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
-MALES 2,176 1,567 72.6 70.2-74.8 144 7.3 6.0- 8.8 166 7.7 6.4- 9.2 168 6.9 5.8- 8.2 131 5.6 4.5- 6.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,467 1,059 73.2 70.4-75.9 97 7.2 5.7- 9.0 118 7.5 6.1- 9.2 112 6.9 5.6- 8.6 81 5.1 3.8- 6.8
Non-Hispanic Black 352 245 69.9 63.8-75.3 22 7.3 4.5-11.6 28 9.3 6.0-14.0 30 6.7 4.4-10.1 27 6.9 4.4-10.6
Other 325 245 76.0 70.0-81.1 22 6.5 3.9-10.5 17 6.1 3.5-10.4 23 6.8 4.3-10.5 18 4.7 2.6- 8.2
AGE
18-34 520 320 63.3 58.5-67.9 49 9.2 6.8-12.5 68 12.4 9.5-16.0 55 9.8 7.3-13.0 28 5.3 3.5- 7.8
35-44 281 199 72.3 65.7-77.9 21 6.5 4.0-10.4 19 6.4 3.8-10.5 26 7.6 5.0-11.4 16 7.2 4.0-12.6
45-54 363 261 73.1 66.8-78.5 22 7.2 4.1-12.3 21 6.2 3.7-10.2 32 6.6 4.4- 9.8 27 6.9 4.1-11.3
55-64 368 264 76.0 70.6-80.7 25 7.0 4.3-11.0 30 6.7 4.5-10.0 21 4.5 2.7- 7.6 28 5.8 3.7- 8.8
65-74 390 303 79.8 74.3-84.4 20 7.3 4.1-12.4 17 3.6 2.0- 6.4 27 5.2 3.3- 8.2 23 4.0 2.5- 6.4
75+ 224 195 90.7 85.3-94.2 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 249 183 75.4 68.4-81.3 12 6.2 3.2-11.7 14 3.8 2.1- 6.8 14 4.1 2.2- 7.4 26 10.4 6.6-16.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 584 423 74.6 70.2-78.6 32 5.7 3.8- 8.6 48 8.3 6.0-11.3 45 6.8 4.8- 9.5 36 4.6 3.0- 6.9
Some Post-H.S. 575 385 67.4 62.5-71.9 49 9.3 6.7-12.9 44 8.2 5.8-11.5 62 8.8 6.6-11.7 35 6.3 4.2- 9.3
College Graduate 762 572 75.1 71.2-78.5 51 7.2 5.2- 9.8 58 8.3 6.2-11.0 47 6.1 4.4- 8.4 34 3.3 2.2- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 167 97 65.6 56.7-73.5 *** *** *** 15 8.1 4.6-13.8 26 11.5 7.2-17.9 22 10.3 6.1-16.9
$15,000- 24,999 290 190 65.7 58.6-72.2 19 7.6 4.5-12.6 27 9.5 6.1-14.4 29 9.7 6.3-14.8 25 7.4 4.2-12.7
$25,000- 34,999 178 121 67.2 58.3-75.0 18 9.3 5.3-15.8 16 8.6 4.7-15.4 12 5.6 3.1-10.1 11 9.3 4.9-16.9
$35,000- 49,999 254 186 77.0 70.7-82.4 17 6.0 3.4-10.4 16 4.5 2.6- 7.8 17 6.6 3.9-11.1 18 5.8 3.4- 9.7
$50,000- 74,999 323 239 74.1 67.8-79.5 20 7.6 4.5-12.6 28 8.0 5.2-12.0 20 5.2 3.1- 8.6 16 5.1 2.9- 8.9
$75,000+ 596 456 75.2 70.7-79.3 46 8.6 6.2-11.9 36 6.3 4.3- 9.1 37 6.0 4.0- 8.7 21 3.9 2.3- 6.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 616 362 60.1 55.1-64.9 31 5.3 3.3- 8.3 53 9.2 6.7-12.6 82 11.5 8.9-14.8 88 13.8 10.8-17.7
No 1,483 1,144 76.5 73.7-79.0 110 8.1 6.5-10.1 109 7.4 5.9- 9.2 83 5.5 4.3- 7.0 37 2.5 1.6- 3.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 612 447 74.5 70.1-78.5 31 5.7 3.7- 8.6 45 6.7 4.8- 9.3 46 6.6 4.7- 9.3 43 6.4 4.4- 9.2
Non-Veteran 1,558 1,114 71.8 69.0-74.5 113 7.8 6.3- 9.7 121 8.0 6.5- 9.8 122 7.0 5.7- 8.6 88 5.4 4.1- 6.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 592 417 72.8 68.6-76.6 59 9.7 7.3-12.8 48 7.1 5.1- 9.7 41 6.4 4.6- 8.8 27 4.1 2.6- 6.3
Regional City or Suburban County 543 393 73.3 68.7-77.4 29 5.5 3.6- 8.2 43 8.0 5.8-11.1 42 6.9 4.9- 9.8 36 6.3 4.4- 9.0
Rural 1,041 757 71.9 68.0-75.5 56 6.6 4.6- 9.3 75 8.0 6.0-10.5 85 7.3 5.6- 9.4 68 6.3 4.5- 8.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,283 937 73.2 70.2-76.0 99 7.7 6.1- 9.7 104 7.7 6.2- 9.6 91 6.7 5.3- 8.4 52 4.7 3.4- 6.5
Unemployed 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 562 452 82.4 78.2-86.0 26 5.3 3.1- 8.7 27 3.9 2.5- 6.1 29 3.8 2.4- 5.9 28 4.6 3.0- 7.1
Unable to Work 168 85 61.2 51.7-70.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** 31 13.2 8.6-19.7 41 17.4 12.0-24.6
Other not in Labor Force 68 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 45 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 136 92 70.4 60.6-78.6 *** *** *** 12 8.0 3.9-15.8 12 7.2 3.7-13.5 13 8.7 4.4-16.3
101% to 150% 268 166 63.6 56.1-70.5 17 8.7 5.1-14.3 22 8.1 4.9-13.0 36 11.2 7.5-16.4 27 8.4 4.9-14.1
151% to 200% 138 96 70.2 60.7-78.1 *** *** *** 18 12.9 7.7-20.7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,184 881 74.3 71.2-77.3 90 8.1 6.3-10.3 83 6.7 5.2- 8.5 74 5.9 4.5- 7.7 56 5.0 3.6- 6.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 416 296 74.5 68.7-79.5 19 3.7 1.9- 7.0 31 7.4 4.7-11.7 41 8.6 5.9-12.4 29 5.7 3.6- 9.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 897 655 72.5 68.7-76.0 47 5.9 4.1- 8.4 63 7.6 5.7-10.0 67 6.9 5.3- 9.0 65 7.2 5.2- 9.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 863 616 72.1 68.4-75.5 78 9.7 7.6-12.3 72 7.9 6.1-10.2 60 6.3 4.7- 8.5 37 4.0 2.8- 5.8

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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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