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%)
TOTAL 4,021 475 12.6 11.3-14.0 3,546 87.4 86.0-88.7
GENDER
Male 1,819 212 12.6 10.7-14.8 1,607 87.4 85.2-89.3
Female 2,202 263 12.6 10.8-14.5 1,939 87.4 85.5-89.2
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,551 261 11.6 10.1-13.4 2,290 88.4 86.6-89.9
Non-Hispanic Black 767 120 14.9 11.9-18.5 647 85.1 81.5-88.1
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 124 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 74 *** *** *** 67 90.7 80.4-95.9
Hispanic 390 40 10.2 6.8-15.0 350 89.8 85.0-93.2
AGE
18-34 712 106 17.4 14.2-21.2 606 82.6 78.8-85.8
35-44 622 66 10.2 7.6-13.6 556 89.8 86.4-92.4
45-54 665 90 13.5 10.6-17.0 575 86.5 83.0-89.4
55-64 709 98 13.4 10.4-17.2 611 86.6 82.8-89.6
65-74 757 68 7.8 5.7-10.5 689 92.2 89.5-94.3
75+ 472 43 9.9 6.4-15.0 429 90.1 85.0-93.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 373 80 23.2 18.0-29.3 293 76.8 70.7-82.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 927 127 14.0 11.3-17.2 800 86.0 82.8-88.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,086 153 13.2 10.9-15.8 933 86.8 84.2-89.1
College Graduate 1,618 115 6.7 5.4- 8.3 1,503 93.3 91.7-94.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,268 296 26.3 23.2-29.7 972 73.7 70.3-76.8
No 2,727 174 6.5 5.4- 7.9 2,553 93.5 92.1-94.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 494 62 12.2 9.1-16.2 432 87.8 83.8-90.9
Non-Veteran 3,520 412 12.6 11.2-14.2 3,108 87.4 85.8-88.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,161 196 9.7 8.2-11.4 1,965 90.3 88.6-91.8
Unemployed 201 53 30.2 22.5-39.2 148 69.8 60.8-77.5
Retired 1,117 97 8.3 6.3-10.8 1,020 91.7 89.2-93.7
Unable to Work 290 104 38.4 31.1-46.3 186 61.6 53.7-68.9
Other not in Labor Force 227 21 10.9 6.5-17.6 206 89.1 82.4-93.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 226 74 36.5 27.9-46.1 152 63.5 53.9-72.1
$15,000- 24,999 362 69 21.6 16.2-28.2 293 78.4 71.8-83.8
$25,000- 34,999 414 68 18.8 14.1-24.6 346 81.2 75.4-85.9
$35,000- 49,999 421 48 11.2 8.0-15.4 373 88.8 84.6-92.0
$50,000-74,999 513 38 7.9 5.5-11.2 475 92.1 88.8-94.5
$75,000-100,000 413 28 7.5 4.9-11.4 385 92.5 88.6-95.1
$100,000-150,000 441 28 6.5 4.2- 9.7 413 93.5 90.3-95.8
$150,000+ 358 16 5.4 3.1- 9.2 342 94.6 90.8-96.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 873 106 12.3 9.6-15.5 767 87.7 84.5-90.4
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 322 77 27.1 20.4-35.1 245 72.9 64.9-79.6
101% to 150% 352 61 21.2 15.8-27.8 291 78.8 72.2-84.2
151% to 200% 313 49 16.2 11.7-22.1 264 83.8 77.9-88.3
More than 200% 2,054 152 7.4 6.2- 8.9 1,902 92.6 91.1-93.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 873 106 12.3 9.6-15.5 767 87.7 84.5-90.4
HOUSING
Own 2,735 245 9.9 8.5-11.5 2,490 90.1 88.5-91.5
Rent 984 175 20.4 17.3-24.0 809 79.6 76.0-82.7
Other arrangement 265 53 17.8 12.8-24.1 212 82.2 75.9-87.2
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,174 118 10.2 8.2-12.4 1,056 89.8 87.6-91.8
Regional City or Suburban County 1,080 130 13.7 11.2-16.6 950 86.3 83.4-88.8
Rural 1,767 227 13.8 11.6-16.2 1,540 86.2 83.8-88.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,145 153 13.6 10.9-16.9 992 86.4 83.1-89.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,635 183 13.0 11.0-15.4 1,452 87.0 84.6-89.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,241 139 11.4 9.5-13.7 1,102 88.6 86.3-90.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,201 134 12.7 10.3-15.5 1,067 87.3 84.5-89.7
2nd Quartile 1,012 107 11.7 9.4-14.4 905 88.3 85.6-90.6
3rd Quartile 1,169 148 14.1 11.7-17.0 1,021 85.9 83.0-88.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 639 86 11.0 8.3-14.6 553 89.0 85.4-91.7

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 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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