2021 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Non-Hispanic Black 890 132 15.6 12.7-18.9 758 84.4 81.1-87.3
GENDER
Male 372 45 11.4 8.0-16.1 327 88.6 83.9-92.0
Female 518 87 19.0 14.9-23.9 431 81.0 76.1-85.1
AGE
18-34 154 30 21.7 14.7-30.6 124 78.3 69.4-85.3
35-44 145 23 12.1 7.4-19.0 122 87.9 81.0-92.6
45-54 158 29 16.9 11.1-24.7 129 83.1 75.3-88.9
55-64 171 28 15.7 10.4-23.1 143 84.3 76.9-89.6
65-74 153 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 249 31 15.3 10.0-22.7 218 84.7 77.3-90.0
Some Post-H.S. 266 47 16.5 11.9-22.5 219 83.5 77.5-88.1
College Graduate 292 38 12.5 8.7-17.6 254 87.5 82.4-91.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 116 16 16.7 9.2-28.3 100 83.3 71.7-90.8
$25,000- 34,999 123 19 19.0 11.8-29.2 104 81.0 70.8-88.2
$35,000- 49,999 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 162 21 14.2 8.3-23.1 141 85.8 76.9-91.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 324 75 26.2 20.2-33.1 249 73.8 66.9-79.8
No 543 51 10.0 7.3-13.7 492 90.0 86.3-92.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 135 25 17.8 10.5-28.7 110 82.2 71.3-89.5
Non-Veteran 752 107 15.3 12.3-18.9 645 84.7 81.1-87.7
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 303 38 14.8 10.3-20.9 265 85.2 79.1-89.7
Regional City or Suburban County 247 49 18.5 13.4-25.0 198 81.5 75.0-86.6
Rural 340 45 13.8 9.6-19.5 295 86.2 80.5-90.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 444 62 15.6 11.8-20.4 382 84.4 79.6-88.2
Unemployed 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 228 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 104 *** *** *** 73 74.3 63.0-83.2
Other not in Labor Force 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 105 15 15.7 8.9-26.1 90 84.3 73.9-91.1
151% to 200% 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 354 42 12.7 8.8-18.0 312 87.3 82.0-91.2
HOUSING
Own 485 56 13.3 9.7-17.9 429 86.7 82.1-90.3
Rent 328 62 20.0 15.1-26.1 266 80.0 73.9-84.9
Other arrangement 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 336 52 13.8 10.0-18.7 284 86.2 81.3-90.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 301 46 18.4 13.2-25.1 255 81.6 74.9-86.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 253 34 14.2 9.8-20.2 219 85.8 79.8-90.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 139 19 15.6 9.6-24.4 120 84.4 75.6-90.4
2nd Quartile 219 33 17.2 11.9-24.3 186 82.8 75.7-88.1
3rd Quartile 330 58 16.2 12.1-21.3 272 83.8 78.7-87.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 202 22 10.4 6.1-17.3 180 89.6 82.7-93.9

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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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