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%)
TOTAL 4,021 475 12.6 11.3-14.0 3,546 87.4 86.0-88.7
GENDER
Male 1,819 212 12.6 10.7-14.8 1,607 87.4 85.2-89.3
Female 2,202 263 12.6 10.8-14.5 1,939 87.4 85.5-89.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,567 395 11.8 10.5-13.3 3,172 88.2 86.7-89.5
No 394 68 18.3 13.8-23.8 326 81.7 76.2-86.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 43 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,030 110 11.8 9.3-14.9 920 88.2 85.1-90.7
Overweight 1,272 136 11.0 9.0-13.3 1,136 89.0 86.7-91.0
Obese 1,366 194 14.8 12.4-17.4 1,172 85.2 82.6-87.6
Current Smoker
Yes 528 124 23.9 19.5-28.9 404 76.1 71.1-80.5
No 3,475 350 10.8 9.5-12.2 3,125 89.2 87.8-90.5
History of CVD**
Yes 458 79 18.8 14.1-24.7 379 81.2 75.3-85.9
No 3,521 381 11.6 10.2-13.0 3,140 88.4 87.0-89.8
Binge Drinker
Yes 532 75 14.8 11.4-18.9 457 85.2 81.1-88.6
No 3,322 377 12.1 10.7-13.6 2,945 87.9 86.4-89.3
Heavy Drinker
Yes 204 40 18.7 13.4-25.6 164 81.3 74.4-86.6
No 3,645 410 12.2 10.8-13.7 3,235 87.8 86.3-89.2
COPD
Yes 304 79 30.4 23.5-38.1 225 69.6 61.9-76.5
No 3,703 395 11.1 9.8-12.5 3,308 88.9 87.5-90.2
Current Asthma
Yes 360 65 19.3 14.7-25.0 295 80.7 75.0-85.3
No 3,653 408 11.9 10.5-13.3 3,245 88.1 86.7-89.5
Diabetes
Yes 571 93 16.1 12.4-20.7 478 83.9 79.3-87.6
No 3,448 382 12.1 10.7-13.6 3,066 87.9 86.4-89.3
Functional Disability
Yes 1,268 296 26.3 23.2-29.7 972 73.7 70.3-76.8
No 2,727 174 6.5 5.4- 7.9 2,553 93.5 92.1-94.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,302 259 21.0 18.2-24.1 1,043 79.0 75.9-81.8
No 2,719 216 9.0 7.6-10.6 2,503 91.0 89.4-92.4

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?'

**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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