2019 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 4,214 532 13.8 12.5-15.1 3,682 86.2 84.9-87.5
-Eastern NC 1,381 184 14.3 12.1-16.7 1,197 85.7 83.3-87.9
GENDER
Male 620 71 11.4 8.8-14.6 549 88.6 85.4-91.2
Female 761 113 17.0 13.8-20.7 648 83.0 79.3-86.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 828 112 15.7 12.9-19.1 716 84.3 80.9-87.1
Non-Hispanic Black 329 39 10.8 7.5-15.3 290 89.2 84.7-92.5
Other 224 33 14.4 9.5-21.1 191 85.6 78.9-90.5
AGE
18-34 284 51 19.6 14.7-25.6 233 80.4 74.4-85.3
35-44 191 26 14.6 9.7-21.3 165 85.4 78.7-90.3
45-54 221 27 12.0 7.9-17.8 194 88.0 82.2-92.1
55-64 253 41 15.0 10.7-20.6 212 85.0 79.4-89.3
65-74 255 25 9.1 5.9-14.0 230 90.9 86.0-94.1
75+ 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 131 25 17.1 10.7-26.4 106 82.9 73.6-89.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 393 51 13.0 9.6-17.4 342 87.0 82.6-90.4
Some Post-H.S. 455 75 17.9 14.0-22.5 380 82.1 77.5-86.0
College Graduate 397 33 8.5 5.9-12.2 364 91.5 87.8-94.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 511 131 27.0 22.6-32.0 380 73.0 68.0-77.4
No 822 52 7.6 5.6-10.4 770 92.4 89.6-94.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 250 33 14.1 9.7-20.1 217 85.9 79.9-90.3
Non-Veteran 1,122 151 14.4 12.0-17.1 971 85.6 82.9-88.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 683 76 12.4 9.7-15.8 607 87.6 84.2-90.3
Unemployed 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 375 24 5.0 3.1- 7.9 351 95.0 92.1-96.9
Unable to Work 160 57 34.6 26.5-43.9 103 65.4 56.1-73.5
Other not in Labor Force 87 15 19.8 11.6-31.6 72 80.2 68.4-88.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 140 34 22.6 15.7-31.5 106 77.4 68.5-84.3
$15,000- 24,999 193 42 20.7 14.7-28.2 151 79.3 71.8-85.3
$25,000- 34,999 117 15 16.7 9.3-28.2 102 83.3 71.8-90.7
$35,000- 49,999 177 17 10.0 5.9-16.2 160 90.0 83.8-94.1
$50,000- 74,999 153 19 16.4 10.3-25.1 134 83.6 74.9-89.7
$75,000+ 309 24 8.7 5.3-13.8 285 91.3 86.2-94.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 140 35 26.8 18.6-37.0 105 73.2 63.0-81.4
101% to 150% 143 23 13.8 8.7-21.2 120 86.2 78.8-91.3
151% to 200% 123 23 22.2 14.3-32.7 100 77.8 67.3-85.7
More than 200% 605 56 10.5 7.8-13.9 549 89.5 86.1-92.2
HOUSING
Own 864 83 10.7 8.4-13.5 781 89.3 86.5-91.6
Rent 409 81 21.5 16.9-26.8 328 78.5 73.2-83.1
Other arrangement 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 436 60 13.8 10.4-18.0 376 86.2 82.0-89.6
Rural 840 104 13.3 10.7-16.4 736 86.7 83.6-89.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 768 103 14.4 11.6-17.9 665 85.6 82.1-88.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 334 39 12.0 8.5-16.6 295 88.0 83.4-91.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 279 42 16.5 11.9-22.5 237 83.5 77.5-88.1

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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 2019 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2019 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2019 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2019 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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