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
-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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-34 480 220 46.9 42.0-51.9 45 8.0 5.8-10.9 100 19.3 15.7-23.3 78 17.7 14.1-22.0 37 8.1 5.8-11.4
35-44 317 165 53.9 47.7-59.9 41 11.8 8.6-15.9 47 14.1 10.4-18.7 43 13.0 9.5-17.7 21 7.3 4.5-11.5
45-54 413 265 64.7 59.3-69.6 33 6.9 4.7-10.0 52 11.8 8.8-15.7 38 10.5 7.5-14.5 25 6.1 4.0- 9.1
55-64 519 368 72.0 67.3-76.3 35 6.5 4.6- 9.2 34 6.8 4.5-10.1 44 7.3 5.3-10.0 38 7.4 5.1-10.6
65-74 517 400 76.3 71.4-80.6 27 5.0 3.2- 7.8 32 6.8 4.6- 9.9 25 4.1 2.6- 6.2 33 7.9 5.0-12.2
75+ 366 292 82.1 77.2-86.1 21 5.5 3.5- 8.8 16 3.5 2.0- 6.2 18 4.5 2.6- 7.6 19 4.3 2.5- 7.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 128 84 65.4 55.5-74.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 10.1 5.7-17.1 18 15.0 9.0-23.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 560 378 66.1 61.4-70.5 22 3.8 2.4- 6.0 51 9.3 6.8-12.6 53 10.6 8.0-14.0 56 10.2 7.6-13.5
Some Post-H.S. 814 519 62.1 58.3-65.8 70 8.3 6.4-10.6 85 11.2 8.9-13.9 88 12.5 10.1-15.5 52 5.9 4.4- 7.9
College Graduate 1,131 747 64.0 60.8-67.1 107 10.3 8.5-12.5 138 14.0 11.8-16.5 92 8.2 6.5-10.1 47 3.6 2.6- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 152 84 51.5 42.5-60.5 *** *** *** 15 14.1 8.2-23.2 22 15.8 10.2-23.8 23 14.6 9.6-21.7
$15,000- 24,999 250 139 55.4 48.1-62.5 *** *** *** 29 11.5 7.6-17.0 37 15.3 10.8-21.3 34 13.8 9.5-19.6
$25,000- 34,999 208 137 63.7 55.7-71.0 *** *** *** 25 11.9 7.9-17.7 19 8.5 5.2-13.6 17 10.6 6.0-18.2
$35,000- 49,999 308 205 65.9 59.5-71.8 20 5.9 3.7- 9.2 41 13.9 9.9-19.1 26 7.9 5.2-11.9 *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 352 227 64.4 58.3-70.1 33 7.4 5.2-10.5 37 11.2 7.9-15.6 40 12.5 8.7-17.5 15 4.5 2.6- 7.9
$75,000+ 860 586 67.2 63.5-70.6 79 9.1 7.2-11.5 107 13.1 10.7-15.8 57 7.3 5.5- 9.7 31 3.3 2.3- 4.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 833 456 51.4 47.2-55.5 48 5.2 3.8- 7.1 73 9.7 7.5-12.5 131 17.0 14.1-20.3 125 16.7 13.7-20.3
No 1,739 1,224 69.4 66.9-71.8 151 8.4 7.0- 9.9 203 12.0 10.3-13.8 114 7.6 6.2- 9.2 47 2.7 1.9- 3.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 426 299 67.5 61.8-72.7 29 6.2 4.2- 9.0 33 8.0 5.6-11.4 31 8.0 5.4-11.8 34 10.2 6.7-15.4
Non-Veteran 2,203 1,425 63.3 60.9-65.6 172 7.4 6.3- 8.7 250 11.9 10.4-13.6 217 10.8 9.4-12.5 139 6.5 5.4- 7.9
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 753 468 61.4 57.4-65.2 79 10.2 8.1-12.9 97 13.5 11.0-16.5 65 9.3 7.1-12.0 44 5.6 4.1- 7.7
Regional City or Suburban County 773 506 63.4 59.4-67.3 59 6.8 5.2- 8.9 90 13.1 10.5-16.4 77 11.6 9.1-14.6 41 5.1 3.6- 7.0
Rural 1,113 758 66.2 62.8-69.5 64 5.5 4.2- 7.2 97 8.5 6.8-10.5 106 10.3 8.3-12.7 88 9.5 7.4-12.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,378 886 64.0 61.0-66.8 119 7.8 6.5- 9.4 177 13.0 11.1-15.2 135 10.5 8.7-12.5 61 4.7 3.6- 6.3
Unemployed 84 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 17.8 10.5-28.3 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 813 638 79.0 75.4-82.1 50 5.8 4.3- 8.0 44 5.7 4.0- 7.9 42 4.5 3.2- 6.3 39 5.0 3.3- 7.6
Unable to Work 195 87 43.5 35.5-51.7 *** *** *** 21 11.4 6.9-18.1 34 18.1 12.8-25.1 47 24.4 17.9-32.3
Other not in Labor Force 152 75 48.3 39.4-57.2 21 14.2 9.0-21.6 22 13.3 8.6-20.0 23 17.1 11.3-25.1 *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 38 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 158 73 43.0 34.4-52.1 *** *** *** 16 12.5 7.3-20.6 31 20.1 13.9-28.1 28 18.5 12.3-26.9
101% to 150% 212 137 66.5 58.9-73.4 *** *** *** 20 8.7 5.3-13.9 24 11.0 7.2-16.5 23 10.3 6.3-16.3
151% to 200% 190 124 63.8 55.2-71.6 *** *** *** 23 11.7 7.5-17.9 16 7.8 4.3-13.7 17 12.2 7.1-20.2
More than 200% 1,497 1,000 66.2 63.4-68.8 129 8.2 6.8- 9.8 186 13.2 11.4-15.3 121 8.6 7.0-10.5 61 3.9 2.9- 5.1
HOUSING
Own 1,922 1,364 69.1 66.6-71.5 141 6.9 5.8- 8.2 178 10.0 8.6-11.8 139 8.2 6.8- 9.8 100 5.8 4.5- 7.3
Rent 549 279 47.6 42.8-52.4 51 9.3 6.9-12.3 84 15.8 12.6-19.8 82 16.5 13.2-20.5 53 10.8 8.0-14.4
Other arrangement 154 78 46.9 38.0-56.0 *** *** *** 20 14.3 9.0-22.0 27 20.4 13.8-29.0 19 11.6 7.0-18.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 516 351 65.0 59.8-69.8 23 4.1 2.6- 6.4 50 8.4 6.2-11.4 52 12.6 9.4-16.7 40 9.8 6.8-14.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 960 636 64.8 61.1-68.3 64 6.4 4.9- 8.4 100 11.3 9.1-13.9 91 9.5 7.5-11.9 69 8.1 6.1-10.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,163 745 62.9 59.7-66.0 115 9.2 7.6-11.2 134 12.6 10.5-15.0 105 10.3 8.3-12.6 64 5.0 3.8- 6.5

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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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