2018 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 4,662 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
-FEMALES 2,486 1,525 59.3 56.7-61.7 232 9.7 8.3-11.3 270 11.6 10.1-13.3 290 12.3 10.8-14.1 169 7.1 5.8- 8.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,637 982 57.3 54.2-60.4 163 10.7 8.8-12.9 182 11.7 9.9-13.8 196 12.9 11.0-15.2 114 7.4 5.8- 9.4
Non-Hispanic Black 514 321 61.8 56.4-67.0 45 7.9 5.6-11.0 55 12.3 9.0-16.6 65 12.8 9.6-16.9 28 5.2 3.2- 8.2
Other 300 199 63.6 56.4-70.3 22 8.2 5.1-12.8 29 9.8 6.1-15.4 28 10.1 6.5-15.3 22 8.3 4.9-13.9
AGE
18-34 479 217 43.9 38.8-49.1 52 10.2 7.6-13.7 95 20.0 16.2-24.4 79 16.0 12.6-20.2 36 9.8 6.9-13.9
35-44 334 175 55.0 48.4-61.4 37 10.3 7.0-15.0 39 11.7 8.2-16.5 57 16.6 12.3-22.0 26 6.4 3.9-10.2
45-54 396 212 54.7 48.6-60.7 52 13.1 9.8-17.4 41 9.3 6.5-13.2 52 13.9 10.0-18.9 39 8.9 6.1-13.0
55-64 453 286 65.0 59.4-70.2 38 9.1 6.3-13.0 47 8.2 5.8-11.5 50 11.2 8.0-15.5 32 6.5 4.1-10.2
65-74 465 342 72.8 66.3-78.5 38 9.6 5.5-16.0 26 6.2 4.0- 9.5 34 6.7 4.5- 9.9 25 4.7 2.4- 9.1
75+ 300 251 87.2 81.9-91.1 *** *** *** 15 3.4 1.7- 6.5 16 3.9 2.2- 6.9 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 249 155 60.8 52.5-68.5 14 6.9 3.2-14.6 18 7.3 4.3-12.1 32 10.6 6.8-16.2 30 14.3 9.4-21.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 583 379 62.0 56.8-66.9 29 5.7 3.6- 8.8 62 11.5 8.6-15.2 64 13.4 10.1-17.6 49 7.5 5.1-10.9
Some Post-H.S. 753 453 57.7 53.2-62.1 64 8.6 6.5-11.4 82 12.8 10.0-16.3 98 13.7 11.0-17.0 56 7.1 5.1- 9.9
College Graduate 897 536 58.1 54.2-61.9 124 15.4 12.8-18.5 107 12.2 9.9-14.9 96 10.7 8.5-13.5 34 3.6 2.3- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 258 136 53.4 45.4-61.1 *** *** *** 28 12.6 8.2-18.7 45 16.2 11.5-22.3 39 14.2 9.5-20.9
$15,000- 24,999 394 241 58.3 51.6-64.6 27 8.0 4.6-13.5 29 8.2 5.3-12.5 57 15.3 11.3-20.5 40 10.2 6.8-15.1
$25,000- 34,999 227 127 50.9 42.4-59.3 23 12.2 7.2-20.0 28 13.8 8.5-21.7 35 16.0 10.8-23.0 14 7.1 3.8-13.0
$35,000- 49,999 290 171 54.1 46.9-61.1 26 10.1 6.6-15.1 38 12.8 9.0-17.8 42 16.9 12.0-23.2 13 6.2 3.0-12.6
$50,000- 74,999 298 192 63.5 56.6-69.9 26 7.9 5.2-11.8 33 11.4 7.7-16.6 32 11.8 7.8-17.5 15 5.4 3.0- 9.4
$75,000+ 500 303 59.9 54.5-65.0 90 17.8 14.1-22.1 54 11.3 8.3-15.2 40 9.0 6.2-12.8 13 2.1 1.0- 4.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 803 413 48.5 43.9-53.1 47 5.0 3.6- 7.0 95 12.1 9.5-15.2 139 19.0 15.6-23.0 109 15.4 12.1-19.4
No 1,626 1,072 63.7 60.7-66.6 183 12.0 10.1-14.2 171 11.6 9.8-13.8 145 9.4 7.8-11.3 55 3.3 2.4- 4.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 86 *** *** *** 11 12.3 5.9-23.6 13 14.7 8.1-25.2 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,398 1,479 59.6 57.0-62.1 221 9.6 8.2-11.2 257 11.5 10.0-13.3 277 12.2 10.6-13.9 164 7.2 5.9- 8.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 669 415 59.9 55.4-64.2 71 10.5 8.1-13.4 87 14.2 11.3-17.7 67 10.1 7.7-13.2 29 5.3 3.5- 8.0
Regional City or Suburban County 575 330 54.0 48.9-59.0 65 10.7 7.7-14.7 62 11.8 9.0-15.5 74 13.9 10.8-17.8 44 9.5 6.8-13.2
Rural 1,242 780 62.3 58.6-65.8 96 8.3 6.5-10.4 121 9.2 7.4-11.4 149 13.2 10.8-15.9 96 7.1 5.3- 9.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,120 647 56.5 52.9-60.0 137 12.1 10.0-14.5 143 12.8 10.6-15.4 140 13.9 11.6-16.7 53 4.7 3.4- 6.5
Unemployed 92 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 13.7 7.2-24.3 *** *** *** 11 9.1 4.7-16.6
Retired 732 561 78.0 73.4-82.0 49 7.8 5.0-12.0 42 5.3 3.7- 7.5 49 5.8 3.9- 8.6 31 3.1 1.9- 4.9
Unable to Work 249 112 47.9 39.8-56.0 11 3.6 1.7- 7.4 26 8.2 5.2-12.7 48 18.5 13.3-25.1 52 21.9 15.5-29.9
Other not in Labor Force 270 147 50.4 43.3-57.6 26 9.5 6.2-14.3 42 17.5 12.6-23.7 35 10.9 7.5-15.5 20 11.7 7.1-18.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 92 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 17.8 10.4-28.7 16 18.3 10.1-30.8
50% to 100% 207 110 52.7 43.7-61.6 12 7.5 3.2-16.7 23 11.4 6.9-18.4 33 15.6 10.3-23.0 29 12.7 7.7-20.1
101% to 150% 363 202 51.6 45.2-58.0 31 9.1 5.6-14.4 31 9.5 6.3-14.1 62 20.2 15.5-25.9 37 9.6 6.5-13.8
151% to 200% 171 108 57.1 46.9-66.8 13 8.5 4.7-14.9 12 10.4 5.1-20.0 27 15.7 9.7-24.2 11 8.3 3.5-18.5
More than 200% 1,105 685 60.6 57.0-64.1 139 13.3 11.1-15.9 133 12.3 10.1-14.8 108 10.3 8.2-12.8 40 3.5 2.4- 5.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 479 302 62.3 56.1-68.1 40 9.8 6.6-14.5 47 8.7 6.2-12.2 48 12.0 8.4-16.9 42 7.2 4.5-11.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,044 636 59.0 55.1-62.7 88 8.7 6.7-11.3 101 9.9 7.9-12.2 133 12.9 10.5-15.6 86 9.6 7.4-12.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 963 587 58.7 54.9-62.5 104 10.6 8.5-13.1 122 14.1 11.6-17.2 109 11.9 9.6-14.7 41 4.6 3.2- 6.7

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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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