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
-MALES 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
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,258 898 70.0 67.0-72.9 68 4.8 3.7- 6.2 125 10.7 8.8-12.8 91 8.1 6.5-10.2 76 6.4 4.9- 8.3
Non-Hispanic Black 348 248 70.2 64.3-75.4 22 6.1 3.8- 9.6 29 9.9 6.7-14.4 31 8.7 6.0-12.4 18 5.1 3.0- 8.6
Other 321 237 74.0 67.7-79.3 23 6.4 4.0-10.1 22 6.8 4.3-10.6 31 9.1 5.9-13.9 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 467 278 60.7 55.6-65.5 31 5.1 3.5- 7.4 72 14.7 11.6-18.6 57 13.2 10.0-17.2 29 6.2 4.2- 9.1
35-44 269 182 68.0 61.6-73.9 19 7.3 4.5-11.7 33 11.3 7.8-16.1 20 7.1 4.4-11.1 15 6.3 3.7-10.6
45-54 323 230 71.5 65.4-76.9 20 6.2 3.8- 9.9 32 9.3 6.5-13.3 25 6.5 4.2- 9.8 16 6.4 3.4-11.9
55-64 336 252 75.3 69.6-80.2 17 4.5 2.7- 7.5 16 6.7 3.8-11.4 31 8.1 5.5-11.8 20 5.4 3.4- 8.5
65-74 328 271 81.1 74.3-86.4 16 3.6 2.1- 6.2 16 5.2 3.0- 9.1 *** *** *** 17 8.2 4.1-15.4
75+ 212 173 85.6 79.9-90.0 11 4.9 2.6- 8.9 *** *** *** 11 5.0 2.4- 9.9 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 205 152 72.5 64.3-79.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 24 9.4 5.9-14.7 11 8.5 4.2-16.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 502 377 74.0 69.3-78.2 19 3.7 2.3- 6.0 40 8.6 6.1-11.9 32 6.6 4.5- 9.6 34 7.1 4.8-10.3
Some Post-H.S. 544 360 65.3 60.6-69.6 40 6.2 4.5- 8.6 56 11.6 8.8-15.1 54 11.0 8.3-14.5 34 5.9 4.1- 8.4
College Graduate 710 518 72.2 68.4-75.7 47 6.2 4.6- 8.4 74 11.6 9.2-14.6 44 6.3 4.5- 8.6 27 3.7 2.5- 5.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 148 94 63.0 53.6-71.6 *** *** *** *** *** *** 23 14.0 8.8-21.5 12 8.3 4.6-14.7
$15,000- 24,999 233 154 63.8 56.0-70.9 12 4.6 2.4- 8.8 18 8.4 5.0-13.6 20 9.5 6.0-14.9 29 13.7 8.8-20.7
$25,000- 34,999 170 123 72.6 64.6-79.5 11 6.5 3.5-11.9 11 7.2 3.8-13.3 17 9.9 5.9-16.0 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 236 172 73.2 66.2-79.2 *** *** *** 29 11.7 7.9-17.0 14 4.6 2.6- 7.8 12 6.7 3.3-13.0
$50,000- 74,999 222 161 70.6 63.0-77.3 16 6.4 3.8-10.7 20 8.2 5.0-13.0 18 10.5 6.2-17.3 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 598 446 73.5 69.2-77.4 37 5.2 3.6- 7.5 65 12.2 9.4-15.6 32 5.7 3.8- 8.5 18 3.3 2.0- 5.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 590 349 56.8 51.8-61.6 36 5.6 3.9- 8.1 49 9.2 6.8-12.4 81 13.6 10.6-17.2 75 14.8 11.3-19.2
No 1,296 1,003 76.4 73.6-78.9 74 5.2 4.0- 6.6 121 9.8 8.1-11.9 70 6.2 4.8- 8.0 28 2.4 1.6- 3.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 529 374 69.0 64.0-73.6 42 6.9 5.0- 9.5 38 7.8 5.6-10.9 36 7.0 4.7-10.1 39 9.3 6.3-13.5
Non-Veteran 1,420 1,025 71.1 68.2-73.8 71 4.7 3.7- 6.1 140 10.5 8.7-12.5 118 8.7 7.1-10.6 66 5.0 3.7- 6.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 668 450 66.4 62.1-70.4 55 7.5 5.6-10.1 71 11.0 8.6-14.1 56 8.3 6.3-10.9 36 6.7 4.6- 9.8
Regional City or Suburban County 555 407 72.4 67.8-76.6 26 4.0 2.7- 6.1 53 10.3 7.6-13.8 41 8.1 5.7-11.4 28 5.1 3.4- 7.8
Rural 745 555 73.2 69.1-76.9 35 4.2 2.9- 6.1 56 8.2 6.2-10.9 57 8.3 6.2-11.1 42 6.1 4.1- 8.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,171 846 72.0 69.0-74.9 75 5.5 4.3- 7.0 112 10.0 8.2-12.1 94 8.4 6.7-10.5 44 4.1 3.0- 5.7
Unemployed 72 *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 12.3 6.6-21.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 496 411 82.9 78.2-86.8 21 4.1 2.6- 6.4 25 4.7 2.9- 7.4 21 4.1 2.5- 6.6 18 4.3 2.1- 8.7
Unable to Work 140 70 51.0 41.3-60.5 *** *** *** 13 11.9 6.6-20.6 25 14.3 9.3-21.4 27 18.0 12.1-26.0
Other not in Labor Force 54 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 50 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 159 99 61.2 52.2-69.5 *** *** *** 11 7.5 3.9-13.8 25 16.4 10.8-24.2 14 8.6 5.0-14.5
101% to 150% 195 142 71.7 63.4-78.8 *** *** *** 11 5.5 2.8-10.4 15 6.7 3.9-11.4 21 12.1 7.0-20.0
151% to 200% 160 108 68.4 59.6-76.1 14 8.1 4.5-14.1 16 9.1 5.3-15.2 11 6.5 3.4-12.1 11 7.8 3.7-15.8
More than 200% 996 735 72.5 69.1-75.6 59 5.2 3.9- 6.8 106 11.6 9.5-14.1 64 7.2 5.4- 9.5 32 3.6 2.5- 5.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER4
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 438 332 74.7 69.6-79.2 19 3.5 2.2- 5.7 29 6.9 4.6-10.3 40 11.0 7.8-15.2 18 3.9 2.2- 6.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 661 473 70.5 66.2-74.4 36 5.4 3.8- 7.6 62 9.9 7.5-12.9 47 6.8 4.9- 9.4 43 7.4 5.2-10.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 869 607 68.8 65.1-72.3 61 6.1 4.6- 8.0 89 11.1 8.9-13.8 67 8.1 6.2-10.5 45 5.9 4.2- 8.4

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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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