7- 8.1 25 8.0 5.3-12.1 29 7.8 5.2-11.6 25 6.3 3.9-10.0
Non-Veteran 1,324 868 65.1 61.7-68.3 113 8.1 6.5-10.1 104 8.3 6.5-10.5 139 10.9 9.0-13.1 100 7.6 5.9- 9.8
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 99 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 16.0 9.3-26.0 *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 395 256 63.5 57.6-69.0 29 5.8 3.8- 8.8 34 9.0 6.3-12.7 40 10.3 7.3-14.4 36 11.3 7.8-16.3
Rural 1,183 800 68.5 64.9-71.8 90 7.7 5.9- 9.8 91 8.1 6.2-10.6 115 9.7 7.8-12.0 87 6.0 4.6- 7.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 826 548 66.3 62.1-70.2 84 8.9 6.9-11.3 82 10.5 8.1-13.6 73 9.6 7.4-12.3 39 4.7 3.2- 6.8
Unemployed 65 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 479 377 81.6 77.3-85.3 26 5.0 3.0- 8.0 20 3.7 2.2- 6.0 35 6.4 4.3- 9.4 21 3.3 2.0- 5.5
Unable to Work 194 91 50.2 41.1-59.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 35 17.2 11.8-24.4 50 25.9 18.5-35.1
Other not in Labor Force 97 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 15.0 8.6-24.8 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 61 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 132 75 60.4 50.1-69.8 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 21 14.0 8.3-22.9
101% to 150% 255 161 62.7 55.3-69.6 *** *** *** 14 4.9 2.8- 8.6 36 16.4 11.4-22.9 29 10.1 6.6-15.2
151% to 200% 137 97 68.3 58.2-76.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 755 524 69.9 65.7-73.8 75 8.5 6.4-11.3 59 8.1 6.0-10.8 66 9.2 6.9-12.2 31 4.2 2.7- 6.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 531 352 69.3 63.8-74.2 40 6.9 4.4-10.5 45 7.4 5.0-10.7 55 10.2 7.3-14.0 39 6.3 4.2- 9.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 827 555 66.0 61.8-69.9 59 6.2 4.6- 8.3 60 8.7 6.5-11.5 83 10.2 8.0-12.9 70 9.0 6.7-12.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 319 214 65.8 59.2-71.9 34 11.0 7.5-15.8 24 8.1 4.9-13.2 30 10.3 7.1-14.9 *** *** ***

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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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