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%)
TOTAL 4,062 548 14.8 13.4-16.3 3,514 85.2 83.7-86.6
GENDER
Male 1,838 195 11.0 9.3-13.0 1,643 89.0 87.0-90.7
Female 2,224 353 18.1 16.0-20.4 1,871 81.9 79.6-84.0
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,574 346 15.3 13.5-17.2 2,228 84.7 82.8-86.5
Non-Hispanic Black 776 115 14.7 11.8-18.2 661 85.3 81.8-88.2
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 77 *** *** *** 67 89.0 78.6-94.7
Hispanic 394 34 8.2 5.6-12.0 360 91.8 88.0-94.4
AGE
18-34 717 137 21.2 17.8-25.2 580 78.8 74.8-82.2
35-44 630 105 16.0 12.7-20.1 525 84.0 79.9-87.3
45-54 668 97 14.4 11.6-17.9 571 85.6 82.1-88.4
55-64 712 94 13.0 10.0-16.8 618 87.0 83.2-90.0
65-74 767 67 9.1 6.1-13.3 700 90.9 86.7-93.9
75+ 483 41 10.1 6.5-15.3 442 89.9 84.7-93.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 372 64 22.1 16.5-29.0 308 77.9 71.0-83.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 941 141 16.3 13.3-19.8 800 83.7 80.2-86.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,104 179 15.6 13.2-18.4 925 84.4 81.6-86.8
College Graduate 1,628 163 9.8 8.3-11.6 1,465 90.2 88.4-91.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,290 328 29.1 25.9-32.5 962 70.9 67.5-74.1
No 2,747 215 8.5 7.2-10.0 2,532 91.5 90.0-92.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 501 53 10.9 8.0-14.8 448 89.1 85.2-92.0
Non-Veteran 3,554 494 15.3 13.8-17.0 3,060 84.7 83.0-86.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,174 258 12.6 11.0-14.5 1,916 87.4 85.5-89.0
Unemployed 199 56 30.3 22.7-39.2 143 69.7 60.8-77.3
Retired 1,137 86 8.5 6.2-11.4 1,051 91.5 88.6-93.8
Unable to Work 293 105 39.0 31.6-46.8 188 61.0 53.2-68.4
Other not in Labor Force 233 40 17.4 11.9-24.8 193 82.6 75.2-88.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 224 78 36.0 27.5-45.5 146 64.0 54.5-72.5
$15,000- 24,999 369 70 22.1 16.6-28.7 299 77.9 71.3-83.4
$25,000- 34,999 421 70 19.5 14.4-25.8 351 80.5 74.2-85.6
$35,000- 49,999 424 65 16.6 12.7-21.5 359 83.4 78.5-87.3
$50,000-74,999 514 49 10.7 7.6-14.8 465 89.3 85.2-92.4
$75,000-100,000 420 35 7.6 5.2-10.9 385 92.4 89.1-94.8
$100,000-150,000 442 41 11.3 8.1-15.6 401 88.7 84.4-91.9
$150,000+ 360 30 8.7 5.7-13.0 330 91.3 87.0-94.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 888 110 13.9 10.9-17.5 778 86.1 82.5-89.1
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 323 91 30.5 23.6-38.4 232 69.5 61.6-76.4
101% to 150% 352 70 22.9 17.6-29.1 282 77.1 70.9-82.4
151% to 200% 321 52 18.9 13.1-26.4 269 81.1 73.6-86.9
More than 200% 2,072 200 10.1 8.6-11.8 1,872 89.9 88.2-91.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 888 110 13.9 10.9-17.5 778 86.1 82.5-89.1
HOUSING
Own 2,762 282 11.4 9.9-13.1 2,480 88.6 86.9-90.1
Rent 990 200 23.1 19.8-26.8 790 76.9 73.2-80.2
Other arrangement 272 62 25.1 18.6-32.9 210 74.9 67.1-81.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,186 141 11.6 9.6-13.9 1,045 88.4 86.1-90.4
Regional City or Suburban County 1,090 153 15.2 12.7-18.1 937 84.8 81.9-87.3
Rural 1,786 254 17.2 14.8-20.0 1,532 82.8 80.0-85.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,151 162 16.1 13.0-19.7 989 83.9 80.3-87.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,656 242 17.2 14.8-19.9 1,414 82.8 80.1-85.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,255 144 11.3 9.5-13.5 1,111 88.7 86.5-90.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,215 147 15.0 12.4-18.0 1,068 85.0 82.0-87.6
2nd Quartile 1,024 128 12.2 10.1-14.8 896 87.8 85.2-89.9
3rd Quartile 1,179 194 18.5 15.7-21.7 985 81.5 78.3-84.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 644 79 12.5 9.1-17.0 565 87.5 83.0-90.9

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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