2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Depression and Anxiety

PHQ-4 Screened Positive for Depression? (Y/N)*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,021 475 12.6 11.3-14.0 3,546 87.4 86.0-88.7
-Eastern NC 1,538 205 13.5 11.4-15.9 1,333 86.5 84.1-88.6
GENDER
Male 660 79 13.0 9.9-16.9 581 87.0 83.1-90.1
Female 878 126 14.0 11.3-17.2 752 86.0 82.8-88.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 852 90 12.2 9.6-15.3 762 87.8 84.7-90.4
Non-Hispanic Black 388 69 14.3 10.4-19.3 319 85.7 80.7-89.6
Other 278 44 18.4 12.3-26.6 234 81.6 73.4-87.7
AGE
18-34 248 41 18.7 13.5-25.4 207 81.3 74.6-86.5
35-44 208 25 11.4 7.2-17.7 183 88.6 82.3-92.8
45-54 231 42 17.7 12.6-24.3 189 82.3 75.7-87.4
55-64 296 42 11.3 7.6-16.4 254 88.7 83.6-92.4
65-74 340 35 9.1 6.0-13.5 305 90.9 86.5-94.0
75+ 184 19 8.2 4.5-14.4 165 91.8 85.6-95.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 150 31 20.2 12.9-30.3 119 79.8 69.7-87.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 406 54 12.7 9.3-17.3 352 87.3 82.7-90.7
Some Post-H.S. 432 71 15.7 11.9-20.5 361 84.3 79.5-88.1
College Graduate 542 49 8.6 5.9-12.3 493 91.4 87.7-94.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 553 130 25.5 20.8-30.8 423 74.5 69.2-79.2
No 973 72 7.0 5.3- 9.4 901 93.0 90.6-94.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 235 36 16.5 11.1-23.7 199 83.5 76.3-88.9
Non-Veteran 1,300 168 12.9 10.7-15.5 1,132 87.1 84.5-89.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 758 73 10.6 8.0-13.9 685 89.4 86.1-92.0
Unemployed 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 475 49 9.4 6.5-13.2 426 90.6 86.8-93.5
Unable to Work 135 *** *** *** 86 62.6 52.0-72.2
Other not in Labor Force 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 154 32 19.5 12.2-29.7 122 80.5 70.3-87.8
$25,000- 34,999 161 28 17.1 10.8-26.0 133 82.9 74.0-89.2
$35,000- 49,999 169 20 15.6 9.3-25.2 149 84.4 74.8-90.7
$50,000- 74,999 196 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 396 26 7.7 4.8-12.1 370 92.3 87.9-95.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 368 54 12.1 8.6-16.6 314 87.9 83.4-91.4
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 117 30 25.0 16.7-35.7 87 75.0 64.3-83.3
101% to 150% 142 26 19.1 11.6-29.9 116 80.9 70.1-88.4
151% to 200% 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 735 59 8.8 6.4-12.0 676 91.2 88.0-93.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 368 54 12.1 8.6-16.6 314 87.9 83.4-91.4
HOUSING
Own 1,062 112 11.1 8.8-13.9 950 88.9 86.1-91.2
Rent 356 66 19.5 14.5-25.7 290 80.5 74.3-85.5
Other arrangement 111 26 19.8 12.3-30.2 85 80.2 69.8-87.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 130 20 16.6 10.3-25.7 110 83.4 74.3-89.7
Regional City or Suburban County 402 54 16.0 11.8-21.3 348 84.0 78.7-88.2
Rural 1,006 131 12.0 9.6-15.0 875 88.0 85.0-90.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 795 111 12.3 9.6-15.6 684 87.7 84.4-90.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 598 71 13.9 10.6-18.0 527 86.1 82.0-89.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 145 23 17.4 11.0-26.4 122 82.6 73.6-89.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 299 35 10.3 7.1-14.7 264 89.7 85.3-92.9
2nd Quartile 175 24 17.0 11.1-25.1 151 83.0 74.9-88.9
3rd Quartile 489 66 16.2 12.2-21.1 423 83.8 78.9-87.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 575 80 11.1 8.2-14.9 495 88.9 85.1-91.8

Back to Depression and Anxiety.

*2-item Patient Health Questionnaire based off the 2 questions in this module on Depression.
Over the last 2 weeks how often have you been 'bothered by having little interest or pleasure in doing things?' and 'have you been bothered by feeling down, depressed or hopeless?'

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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 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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