2019 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%)
TOTAL 4,214 2,777 64.4 62.7-66.1 316 7.1 6.2- 8.0 441 11.1 10.1-12.3 413 10.7 9.6-11.8 267 6.7 5.8- 7.8
GENDER
Male 1,968 1,412 70.6 68.1-72.9 116 5.3 4.3- 6.5 180 9.8 8.4-11.5 154 8.2 6.9- 9.8 106 6.0 4.8- 7.6
Female 2,246 1,365 58.7 56.3-61.1 200 8.7 7.4-10.1 261 12.4 10.8-14.1 259 12.9 11.3-14.7 161 7.4 6.1- 8.8
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,639 1,732 64.0 61.8-66.1 202 7.3 6.3- 8.4 284 11.3 10.0-12.8 248 10.4 9.1-11.9 173 7.0 5.9- 8.4
Non-Hispanic Black 837 545 63.8 60.0-67.6 65 7.0 5.3- 9.2 89 12.4 9.9-15.4 93 11.8 9.5-14.5 45 5.0 3.5- 7.0
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 109 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 11.4 5.9-20.6 14 13.0 7.5-21.6
Non-Hispanic Other 156 92 57.5 48.0-66.4 *** *** *** 18 10.3 6.2-16.7 22 16.2 10.1-24.8 14 10.9 5.9-19.2
Hispanic 399 290 73.7 68.6-78.3 22 5.7 3.5- 9.1 38 9.2 6.5-12.9 35 7.6 5.3-10.9 14 3.7 2.1- 6.5
AGE
18-34 913 457 50.9 47.2-54.5 83 7.9 6.2-10.0 166 17.2 14.7-20.0 147 16.8 14.3-19.8 60 7.2 5.4- 9.4
35-44 595 355 60.1 55.6-64.5 64 10.3 7.9-13.2 75 12.2 9.6-15.5 66 10.8 8.3-13.9 35 6.6 4.6- 9.5
45-54 694 450 64.8 60.5-68.8 53 6.7 5.0- 9.0 80 11.7 9.2-14.7 69 10.6 8.2-13.5 42 6.3 4.3- 9.1
55-64 773 537 70.6 66.7-74.2 51 6.1 4.6- 8.2 51 6.8 4.9- 9.4 74 8.9 7.0-11.4 60 7.5 5.6-10.1
65-74 696 539 77.0 72.9-80.7 38 5.0 3.4- 7.2 43 6.5 4.6- 9.1 31 3.7 2.5- 5.5 45 7.8 5.3-11.4
75+ 477 389 84.4 80.4-87.7 23 4.6 3.0- 7.2 20 3.3 2.0- 5.4 22 3.9 2.4- 6.4 23 3.9 2.3- 6.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 397 281 69.7 64.1-74.9 17 4.5 2.7- 7.5 18 4.9 2.9- 8.2 42 9.6 6.8-13.2 39 11.2 7.7-16.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 984 677 67.3 63.7-70.6 49 5.2 3.8- 7.1 85 9.4 7.4-11.8 87 9.3 7.4-11.7 86 8.9 7.0-11.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,253 780 60.4 57.3-63.5 101 7.3 5.9- 9.1 139 12.2 10.3-14.5 154 14.1 11.9-16.5 79 5.9 4.6- 7.6
College Graduate 1,570 1,032 63.8 61.1-66.5 148 9.7 8.2-11.5 197 14.2 12.3-16.3 130 8.6 7.1-10.3 63 3.7 2.8- 4.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,343 729 51.0 47.8-54.3 84 6.1 4.8- 7.8 115 9.2 7.5-11.2 224 17.7 15.4-20.3 191 16.0 13.5-18.8
No 2,735 1,945 69.9 67.9-71.9 224 7.6 6.6- 8.8 312 12.1 10.7-13.6 184 7.8 6.7- 9.1 70 2.6 2.0- 3.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 603 416 67.5 62.8-71.8 47 6.8 5.0- 9.2 50 8.6 6.4-11.5 47 8.1 5.9-11.2 43 9.0 6.2-12.9
Non-Veteran 3,582 2,341 63.9 62.0-65.7 265 7.1 6.2- 8.1 388 11.6 10.4-12.9 366 11.1 10.0-12.4 222 6.4 5.5- 7.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,257 1,471 64.8 62.5-67.0 194 7.7 6.6- 9.0 274 12.4 11.0-14.1 226 10.6 9.2-12.2 92 4.4 3.5- 5.6
Unemployed 158 72 44.5 35.3-54.0 13 6.5 3.5-11.6 28 15.7 10.4-22.9 22 15.9 10.0-24.3 23 17.5 10.9-27.0
Retired 1,093 863 79.6 76.6-82.4 62 5.3 4.0- 7.1 59 5.3 3.9- 7.1 56 4.9 3.6- 6.5 53 4.9 3.4- 7.0
