2021 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Non-Hispanic Black 767 120 14.9 11.9-18.5 647 85.1 81.5-88.1
GENDER
Male 305 45 15.0 10.4-21.0 260 85.0 79.0-89.6
Female 462 75 14.8 11.1-19.6 387 85.2 80.4-88.9
AGE
18-34 122 28 25.6 17.3-36.0 94 74.4 64.0-82.7
35-44 128 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 133 23 15.9 9.6-25.2 110 84.1 74.8-90.4
55-64 152 24 11.0 6.9-17.0 128 89.0 83.0-93.1
65-74 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 212 29 12.8 8.4-19.0 183 87.2 81.0-91.6
Some Post-H.S. 234 55 19.1 13.7-26.1 179 80.9 73.9-86.3
College Graduate 252 20 7.1 4.1-11.9 232 92.9 88.1-95.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 290 75 24.9 18.8-32.0 215 75.1 68.0-81.2
No 473 44 9.8 6.8-14.1 429 90.2 85.9-93.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 112 21 14.3 8.7-22.6 91 85.7 77.4-91.3
Non-Veteran 655 99 15.0 11.7-19.0 556 85.0 81.0-88.3
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 256 27 11.7 7.6-17.6 229 88.3 82.4-92.4
Regional City or Suburban County 205 39 19.9 13.5-28.3 166 80.1 71.7-86.5
Rural 306 54 14.4 10.0-20.4 252 85.6 79.6-90.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 379 42 11.5 8.1-16.1 337 88.5 83.9-91.9
Unemployed 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 208 25 8.8 5.2-14.5 183 91.2 85.5-94.8
Unable to Work 87 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 317 30 9.0 5.9-13.5 287 91.0 86.5-94.1
HOUSING
Own 432 49 10.5 7.2-14.9 383 89.5 85.1-92.8
Rent 271 55 20.9 15.2-28.1 216 79.1 71.9-84.8
Other arrangement 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 304 56 14.2 9.5-20.6 248 85.8 79.4-90.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 256 36 17.7 12.2-25.1 220 82.3 74.9-87.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 207 28 12.8 8.5-18.7 179 87.2 81.3-91.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 123 15 12.4 6.8-21.6 108 87.6 78.4-93.2
2nd Quartile 176 27 16.3 10.9-23.8 149 83.7 76.2-89.1
3rd Quartile 282 44 16.6 11.4-23.5 238 83.4 76.5-88.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 186 34 11.5 6.9-18.5 152 88.5 81.5-93.1

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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