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
-Non-Hispanic White 3,104 2,041 65.0 62.9-67.1 260 9.0 7.8-10.4 300 9.7 8.5-11.0 308 10.0 8.8-11.4 195 6.3 5.2- 7.6
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-34 583 291 51.0 46.3-55.8 59 9.8 7.4-12.9 107 16.8 13.8-20.4 87 14.1 11.2-17.6 39 8.2 5.7-11.6
35-44 361 200 58.4 52.2-64.3 39 9.6 6.6-13.7 35 9.7 6.7-14.0 58 14.7 11.0-19.4 29 7.6 4.8-11.9
45-54 475 272 58.1 52.6-63.5 51 11.9 8.8-15.8 49 9.7 7.0-13.4 57 11.5 8.4-15.5 46 8.7 5.9-12.7
55-64 564 382 70.4 65.6-74.8 53 9.7 7.0-13.2 54 7.7 5.6-10.5 44 7.4 5.1-10.7 31 4.8 3.1- 7.4
65-74 649 495 77.0 72.0-81.4 43 8.4 5.3-13.2 31 4.5 3.0- 6.7 44 5.7 4.0- 8.1 36 4.3 2.6- 7.2
75+ 431 368 90.2 86.8-92.9 *** *** *** 20 3.5 2.0- 6.1 *** *** *** 13 1.6 0.9- 2.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 207 133 66.9 57.9-74.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 22 7.0 3.9-12.2 34 15.9 10.5-23.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 721 478 66.0 61.6-70.2 36 5.2 3.5- 7.7 79 10.9 8.5-13.9 68 10.7 8.1-13.9 60 7.2 5.1-10.0
Some Post-H.S. 912 585 63.5 59.6-67.3 70 8.5 6.5-11.0 90 10.6 8.4-13.3 115 11.6 9.4-14.3 52 5.8 4.1- 8.2
College Graduate 1,263 843 65.0 61.7-68.1 146 13.4 11.2-15.9 122 10.0 8.2-12.1 103 8.7 6.9-10.8 49 3.0 2.2- 4.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 232 115 53.0 44.8-61.0 *** *** *** 27 12.7 8.2-19.1 43 14.6 10.2-20.4 39 16.0 10.8-23.1
$15,000- 24,999 362 216 57.0 50.1-63.7 24 8.5 4.8-14.7 34 9.5 6.5-13.8 51 14.7 10.5-20.1 37 10.3 6.5-15.9
$25,000- 34,999 257 156 59.3 51.3-66.7 22 9.6 5.4-16.3 33 12.9 8.3-19.6 30 11.6 7.7-17.3 16 6.6 3.7-11.4
$35,000- 49,999 371 235 61.8 55.4-67.8 34 9.8 6.7-14.2 35 8.3 5.7-12.0 42 12.3 8.7-17.2 25 7.7 4.6-12.6
$50,000- 74,999 464 318 68.5 63.1-73.4 40 9.1 6.4-12.8 43 9.3 6.6-13.0 40 8.4 5.9-12.0 23 4.7 2.9- 7.4
$75,000+ 884 608 67.0 63.1-70.8 108 13.0 10.5-16.0 76 8.9 6.9-11.4 64 8.0 5.9-10.6 28 3.1 1.8- 5.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 950 525 53.7 49.5-57.8 51 5.3 3.8- 7.4 105 10.7 8.6-13.2 146 15.3 12.6-18.6 123 15.0 12.0-18.6
No 2,087 1,469 69.1 66.6-71.6 205 10.6 9.0-12.5 190 9.5 8.0-11.1 156 8.0 6.7- 9.6 67 2.7 2.0- 3.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 498 356 71.3 66.0-76.0 26 5.6 3.5- 9.0 43 8.5 6.1-11.8 44 9.1 6.4-12.8 29 5.5 3.3- 8.9
Non-Veteran 2,606 1,683 63.9 61.5-66.2 235 9.6 8.2-11.1 259 9.9 8.6-11.4 264 10.2 8.8-11.7 165 6.4 5.2- 7.8
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 720 462 63.5 59.4-67.5 87 12.4 9.9-15.5 77 10.6 8.3-13.4 65 9.1 7.0-11.9 29 4.3 2.7- 6.8
Regional City or Suburban County 792 505 62.6 58.3-66.7 71 9.0 6.7-12.1 77 10.0 7.8-12.7 81 10.6 8.2-13.6 58 7.8 5.7-10.6
Rural 1,596 1,075 67.6 64.5-70.5 103 6.8 5.3- 8.6 148 9.0 7.4-10.9 162 10.1 8.4-12.2 108 6.4 4.9- 8.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,555 985 62.8 59.8-65.6 171 11.1 9.3-13.1 174 10.7 9.1-12.6 155 10.7 9.0-12.8 70 4.7 3.5- 6.3
Unemployed 73 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 1,004 796 80.9 77.3-84.1 55 6.5 4.2- 9.7 54 4.7 3.5- 6.5 58 4.7 3.3- 6.8 41 3.2 2.1- 4.7
Unable to Work 241 98 48.5 40.2-56.8 *** *** *** 25 8.9 5.5-14.0 50 17.3 12.6-23.4 61 22.8 16.6-30.4
Other not in Labor Force 209 109 53.5 45.4-61.5 21 9.4 5.9-14.8 36 16.6 11.6-23.1 29 10.8 7.1-16.2 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 66 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 153 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 11.4 6.6-19.2 25 14.2 8.6-22.6 24 15.4 9.1-24.7
101% to 150% 352 200 56.7 50.1-63.1 23 7.4 4.3-12.5 32 8.7 5.8-12.9 59 17.2 12.9-22.4 38 10.0 6.5-15.0
151% to 200% 215 138 61.0 52.2-69.1 16 8.6 5.1-14.3 23 12.8 7.8-20.4 22 10.1 5.9-16.8 *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,753 1,187 66.9 64.1-69.6 185 11.3 9.6-13.3 164 9.3 7.8-11.0 144 8.5 7.0-10.3 73 4.0 3.0- 5.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 532 352 68.2 62.7-73.2 34 6.1 3.8- 9.6 54 9.0 6.5-12.4 50 10.6 7.4-15.0 42 6.0 4.0- 9.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,319 867 64.7 61.4-67.9 93 7.5 5.8- 9.8 114 8.5 6.9-10.4 138 10.3 8.4-12.4 107 9.0 7.0-11.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,257 823 64.4 61.1-67.5 134 11.3 9.3-13.5 134 11.2 9.2-13.5 120 9.6 7.7-11.8 46 3.6 2.5- 5.1

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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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