2019 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 2,286 280 13.1 11.5-14.9 2,006 86.9 85.1-88.5
GENDER
Male 1,069 114 11.8 9.6-14.4 955 88.2 85.6-90.4
Female 1,217 166 14.3 12.1-16.8 1,051 85.7 83.2-87.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,437 172 12.7 10.8-15.0 1,265 87.3 85.0-89.2
Non-Hispanic Black 475 65 13.9 10.7-17.8 410 86.1 82.2-89.3
Other 374 43 13.5 9.5-18.8 331 86.5 81.2-90.5
AGE
18-34 517 83 17.4 13.9-21.5 434 82.6 78.5-86.1
35-44 340 41 12.8 9.3-17.3 299 87.2 82.7-90.7
45-54 380 48 14.4 10.5-19.5 332 85.6 80.5-89.5
55-64 430 59 12.4 9.5-16.1 371 87.6 83.9-90.5
65-74 334 34 9.8 6.8-14.0 300 90.2 86.0-93.2
75+ 243 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 211 35 17.0 11.7-24.1 176 83.0 75.9-88.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 472 75 15.9 12.4-20.1 397 84.1 79.9-87.6
Some Post-H.S. 633 80 13.2 10.5-16.5 553 86.8 83.5-89.5
College Graduate 965 90 9.5 7.6-11.9 875 90.5 88.1-92.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 645 180 31.1 26.9-35.7 465 68.9 64.3-73.1
No 1,564 94 6.4 5.1- 8.0 1,470 93.6 92.0-94.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 271 31 10.9 7.3-15.8 240 89.1 84.2-92.7
Non-Veteran 1,996 247 13.4 11.7-15.3 1,749 86.6 84.7-88.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,296 126 10.9 9.0-13.1 1,170 89.1 86.9-91.0
Unemployed 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 548 46 7.7 5.6-10.6 502 92.3 89.4-94.4
Unable to Work 163 63 38.5 30.4-47.3 100 61.5 52.7-69.6
Other not in Labor Force 160 21 14.0 8.9-21.5 139 86.0 78.5-91.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 162 41 23.8 17.4-31.7 121 76.2 68.3-82.6
$15,000- 24,999 253 51 21.6 16.0-28.6 202 78.4 71.4-84.0
$25,000- 34,999 195 27 14.1 9.2-21.1 168 85.9 78.9-90.8
$35,000- 49,999 232 29 14.2 9.7-20.4 203 85.8 79.6-90.3
$50,000- 74,999 266 27 14.4 9.6-21.0 239 85.6 79.0-90.4
$75,000+ 704 53 7.5 5.6-10.0 651 92.5 90.0-94.4
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 188 46 24.9 18.5-32.5 142 75.1 67.5-81.5
101% to 150% 218 43 20.0 14.1-27.5 175 80.0 72.5-85.9
151% to 200% 134 16 12.5 7.3-20.8 118 87.5 79.2-92.7
More than 200% 1,174 106 10.1 8.2-12.4 1,068 89.9 87.6-91.8
HOUSING
Own 1,419 131 9.9 8.2-12.0 1,288 90.1 88.0-91.8
Rent 694 118 19.4 16.2-23.2 576 80.6 76.8-83.8
Other arrangement 152 29 18.7 12.8-26.6 123 81.3 73.4-87.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,269 141 12.1 10.1-14.4 1,128 87.9 85.6-89.9
Regional City or Suburban County 566 70 13.1 10.1-17.0 496 86.9 83.0-89.9
Rural 451 69 16.1 12.4-20.6 382 83.9 79.4-87.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 133 26 21.3 14.3-30.4 107 78.7 69.6-85.7
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 821 104 13.6 11.0-16.7 717 86.4 83.3-89.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,332 150 11.9 10.0-14.2 1,182 88.1 85.8-90.0

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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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