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%)
North Carolina 4,021 475 12.6 11.3-14.0 3,546 87.4 86.0-88.7
-MALES 1,819 212 12.6 10.7-14.8 1,607 87.4 85.2-89.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,171 118 11.5 9.2-14.2 1,053 88.5 85.8-90.8
Non-Hispanic Black 305 45 15.0 10.4-21.0 260 85.0 79.0-89.6
Other 307 42 14.4 9.6-21.0 265 85.6 79.0-90.4
AGE
18-34 358 58 18.5 14.0-24.1 300 81.5 75.9-86.0
35-44 282 37 12.6 8.5-18.3 245 87.4 81.7-91.5
45-54 327 39 11.9 8.2-17.0 288 88.1 83.0-91.8
55-64 310 44 14.2 9.4-21.0 266 85.8 79.0-90.6
65-74 324 21 6.0 3.4-10.4 303 94.0 89.6-96.6
75+ 184 *** *** *** 174 95.0 90.0-97.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 178 29 19.7 12.7-29.4 149 80.3 70.6-87.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 464 59 13.7 10.0-18.6 405 86.3 81.4-90.0
Some Post-H.S. 470 73 13.3 10.2-17.2 397 86.7 82.8-89.8
College Graduate 698 51 7.6 5.5-10.3 647 92.4 89.7-94.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 141 32 24.2 15.5-35.7 109 75.8 64.3-84.5
$25,000- 34,999 170 22 14.8 8.8-24.0 148 85.2 76.0-91.2
$35,000- 49,999 221 29 14.4 9.3-21.5 192 85.6 78.5-90.7
$50,000- 74,999 254 20 9.1 5.6-14.4 234 90.9 85.6-94.4
$75,000+ 601 37 7.4 5.1-10.5 564 92.6 89.5-94.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 539 110 22.5 18.0-27.9 429 77.5 72.1-82.0
No 1,270 101 8.6 6.8-10.8 1,169 91.4 89.2-93.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 428 48 10.7 7.6-14.9 380 89.3 85.1-92.4
Non-Veteran 1,387 163 13.2 10.9-15.8 1,224 86.8 84.2-89.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 551 54 9.8 7.1-13.2 497 90.2 86.8-92.9
Regional City or Suburban County 493 61 14.3 10.6-19.0 432 85.7 81.0-89.4
Rural 775 97 13.8 10.6-17.6 678 86.2 82.4-89.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,098 101 10.3 8.2-12.9 997 89.7 87.1-91.8
Unemployed 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 459 35 6.7 4.4-10.0 424 93.3 90.0-95.6
Unable to Work 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 141 24 19.2 11.6-30.2 117 80.8 69.8-88.4
151% to 200% 139 23 16.9 10.5-26.0 116 83.1 74.0-89.5
More than 200% 1,015 76 8.5 6.6-10.9 939 91.5 89.1-93.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 472 61 15.0 10.5-21.0 411 85.0 79.0-89.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 765 79 10.6 8.2-13.5 686 89.4 86.5-91.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 582 72 13.4 10.3-17.3 510 86.6 82.7-89.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 569 69 13.8 10.2-18.4 500 86.2 81.6-89.8
2nd Quartile 475 44 10.4 7.5-14.4 431 89.6 85.6-92.5
3rd Quartile 530 74 15.3 11.6-19.9 456 84.7 80.1-88.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 245 25 8.6 5.1-14.2 220 91.4 85.8-94.9

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 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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