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%)
North Carolina 4,859 623 13.8 12.6-15.1 4,236 86.2 84.9-87.4
-MALES 2,270 239 11.2 9.6-13.0 2,031 88.8 87.0-90.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,454 153 11.5 9.5-13.8 1,301 88.5 86.2-90.5
Non-Hispanic Black 372 45 11.4 8.0-16.1 327 88.6 83.9-92.0
Other 391 35 10.6 7.0-15.6 356 89.4 84.4-93.0
AGE
18-34 531 70 13.8 10.6-17.8 461 86.2 82.2-89.4
35-44 342 41 12.6 8.8-17.5 301 87.4 82.5-91.2
45-54 389 39 8.7 6.1-12.4 350 91.3 87.6-93.9
55-64 357 45 14.0 9.5-20.1 312 86.0 79.9-90.5
65-74 386 30 7.1 4.7-10.6 356 92.9 89.4-95.3
75+ 218 11 6.0 3.2-11.2 207 94.0 88.8-96.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 219 32 15.8 10.8-22.6 187 84.2 77.4-89.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 586 75 13.7 10.3-17.9 511 86.3 82.1-89.7
Some Post-H.S. 579 74 11.1 8.5-14.4 505 88.9 85.6-91.5
College Graduate 875 58 6.5 4.9- 8.6 817 93.5 91.4-95.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 182 27 12.6 7.9-19.4 155 87.4 80.6-92.1
$25,000- 34,999 217 25 11.3 7.3-16.9 192 88.7 83.1-92.7
$35,000- 49,999 272 35 13.2 8.9-19.1 237 86.8 80.9-91.1
$50,000- 74,999 313 30 11.4 7.6-16.8 283 88.6 83.2-92.4
$75,000+ 744 53 8.4 6.0-11.4 691 91.6 88.6-94.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 636 143 25.6 21.2-30.5 493 74.4 69.5-78.8
No 1,584 90 5.5 4.4- 7.0 1,494 94.5 93.0-95.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 547 58 12.7 9.4-17.1 489 87.3 82.9-90.6
Non-Veteran 1,707 179 10.9 9.1-12.9 1,528 89.1 87.1-90.9
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 729 61 8.5 6.3-11.5 668 91.5 88.5-93.7
Regional City or Suburban County 611 76 12.9 10.1-16.4 535 87.1 83.6-89.9
Rural 930 102 12.5 9.7-15.9 828 87.5 84.1-90.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,376 116 9.4 7.6-11.5 1,260 90.6 88.5-92.4
Unemployed 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 549 41 7.5 5.2-10.8 508 92.5 89.2-94.8
Unable to Work 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 65 *** *** *** 60 92.8 80.1-97.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 154 34 19.0 11.1-30.5 120 81.0 69.5-88.9
101% to 150% 163 19 12.2 7.0-20.2 144 87.8 79.8-93.0
151% to 200% 183 21 11.4 7.0-18.2 162 88.6 81.8-93.0
More than 200% 1,262 109 9.7 7.8-12.0 1,153 90.3 88.0-92.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 561 63 13.7 9.9-18.7 498 86.3 81.3-90.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 929 112 11.9 9.6-14.5 817 88.1 85.5-90.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 780 64 9.2 6.9-12.2 716 90.8 87.8-93.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 721 64 10.8 7.8-14.7 657 89.2 85.3-92.2
2nd Quartile 626 70 11.0 8.4-14.2 556 89.0 85.8-91.6
3rd Quartile 640 80 12.5 9.7-16.0 560 87.5 84.0-90.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 283 25 9.9 6.3-15.3 258 90.1 84.7-93.7

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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 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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