2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days

During the past 30 days, for about how many days did poor physical or mental health keep you from doing your
usual activities, such as self-care, work, or recreation?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days 30 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 4,897 3,777 77.2 75.7-78.6 248 5.1 4.4- 5.9 322 6.5 5.7- 7.4 345 7.2 6.4- 8.2 205 4.0 3.3- 4.7
GENDER
Male 2,288 1,833 80.5 78.4-82.4 112 4.8 3.8- 5.9 128 5.3 4.3- 6.5 125 5.8 4.7- 7.2 90 3.6 2.7- 4.8
Female 2,609 1,944 74.1 71.9-76.2 136 5.4 4.4- 6.7 194 7.6 6.4- 9.0 220 8.6 7.3-10.0 115 4.3 3.4- 5.3
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 3,102 2,386 76.8 74.9-78.6 171 5.3 4.4- 6.4 209 6.9 5.9- 8.1 206 7.0 6.0- 8.1 130 4.0 3.2- 5.0
Non-Hispanic Black 897 685 76.9 73.2-80.2 32 4.3 2.9- 6.4 56 5.2 3.8- 7.1 83 9.1 6.9-11.9 41 4.5 3.1- 6.6
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 142 *** *** *** 11 8.9 3.2-22.1 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 78 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 14.6 7.3-27.1 *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 111 90 79.6 68.7-87.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Hispanic 475 394 82.8 78.1-86.7 18 4.9 2.7- 8.7 30 6.1 4.1- 9.0 21 4.0 2.3- 6.9 12 2.2 1.1- 4.2
AGE
18-34 1,020 735 72.1 68.6-75.3 77 7.6 5.8- 9.7 108 10.0 8.0-12.4 81 8.3 6.5-10.6 19 2.1 1.2- 3.4
35-44 741 572 77.8 74.0-81.1 40 5.6 3.9- 8.1 55 6.5 4.9- 8.6 56 7.3 5.4- 9.8 18 2.8 1.6- 4.9
45-54 767 582 78.9 75.4-81.9 44 4.3 3.1- 6.0 49 5.0 3.6- 6.9 65 8.7 6.6-11.5 27 3.1 2.0- 4.7
55-64 821 633 77.3 73.4-80.8 31 3.4 2.2- 5.2 44 5.3 3.8- 7.5 52 6.0 4.3- 8.4 61 7.9 5.6-11.0
65-74 880 701 81.7 78.3-84.6 39 4.9 3.3- 7.2 41 3.8 2.6- 5.5 51 5.1 3.6- 7.2 48 4.5 3.2- 6.2
75+ 549 451 80.5 75.6-84.6 12 1.2 0.6- 2.4 23 5.3 3.2- 8.7 33 6.5 4.2- 9.8 30 6.5 4.1-10.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 442 339 74.1 68.4-79.0 *** *** *** 25 5.4 3.4- 8.5 40 10.7 7.4-15.2 31 6.9 4.6-10.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,136 886 79.4 76.4-82.2 42 3.3 2.3- 4.7 66 5.7 4.3- 7.6 77 6.7 5.1- 8.8 65 4.8 3.4- 6.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,305 967 74.6 71.6-77.3 66 5.8 4.4- 7.7 85 6.8 5.3- 8.7 117 8.4 6.8-10.2 70 4.4 3.3- 5.9
College Graduate 1,989 1,563 79.2 77.0-81.2 132 6.8 5.6- 8.2 145 7.4 6.2- 8.8 110 5.1 4.1- 6.4 39 1.5 1.1- 2.2
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,485 887 58.6 55.3-61.8 68 4.8 3.6- 6.4 146 9.9 8.1-11.9 214 15.3 13.1-17.8 170 11.5 9.5-13.8
No 3,305 2,804 84.9 83.3-86.4 177 5.3 4.5- 6.4 171 5.2 4.3- 6.2 121 3.8 3.0- 4.7 32 0.8 0.5- 1.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 642 494 78.8 74.8-82.3 27 4.1 2.6- 6.3 38 4.8 3.3- 6.9 50 7.6 5.5-10.6 33 4.6 3.1- 6.8
Non-Veteran 4,228 3,258 76.8 75.2-78.4 221 5.3 4.5- 6.2 284 6.8 5.9- 7.8 295 7.2 6.3- 8.3 170 3.9 3.2- 4.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,653 2,146 81.6 79.7-83.3 166 6.1 5.1- 7.4 176 5.9 5.0- 7.0 130 5.1 4.2- 6.3 35 1.3 0.9- 1.8
Unemployed 248 147 56.1 48.3-63.6 *** *** *** 31 13.3 9.1-19.0 42 17.5 12.0-24.8 18 9.2 5.4-15.4
Retired 1,299 1,057 82.3 79.6-84.7 41 2.9 1.9- 4.2 59 4.4 3.2- 6.0 78 5.7 4.3- 7.5 64 4.7 3.5- 6.3
Unable to Work 326 139 40.4 33.9-47.2 *** *** *** 24 7.3 4.4-11.8 71 24.2 18.7-30.6 83 25.5 19.5-32.6
Other not in Labor Force 310 235 74.3 67.6-80.0 20 6.8 4.1-11.0 30 11.3 7.3-17.0 20 6.1 3.7-10.1 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 284 169 58.7 50.7-66.3 *** *** *** 22 5.8 3.5- 9.3 37 11.8 7.8-17.5 46 19.9 13.7-28.2
