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%)
North Carolina 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
-FEMALES 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
Non-Hispanic White 1,381 834 58.4 55.3-61.4 134 9.5 7.9-11.4 159 12.0 10.1-14.1 157 12.5 10.5-14.7 97 7.6 6.1- 9.6
Non-Hispanic Black 489 297 58.6 53.4-63.7 43 7.8 5.5-10.8 60 14.5 11.1-18.7 62 14.3 11.0-18.4 27 4.9 3.1- 7.6
Other 343 213 60.6 54.1-66.8 19 5.3 3.2- 8.7 40 11.8 8.3-16.5 37 12.3 8.5-17.5 34 10.0 6.5-14.9
AGE
18-34 446 179 40.9 35.8-46.1 52 10.7 7.9-14.3 94 19.8 16.0-24.1 90 20.6 16.7-25.2 31 8.1 5.5-11.8
35-44 326 173 52.6 46.3-58.8 45 13.1 9.6-17.5 42 13.1 9.4-17.9 46 14.3 10.4-19.3 20 7.0 4.2-11.3
45-54 371 220 58.4 52.6-64.0 33 7.2 4.9-10.3 48 13.9 10.2-18.7 44 14.4 10.6-19.3 26 6.1 4.0- 9.2
55-64 437 285 66.4 61.0-71.4 34 7.6 5.3-10.7 35 7.0 4.8-10.1 43 9.6 7.0-13.1 40 9.4 6.4-13.6
65-74 368 268 73.5 67.9-78.4 22 6.1 3.7-10.0 27 7.6 4.9-11.5 23 5.3 3.4- 8.4 28 7.5 5.0-11.1
75+ 265 216 83.5 77.7-87.9 12 4.4 2.4- 8.3 12 4.1 2.1- 7.6 11 3.2 1.6- 6.2 14 4.8 2.6- 8.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 192 129 66.5 58.3-73.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 9.7 6.0-15.5 28 14.4 9.4-21.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 482 300 59.8 54.5-64.9 30 6.8 4.5-10.1 45 10.3 7.4-14.1 55 12.3 9.2-16.3 52 10.8 7.9-14.6
Some Post-H.S. 709 420 56.5 52.2-60.7 61 8.3 6.2-10.9 83 12.7 10.1-15.9 100 16.6 13.5-20.2 45 5.9 4.1- 8.4
College Graduate 860 514 57.1 53.3-60.8 101 12.5 10.2-15.2 123 16.3 13.6-19.4 86 10.5 8.3-13.1 36 3.6 2.5- 5.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 205 109 50.4 42.6-58.1 18 9.1 5.4-15.0 17 11.0 6.5-18.0 30 15.8 10.9-22.3 31 13.8 9.4-19.8
$15,000- 24,999 297 174 58.0 51.2-64.6 20 6.0 3.7- 9.6 28 9.4 6.1-14.1 42 15.1 10.8-20.6 33 11.5 7.7-16.9
$25,000- 34,999 182 111 55.9 47.0-64.5 *** *** *** 30 17.3 11.9-24.4 14 7.3 4.1-12.6 18 14.0 7.9-23.5
$35,000- 49,999 239 133 52.6 45.0-60.0 22 7.9 5.0-12.2 35 15.4 10.6-21.7 36 17.5 12.4-24.0 13 6.8 3.8-11.8
$50,000- 74,999 267 152 55.7 48.5-62.6 30 8.8 5.9-12.9 34 14.5 10.2-20.3 39 17.2 12.2-23.7 12 3.8 2.0- 7.0
$75,000+ 536 320 58.0 53.1-62.7 66 12.7 9.8-16.2 83 16.4 13.1-20.4 46 9.0 6.5-12.4 21 3.9 2.3- 6.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 753 380 46.2 41.9-50.6 48 6.5 4.6- 9.1 66 9.1 6.9-12.0 143 21.1 17.8-25.0 116 17.0 13.8-20.8
No 1,439 942 63.9 60.9-66.7 150 9.9 8.3-11.7 191 14.1 12.1-16.4 114 9.3 7.6-11.3 42 2.8 2.0- 4.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 74 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 13.8 7.2-24.9 11 16.4 8.8-28.5 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,162 1,316 58.7 56.2-61.1 194 8.7 7.5-10.2 248 12.3 10.8-14.1 248 12.9 11.2-14.7 156 7.4 6.1- 8.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 706 416 57.8 53.6-61.9 75 10.3 8.0-13.1 94 14.3 11.6-17.6 78 11.9 9.3-15.0 43 5.7 4.1- 7.8
Regional City or Suburban County 602 354 56.3 51.5-61.0 57 8.8 6.5-11.6 77 13.9 10.8-17.6 80 15.7 12.4-19.7 34 5.4 3.7- 7.8
Rural 938 595 61.2 57.3-64.9 68 7.2 5.5- 9.3 90 9.5 7.6-11.9 101 11.8 9.6-14.6 84 10.3 7.9-13.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,086 625 56.3 52.9-59.7 119 10.3 8.5-12.4 162 15.3 13.0-18.0 132 13.2 11.0-15.8 48 4.8 3.5- 6.7
Unemployed 86 *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 18.9 11.0-30.5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 597 452 76.9 72.8-80.6 41 6.4 4.5- 9.1 34 5.8 4.0- 8.5 35 5.5 3.8- 7.9 35 5.3 3.7- 7.7
Unable to Work 228 107 43.4 35.9-51.3 *** *** *** 16 6.9 3.8-12.4 46 22.5 16.7-29.6 52 24.6 18.0-32.7
Other not in Labor Force 220 125 55.3 47.7-62.8 22 9.9 6.3-15.3 33 14.9 10.4-20.8 26 13.3 8.9-19.5 14 6.5 3.6-11.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 70 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 223 113 47.5 39.9-55.3 20 8.2 5.0-13.2 23 12.6 8.1-19.3 33 16.3 11.3-22.8 34 15.4 10.3-22.3
101% to 150% 225 135 61.6 53.7-68.8 15 5.0 2.9- 8.6 26 11.0 7.1-16.6 28 12.0 8.0-17.5 21 10.4 6.1-17.3
151% to 200% 150 90 55.1 45.4-64.5 *** *** *** 24 17.9 11.7-26.4 14 9.9 5.4-17.6 14 11.4 6.3-19.6
More than 200% 1,022 599 56.8 53.3-60.3 114 10.8 8.9-13.1 147 15.4 13.0-18.2 113 12.4 10.1-15.1 49 4.6 3.3- 6.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 565 351 60.3 55.3-65.1 34 5.7 3.9- 8.2 64 10.6 8.1-13.6 64 13.1 10.0-17.0 52 10.4 7.3-14.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 726 455 59.5 55.1-63.8 59 7.8 5.8-10.4 79 12.4 9.8-15.7 83 12.3 9.7-15.6 50 7.9 5.7-10.9
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 955 559 57.4 53.8-60.9 107 10.6 8.6-13.0 118 13.1 10.8-15.8 112 13.2 10.9-16.0 59 5.7 4.3- 7.4

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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 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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