2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

Depression and Anxiety

PHQ-4 Psychological Distress Category*

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  Total
Respond.^
None Mild Moderate Severe
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,973 2,935 72.6 70.7-74.3 640 16.1 14.7-17.6 253 7.2 6.2- 8.4 145 4.1 3.3- 5.1
Medicaid Region 5 974 688 68.9 65.0-72.5 165 16.7 14.0-19.8 73 8.4 6.3-11.2 48 6.0 4.2- 8.5
GENDER
Male 417 322 75.8 70.1-80.8 50 10.4 7.5-14.3 26 6.6 4.0-10.8 19 7.1 4.1-11.9
Female 557 366 62.7 57.4-67.8 115 22.2 18.1-27.0 47 10.0 7.0-14.1 29 5.0 3.2- 7.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 534 398 71.4 66.4-75.9 78 14.7 11.6-18.5 34 8.6 5.8-12.7 24 5.3 3.3- 8.2
Non-Hispanic Black 230 146 65.6 57.4-72.9 44 21.2 15.1-29.0 24 7.0 4.1-11.8 16 6.2 3.4-11.0
Other 203 137 61.8 51.1-71.4 43 18.7 12.5-27.0 15 10.6 5.7-18.9 *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 290 186 63.5 56.8-69.8 55 17.1 12.8-22.6 29 10.6 7.0-15.7 20 8.7 5.3-14.0
45-64 305 205 68.1 61.3-74.2 60 18.3 13.8-24.0 24 9.0 5.3-14.7 16 4.6 2.5- 8.2
65+ 360 280 77.9 72.0-82.8 48 14.3 10.2-19.6 20 4.5 2.5- 8.0 12 3.3 1.7- 6.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 353 245 68.2 61.7-74.0 57 14.8 10.9-19.6 27 9.7 6.2-14.8 24 7.4 4.3-12.3
Some Post-H.S. 289 184 63.9 56.9-70.5 63 21.1 16.1-27.3 26 8.2 4.9-13.4 16 6.7 3.8-11.6
College Graduate 331 258 77.8 72.0-82.7 45 13.3 9.6-18.1 20 6.5 3.8-11.0 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 378 227 56.7 50.2-63.0 82 23.3 18.4-29.1 39 10.4 7.0-15.1 30 9.6 6.0-14.8
$50,000+ 370 303 80.8 75.1-85.5 44 10.1 7.1-14.1 16 5.2 2.8- 9.4 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 226 158 66.9 58.4-74.3 39 18.0 12.5-25.3 18 11.2 6.4-18.8 11 3.9 1.8- 8.3

Back to Depression and Anxiety.

*4-item Patient Health Questionnaire based off the 4 questions in this module on Depression and Anxiety.
Over the last 2 weeks how often have you been 'bothered by having little interest or pleasure in doing things?', 'have you been bothered by feeling down, depressed or hopeless?'
'feeling nervous, anxious or on edge?' and 'have you been bothered by not being able to control worrying?'

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for more 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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