2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 4,859 623 13.8 12.6-15.1 4,236 86.2 84.9-87.4
-Eastern NC 1,828 246 15.0 13.0-17.3 1,582 85.0 82.7-87.0
GENDER
Male 812 85 11.9 9.2-15.2 727 88.1 84.8-90.8
Female 1,016 161 18.1 15.2-21.3 855 81.9 78.7-84.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,026 138 15.0 12.3-18.0 888 85.0 82.0-87.7
Non-Hispanic Black 438 65 15.3 11.5-20.1 373 84.7 79.9-88.5
Other 333 39 15.3 10.2-22.2 294 84.7 77.8-89.8
AGE
18-34 344 62 19.1 14.5-24.7 282 80.9 75.3-85.5
35-44 245 41 16.6 11.8-22.9 204 83.4 77.1-88.2
45-54 262 51 20.9 15.6-27.3 211 79.1 72.7-84.4
55-64 328 47 13.5 9.6-18.8 281 86.5 81.2-90.4
65-74 386 23 5.9 3.7- 9.2 363 94.1 90.8-96.3
75+ 216 17 8.0 4.5-13.8 199 92.0 86.2-95.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 171 23 18.3 11.2-28.5 148 81.7 71.5-88.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 493 71 14.4 11.1-18.6 422 85.6 81.4-88.9
Some Post-H.S. 510 84 17.3 13.6-21.7 426 82.7 78.3-86.4
College Graduate 641 68 11.3 8.7-14.7 573 88.7 85.3-91.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 631 143 25.8 21.4-30.7 488 74.2 69.3-78.6
No 1,156 98 9.8 7.9-12.2 1,058 90.2 87.8-92.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 312 38 14.7 10.2-20.6 274 85.3 79.4-89.8
Non-Veteran 1,507 207 15.2 12.9-17.7 1,300 84.8 82.3-87.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 907 111 13.7 11.1-16.9 796 86.3 83.1-88.9
Unemployed 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 544 39 7.9 5.5-11.2 505 92.1 88.8-94.5
Unable to Work 150 54 38.7 29.4-48.8 96 61.3 51.2-70.6
Other not in Labor Force 102 13 11.1 6.2-19.2 89 88.9 80.8-93.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 113 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 191 25 13.8 8.4-21.8 166 86.2 78.2-91.6
$25,000- 34,999 193 38 21.6 15.1-29.8 155 78.4 70.2-84.9
$35,000- 49,999 215 29 15.0 9.8-22.3 186 85.0 77.7-90.2
$50,000- 74,999 233 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 467 59 15.8 12.0-20.6 408 84.2 79.4-88.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 416 42 11.1 7.8-15.4 374 88.9 84.6-92.2
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 50 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 136 33 23.9 16.2-33.8 103 76.1 66.2-83.8
101% to 150% 160 22 16.2 9.7-25.9 138 83.8 74.1-90.3
151% to 200% 179 29 18.3 12.0-26.9 150 81.7 73.1-88.0
More than 200% 876 104 13.9 11.1-17.3 772 86.1 82.7-88.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 416 42 11.1 7.8-15.4 374 88.9 84.6-92.2
HOUSING
Own 1,218 132 12.8 10.5-15.6 1,086 87.2 84.4-89.5
Rent 451 82 19.8 15.4-25.1 369 80.2 74.9-84.6
Other arrangement 137 30 20.5 13.5-29.8 107 79.5 70.2-86.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 145 24 20.1 13.1-29.8 121 79.9 70.2-86.9
Regional City or Suburban County 504 86 18.7 14.9-23.3 418 81.3 76.7-85.1
Rural 1,179 136 12.6 10.2-15.4 1,043 87.4 84.6-89.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 929 119 13.6 11.0-16.7 810 86.4 83.3-89.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 721 100 16.3 13.0-20.1 621 83.7 79.9-87.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 178 27 16.5 10.6-24.7 151 83.5 75.3-89.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 366 47 14.8 10.5-20.3 319 85.2 79.7-89.5
2nd Quartile 217 34 16.8 11.8-23.5 183 83.2 76.5-88.2
3rd Quartile 597 94 17.5 13.9-21.8 503 82.5 78.2-86.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 648 71 11.4 8.5-15.1 577 88.6 84.9-91.5

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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 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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