2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

Depression and Anxiety

PHQ-4 Psychological Distress Category*

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  Total
Respond.^		 None Mild Moderate Severe
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,973 2,935 72.6 70.7-74.3 640 16.1 14.7-17.6 253 7.2 6.2- 8.4 145 4.1 3.3- 5.1
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 418 311 68.7 61.9-74.8 68 15.3 11.5-20.2 24 9.9 5.7-16.5 15 6.1 2.9-12.3
Region 3 428 323 74.8 69.6-79.4 61 13.1 10.0-17.0 26 7.2 4.6-11.1 18 4.9 2.9- 8.2
Region 4 533 398 73.3 68.7-77.4 85 16.5 13.2-20.5 32 6.4 4.4- 9.2 18 3.7 2.1- 6.5
Region 5 556 400 70.7 65.7-75.1 95 17.1 13.6-21.4 38 8.0 5.5-11.5 23 4.2 2.7- 6.6
Region 6 416 290 66.9 61.2-72.1 75 18.7 14.7-23.5 25 7.7 4.9-11.9 26 6.7 4.2-10.5
Region 7 543 411 74.9 70.2-79.0 91 17.5 13.9-21.8 33 6.2 4.3- 8.9 *** *** ***
Region 8 672 482 70.8 66.1-75.1 114 17.0 13.5-21.0 52 8.1 5.7-11.3 24 4.2 2.6- 6.6
Region 9 & 10 407 320 77.9 72.4-82.6 51 11.8 8.5-16.1 23 5.9 3.7- 9.5 13 4.4 2.2- 8.6
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,511 1,095 71.5 68.4-74.4 251 16.8 14.5-19.3 104 6.9 5.4- 8.7 61 4.9 3.5- 6.7
Piedmont 1,938 1,452 73.7 71.2-76.0 306 15.9 14.0-18.0 118 6.9 5.6- 8.4 62 3.5 2.6- 4.7
Western NC 524 388 69.2 63.3-74.5 83 15.5 12.0-19.8 31 9.6 6.0-15.2 22 5.7 3.1-10.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 339 250 67.2 59.9-73.8 58 17.2 12.7-23.0 21 9.1 5.1-15.6 *** *** ***
Northwest 634 482 74.9 70.2-79.0 87 12.7 9.9-16.2 36 7.0 4.6-10.5 29 5.4 3.4- 8.6
Charlotte 417 309 72.9 67.7-77.5 71 17.8 13.9-22.4 25 6.6 4.3-10.0 12 2.8 1.4- 5.3
Greensboro 425 310 71.6 65.9-76.7 68 15.6 11.8-20.4 29 8.7 5.6-13.1 18 4.2 2.5- 6.9
Southern Regional 640 446 67.3 62.2-72.0 116 19.1 15.5-23.3 48 7.5 5.1-10.9 30 6.1 3.7- 9.9
Southeast 315 227 70.2 64.0-75.8 52 14.6 10.9-19.4 23 9.9 6.4-14.9 13 5.3 3.2- 8.7
Wake 643 479 73.7 69.5-77.5 106 17.1 13.9-20.9 43 7.0 5.0- 9.7 15 2.1 1.2- 3.8
Area L & Eastern 560 432 75.9 71.1-80.2 82 15.3 11.9-19.6 28 4.8 3.1- 7.4 18 4.0 2.2- 7.0
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 440 325 68.5 61.9-74.4 72 15.6 11.8-20.3 27 10.0 6.0-16.4 16 5.9 2.9-11.7
Region 2 643 490 74.4 69.7-78.6 91 13.9 10.8-17.7 40 7.6 5.3-11.0 22 4.0 2.5- 6.5
Region 3 544 407 73.2 68.7-77.3 87 16.8 13.5-20.8 32 6.3 4.3- 9.0 18 3.7 2.1- 6.4
Region 4 837 613 72.8 69.2-76.2 146 17.5 14.7-20.7 53 6.7 5.0- 9.0 25 2.9 1.9- 4.5
Region 5 974 688 68.9 65.0-72.5 165 16.7 14.0-19.8 73 8.4 6.3-11.2 48 6.0 4.2- 8.5
Region 6 535 412 75.8 70.7-80.3 79 15.0 11.5-19.4 28 5.4 3.5- 8.3 16 3.8 2.0- 7.1

Back to Depression and Anxiety.

*4-item Patient Health Questionnaire based off the 4 questions in this module on Depression and Anxiety.
Over the last 2 weeks how often have you been 'bothered by having little interest or pleasure in doing things?', 'have you been bothered by feeling down, depressed or hopeless?'
'feeling nervous, anxious or on edge?' and 'have you been bothered by not being able to control worrying?'

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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