2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Depression and Anxiety

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

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,062 548 14.8 13.4-16.3 3,514 85.2 83.7-86.6
-Non-Hispanic Black 776 115 14.7 11.8-18.2 661 85.3 81.8-88.2
GENDER
Male 309 36 10.7 7.1-16.0 273 89.3 84.0-92.9
Female 467 79 17.7 13.7-22.7 388 82.3 77.3-86.3
AGE
18-34 119 30 27.7 19.2-38.3 89 72.3 61.7-80.8
35-44 129 18 9.8 5.7-16.6 111 90.2 83.4-94.3
45-54 137 25 14.4 8.9-22.2 112 85.6 77.8-91.1
55-64 153 19 11.1 6.7-17.7 134 88.9 82.3-93.3
65-74 143 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 216 34 15.0 10.0-21.9 182 85.0 78.1-90.0
Some Post-H.S. 236 39 14.7 10.2-20.8 197 85.3 79.2-89.8
College Graduate 255 30 10.4 6.8-15.5 225 89.6 84.5-93.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 105 15 14.4 7.9-24.8 90 85.6 75.2-92.1
$35,000- 49,999 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 295 70 24.0 18.2-30.9 225 76.0 69.1-81.8
No 477 44 10.0 7.0-14.1 433 90.0 85.9-93.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 113 19 14.5 8.7-23.2 94 85.5 76.8-91.3
Non-Veteran 663 96 14.8 11.6-18.6 567 85.2 81.4-88.4
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 261 34 12.1 8.3-17.4 227 87.9 82.6-91.7
Regional City or Suburban County 209 40 19.0 13.0-26.9 169 81.0 73.1-87.0
Rural 306 41 14.1 9.5-20.6 265 85.9 79.4-90.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 380 45 12.2 8.7-16.7 335 87.8 83.3-91.3
Unemployed 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 213 19 8.3 4.7-14.4 194 91.7 85.6-95.3
Unable to Work 90 19 18.4 10.4-30.4 71 81.6 69.6-89.6
Other not in Labor Force 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 89 20 21.7 13.2-33.6 69 78.3 66.4-86.8
151% to 200% 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 320 26 7.3 4.6-11.2 294 92.7 88.8-95.4
HOUSING
Own 439 44 8.9 6.2-12.5 395 91.1 87.5-93.8
Rent 271 58 24.1 17.8-31.7 213 75.9 68.3-82.2
Other arrangement 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 307 46 13.4 8.7-19.9 261 86.6 80.1-91.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 259 35 17.9 12.5-25.1 224 82.1 74.9-87.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 210 34 12.8 8.9-18.2 176 87.2 81.8-91.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 126 24 18.9 12.1-28.2 102 81.1 71.8-87.9
2nd Quartile 177 21 13.1 8.3-20.0 156 86.9 80.0-91.7
3rd Quartile 285 45 16.1 11.1-22.8 240 83.9 77.2-88.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 188 25 11.5 6.5-19.3 163 88.5 80.7-93.5

Back to Depression and Anxiety.

*2-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener based off the 2 questions in this module on Anxiety.
Over the last 2 weeks how often have you been '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.

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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