Unable to Work 368 177 46.4 40.4-52.5 12 3.4 1.8- 6.5 29 8.9 5.8-13.4 71 19.3 15.1-24.3 79 22.0 17.2-27.7
Other not in Labor Force 274 147 51.0 44.3-57.7 28 10.2 6.8-14.9 46 17.1 12.7-22.6 36 15.5 11.1-21.2 17 6.2 3.6-10.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 353 203 56.0 49.9-61.9 27 8.0 5.2-12.1 27 9.7 6.4-14.6 53 15.0 11.2-19.7 43 11.4 8.2-15.5
$15,000- 24,999 530 328 60.7 55.6-65.5 32 5.4 3.6- 7.9 46 8.9 6.4-12.2 62 12.5 9.6-16.2 62 12.5 9.3-16.7
$25,000- 34,999 352 234 64.4 58.2-70.1 20 6.0 3.7- 9.6 41 12.2 8.8-16.6 31 8.6 5.9-12.4 26 8.8 5.4-14.0
$35,000- 49,999 475 305 63.4 58.2-68.3 31 5.8 3.9- 8.3 64 13.4 10.3-17.4 50 10.7 7.9-14.3 25 6.7 4.2-10.4
$50,000-74,999 489 313 62.8 57.5-67.7 46 7.7 5.6-10.4 54 11.5 8.6-15.2 57 14.0 10.5-18.5 19 4.0 2.4- 6.6
$75,000+ 1,134 766 66.4 63.2-69.5 103 8.6 7.0-10.6 148 14.1 11.9-16.7 78 7.3 5.6- 9.3 39 3.6 2.5- 5.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 881 628 68.8 64.9-72.5 57 6.6 4.8- 8.8 61 7.5 5.6-10.0 82 11.1 8.8-14.0 53 6.0 4.3- 8.4
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 120 65 51.6 41.5-61.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 25 20.4 13.5-29.8 13 11.3 6.3-19.4
50% to 100% 382 212 53.0 47.1-58.9 30 7.4 4.9-11.0 34 10.6 7.3-15.1 58 16.3 12.4-21.2 48 12.6 9.1-17.3
101% to 150% 420 277 66.7 61.1-71.9 21 4.5 2.8- 7.2 37 8.2 5.7-11.6 43 9.3 6.7-12.7 42 11.3 7.7-16.2
151% to 200% 310 198 62.4 55.8-68.5 22 7.0 4.4-11.0 40 13.1 9.4-18.0 25 8.1 5.2-12.4 25 9.4 5.9-14.7
More than 200% 2,018 1,334 64.9 62.4-67.2 173 7.9 6.7- 9.3 253 13.5 11.8-15.3 177 9.7 8.2-11.4 81 4.1 3.2- 5.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 881 628 68.8 64.9-72.5 57 6.6 4.8- 8.8 61 7.5 5.6-10.0 82 11.1 8.8-14.0 53 6.0 4.3- 8.4
HOUSING
Own 2,670 1,904 69.6 67.5-71.6 190 6.5 5.6- 7.6 250 10.1 8.8-11.6 191 8.1 6.9- 9.5 135 5.7 4.6- 7.0
Rent 1,218 695 54.7 51.4-57.9 105 8.4 6.8-10.3 143 12.3 10.3-14.6 173 15.4 13.1-17.9 102 9.2 7.4-11.5
Other arrangement 291 150 48.1 41.5-54.8 20 7.6 4.6-12.1 45 17.3 12.7-23.0 48 18.8 14.0-24.7 28 8.3 5.4-12.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,374 866 61.9 58.9-64.8 130 9.0 7.4-10.8 165 12.7 10.9-14.9 134 10.1 8.5-12.1 79 6.2 4.8- 8.0
Regional City or Suburban County 1,157 761 64.3 61.0-67.5 83 6.4 5.1- 8.1 130 12.1 10.0-14.6 121 11.9 9.8-14.4 62 5.3 4.0- 7.0
Rural 1,683 1,150 66.7 63.9-69.4 103 5.8 4.7- 7.2 146 8.9 7.5-10.6 158 10.2 8.6-12.1 126 8.3 6.7-10.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,003 683 67.2 63.7-70.7 53 4.6 3.4- 6.2 93 8.8 7.0-11.0 104 12.1 9.8-14.8 70 7.2 5.4- 9.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,387 928 64.8 61.8-67.8 95 6.6 5.3- 8.3 141 11.2 9.4-13.3 130 9.6 7.9-11.7 93 7.7 6.0- 9.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,824 1,166 62.8 60.2-65.3 168 8.5 7.2-10.0 207 12.1 10.5-14.0 179 10.8 9.2-12.6 104 5.8 4.6- 7.2

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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