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%)
TOTAL 4,859 623 13.8 12.6-15.1 4,236 86.2 84.9-87.4
GENDER
Male 2,270 239 11.2 9.6-13.0 2,031 88.8 87.0-90.4
Female 2,589 384 16.2 14.5-18.2 2,205 83.8 81.8-85.5
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,074 390 13.6 12.1-15.2 2,684 86.4 84.8-87.9
Non-Hispanic Black 890 132 15.6 12.7-18.9 758 84.4 81.1-87.3
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 110 13 12.4 6.6-22.0 97 87.6 78.0-93.4
Hispanic 473 41 9.5 6.6-13.5 432 90.5 86.5-93.4
AGE
18-34 1,010 170 17.2 14.6-20.2 840 82.8 79.8-85.4
35-44 733 110 16.0 12.8-19.8 623 84.0 80.2-87.2
45-54 769 108 14.0 11.3-17.2 661 86.0 82.8-88.7
55-64 812 120 14.5 11.6-18.0 692 85.5 82.0-88.4
65-74 873 69 7.6 5.7-10.0 804 92.4 90.0-94.3
75+ 543 35 7.9 5.3-11.7 508 92.1 88.3-94.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 442 74 18.4 14.4-23.4 368 81.6 76.6-85.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,131 164 15.7 13.0-18.8 967 84.3 81.2-87.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,291 199 14.4 12.3-16.8 1,092 85.6 83.2-87.7
College Graduate 1,970 186 9.7 8.3-11.4 1,784 90.3 88.6-91.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,478 358 27.3 24.3-30.5 1,120 72.7 69.5-75.7
No 3,275 248 8.0 6.9- 9.2 3,027 92.0 90.8-93.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 634 75 13.8 10.6-17.8 559 86.2 82.2-89.4
Non-Veteran 4,197 546 13.9 12.6-15.3 3,651 86.1 84.7-87.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,624 298 12.3 10.8-14.0 2,326 87.7 86.0-89.2
Unemployed 246 60 26.5 20.1-34.1 186 73.5 65.9-79.9
Retired 1,287 94 7.7 6.0- 9.8 1,193 92.3 90.2-94.0
Unable to Work 334 126 40.2 33.5-47.3 208 59.8 52.7-66.5
Other not in Labor Force 308 40 12.1 8.5-17.0 268 87.9 83.0-91.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 285 80 30.2 23.1-38.5 205 69.8 61.5-76.9
$15,000- 24,999 448 66 17.4 13.1-22.7 382 82.6 77.3-86.9
$25,000- 34,999 492 85 15.7 12.4-19.7 407 84.3 80.3-87.6
$35,000- 49,999 515 69 12.8 9.7-16.7 446 87.2 83.3-90.3
$50,000-74,999 610 67 12.2 9.2-16.0 543 87.8 84.0-90.8
$75,000-100,000 494 53 11.2 8.3-14.9 441 88.8 85.1-91.7
$100,000-150,000 528 53 11.7 8.8-15.4 475 88.3 84.6-91.2
$150,000+ 427 33 9.0 5.8-13.7 394 91.0 86.3-94.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,060 117 12.9 10.4-15.9 943 87.1 84.1-89.6
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 110 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 384 90 25.5 19.7-32.3 294 74.5 67.7-80.3
101% to 150% 402 61 15.2 11.4-20.0 341 84.8 80.0-88.6
151% to 200% 402 57 14.1 10.5-18.9 345 85.9 81.1-89.5
More than 200% 2,456 264 11.4 9.9-13.1 2,192 88.6 86.9-90.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,060 117 12.9 10.4-15.9 943 87.1 84.1-89.6
HOUSING
Own 3,152 314 11.3 9.9-12.8 2,838 88.7 87.2-90.1
Rent 1,313 239 20.2 17.5-23.1 1,074 79.8 76.9-82.5
Other arrangement 331 66 17.8 13.0-23.9 265 82.2 76.1-87.0
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,491 170 12.3 10.3-14.5 1,321 87.7 85.5-89.7
Regional City or Suburban County 1,302 198 15.8 13.5-18.3 1,104 84.2 81.7-86.5
Rural 2,066 255 13.7 11.7-16.0 1,811 86.3 84.0-88.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,324 173 14.1 11.6-17.1 1,151 85.9 82.9-88.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,930 277 15.6 13.6-17.7 1,653 84.4 82.3-86.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,605 173 11.9 10.1-14.0 1,432 88.1 86.0-89.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,484 163 12.7 10.6-15.2 1,321 87.3 84.8-89.4
2nd Quartile 1,281 175 13.9 11.8-16.4 1,106 86.1 83.6-88.2
3rd Quartile 1,373 205 15.9 13.6-18.6 1,168 84.1 81.4-86.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 721 80 11.4 8.7-14.8 641 88.6 85.2-91.3

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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 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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