2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Healthy Days

Now thinking about your mental health, which includes stress, depression, and problems with emotions,
for how many days during the past 30 days was your mental health not good?

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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%)
North Carolina 4,859 3,211 64.4 62.6-66.1 337 7.1 6.2- 8.1 525 11.0 9.9-12.2 479 10.9 9.8-12.0 307 6.7 5.8- 7.7
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 491 343 65.1 58.6-71.1 37 6.9 4.8- 9.9 36 8.1 5.3-12.1 46 11.0 7.6-15.6 29 8.9 5.1-14.9
Region 3 471 316 66.7 61.2-71.7 24 4.9 2.9- 8.1 47 9.6 6.9-13.3 47 10.9 7.9-14.9 37 7.9 5.4-11.3
Region 4 736 491 64.8 60.7-68.7 63 7.9 6.0-10.4 64 10.1 7.7-13.1 74 10.3 8.0-13.2 44 6.9 4.9- 9.5
Region 5 655 408 61.6 57.0-66.0 47 6.3 4.6- 8.6 87 13.0 10.2-16.3 76 13.5 10.6-17.1 37 5.6 3.9- 8.1
Region 6 529 324 59.2 54.1-64.1 28 4.7 2.9- 7.5 70 13.6 10.4-17.6 59 13.8 10.5-18.0 48 8.6 6.2-11.9
Region 7 694 437 64.1 59.6-68.3 59 9.1 6.4-12.7 100 13.1 10.5-16.3 70 9.7 7.5-12.6 28 4.0 2.6- 6.0
Region 8 789 548 64.7 60.2-69.0 42 6.0 4.1- 8.8 78 10.4 7.9-13.4 65 10.1 7.6-13.3 56 8.8 6.4-11.8
Region 9 & 10 494 344 68.7 63.5-73.6 37 7.4 5.1-10.6 43 8.4 6.0-11.6 42 9.2 6.4-13.1 28 6.3 4.0- 9.8
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,828 1,218 64.0 61.0-67.0 112 7.2 5.4- 9.5 194 10.5 8.8-12.4 179 10.9 9.2-12.9 125 7.3 5.9- 9.0
Piedmont 2,420 1,572 64.3 61.9-66.6 184 7.1 6.0- 8.4 284 11.9 10.4-13.5 241 10.8 9.3-12.4 139 6.0 4.9- 7.3
Western NC 611 421 64.5 58.9-69.8 41 6.6 4.6- 9.3 47 8.1 5.6-11.7 59 11.5 8.4-15.6 43 9.2 6.0-14.0
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 406 288 66.6 59.4-73.1 31 6.6 4.4- 9.9 28 8.1 5.0-12.7 38 10.6 7.1-15.6 21 8.1 4.4-14.5
Northwest 713 479 65.2 60.6-69.6 36 4.6 3.1- 6.8 66 9.1 6.7-12.2 73 11.5 8.7-15.0 59 9.6 7.0-13.1
Charlotte 593 396 65.0 60.5-69.4 57 9.1 6.8-12.1 54 10.7 8.0-14.2 56 9.5 7.1-12.5 30 5.7 3.8- 8.5
Greensboro 507 329 64.1 58.8-69.1 32 5.0 3.4- 7.3 60 11.5 8.6-15.2 56 13.6 10.2-17.9 30 5.8 3.8- 8.9
Southern Regional 778 510 60.7 56.1-65.2 40 4.6 3.0- 6.9 92 12.9 10.1-16.4 76 13.1 10.1-16.8 60 8.7 6.2-11.9
Southeast 367 246 62.3 56.2-68.1 26 9.0 5.9-13.7 35 9.5 6.5-13.6 32 10.4 7.1-15.1 28 8.8 5.8-12.9
Wake 804 494 62.1 58.1-65.8 67 8.4 6.4-10.9 124 14.7 12.1-17.7 81 10.3 8.1-13.0 38 4.6 3.2- 6.5
Area L & Eastern 691 469 66.7 61.7-71.3 48 7.9 5.0-12.3 66 9.4 7.0-12.5 67 9.7 7.3-12.8 41 6.3 4.3- 9.0
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 516 358 64.9 58.6-70.7 39 7.2 5.0-10.2 40 8.2 5.5-12.1 48 10.9 7.6-15.3 31 8.8 5.3-14.5
Region 2 732 500 68.2 63.8-72.3 38 4.1 2.8- 6.1 69 9.1 6.8-11.9 73 11.8 9.0-15.2 52 6.8 4.9- 9.4
Region 3 750 504 65.1 61.0-68.9 63 7.9 6.0-10.4 65 10.2 7.8-13.2 74 10.1 7.9-12.9 44 6.7 4.9- 9.3
Region 4 1,033 629 61.4 57.9-64.7 87 8.4 6.6-10.5 160 14.7 12.4-17.3 112 11.1 9.0-13.5 45 4.5 3.2- 6.2
Region 5 1,173 771 61.1 57.5-64.6 65 5.9 4.3- 8.0 132 12.3 10.0-15.0 111 12.0 9.7-14.7 94 8.7 6.8-11.0
Region 6 655 449 66.5 61.3-71.3 45 7.8 4.8-12.4 59 8.9 6.5-12.2 61 9.9 7.3-13.2 41 6.8 4.7- 9.8

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See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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.

^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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