$15,000- 24,999 448 311 70.0 64.2-75.3 19 3.5 1.9- 6.3 35 7.9 5.3-11.6 53 12.9 9.1-17.9 30 5.7 3.8- 8.6
$25,000- 34,999 504 375 75.1 70.3-79.3 22 4.3 2.7- 6.9 28 6.0 3.9- 9.0 54 10.5 7.8-14.0 25 4.1 2.6- 6.6
$35,000- 49,999 517 377 71.7 66.6-76.4 38 8.9 6.1-12.8 43 7.8 5.5-11.0 41 8.5 5.9-12.0 18 3.0 1.8- 5.2
$50,000-74,999 613 476 78.7 74.4-82.5 42 6.7 4.5- 9.8 37 5.2 3.5- 7.6 42 7.0 4.9-10.1 16 2.3 1.2- 4.3
$75,000-100,000 495 401 81.3 76.7-85.2 24 4.7 2.9- 7.5 38 7.5 5.0-11.2 25 5.0 3.1- 7.9 *** *** ***
$100,000-150,000 532 443 84.0 80.0-87.3 36 5.7 3.8- 8.4 29 5.5 3.6- 8.2 14 3.0 1.6- 5.5 *** *** ***
$150,000+ 430 364 85.6 81.4-89.0 22 4.8 2.9- 7.8 26 5.4 3.5- 8.2 16 3.8 2.2- 6.6 *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,074 861 78.8 75.5-81.8 35 3.7 2.5- 5.5 64 7.1 5.2- 9.5 63 6.3 4.7- 8.5 51 4.1 2.9- 5.7
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 111 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 15.3 8.2-26.9 12 12.7 6.5-23.3
50% to 100% 386 247 63.0 56.1-69.3 13 3.0 1.5- 6.0 33 8.3 5.4-12.4 49 13.2 9.2-18.7 44 12.5 8.2-18.6
101% to 150% 403 289 74.0 68.6-78.8 19 3.7 2.0- 6.7 28 6.6 4.3-10.0 45 10.6 7.7-14.6 22 5.0 3.1- 8.1
151% to 200% 405 282 67.3 61.2-72.8 29 9.5 6.3-14.2 29 7.2 4.7-10.8 44 11.3 8.0-15.7 21 4.7 2.8- 8.0
More than 200% 2,471 1,984 81.3 79.4-83.1 148 5.7 4.7- 6.9 161 6.1 5.0- 7.3 126 5.2 4.2- 6.4 52 1.7 1.3- 2.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,074 861 78.8 75.5-81.8 35 3.7 2.5- 5.5 64 7.1 5.2- 9.5 63 6.3 4.7- 8.5 51 4.1 2.9- 5.7
HOUSING
Own 3,180 2,559 80.5 78.7-82.2 155 4.9 4.0- 6.0 172 5.2 4.4- 6.2 183 5.9 5.0- 7.0 111 3.5 2.7- 4.5
Rent 1,318 934 69.2 65.9-72.2 77 6.3 4.9- 8.2 113 8.7 7.0-10.8 131 10.8 8.8-13.3 63 5.0 3.7- 6.7
Other arrangement 336 228 70.9 64.5-76.6 15 4.0 2.1- 7.4 35 11.2 7.6-16.3 28 8.5 5.4-13.1 30 5.4 3.3- 8.6
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,514 1,175 78.2 75.6-80.6 92 5.4 4.2- 6.8 101 6.2 4.9- 7.8 94 6.4 5.1- 8.1 52 3.8 2.7- 5.3
Regional City or Suburban County 1,308 1,004 76.2 73.2-78.9 58 4.9 3.6- 6.7 100 8.3 6.6-10.3 97 7.8 6.1- 9.9 49 2.9 2.1- 4.0
Rural 2,075 1,598 77.0 74.5-79.3 98 5.0 3.9- 6.5 121 5.4 4.3- 6.8 154 7.6 6.3- 9.2 104 4.9 3.7- 6.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,328 1,013 76.4 73.0-79.5 43 3.6 2.4- 5.5 83 5.9 4.5- 7.8 123 9.1 7.2-11.4 66 4.9 3.4- 7.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,945 1,489 76.1 73.6-78.4 98 5.4 4.2- 6.9 129 6.4 5.2- 7.8 136 7.8 6.5- 9.5 93 4.3 3.3- 5.5
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,624 1,275 78.7 76.3-81.0 107 5.7 4.6- 7.0 110 7.0 5.6- 8.6 86 5.6 4.4- 7.1 46 3.1 2.2- 4.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,503 1,176 77.8 75.0-80.4 99 5.9 4.6- 7.4 102 7.1 5.6- 8.9 86 6.3 4.9- 8.1 40 2.9 1.9- 4.6
2nd Quartile 1,286 999 77.9 75.1-80.4 64 5.3 4.0- 6.9 74 5.8 4.5- 7.4 81 6.3 4.9- 8.0 68 4.8 3.6- 6.3
3rd Quartile 1,388 1,047 75.3 72.4-78.1 60 4.7 3.4- 6.6 100 6.8 5.5- 8.5 116 9.1 7.3-11.2 65 4.0 3.0- 5.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 720 555 77.8 73.1-81.8 25 3.3 1.9- 5.5 46 6.4 4.1- 9.7 62 8.5 6.0-11.9 32 4.1 2.6- 6.6

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*Respondents who reported no mental and physical health problems in the past month were not asked this question, however, they are included in the 'None' category here.

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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