2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 2,270 1,618 70.6 68.2-72.8 141 6.1 5.1- 7.4 210 9.0 7.7-10.5 172 8.3 6.9- 9.8 129 6.0 4.8- 7.5
Female 2,589 1,593 58.7 56.2-61.1 196 7.9 6.6- 9.5 315 12.8 11.2-14.6 307 13.3 11.7-15.1 178 7.4 6.1- 8.8
Have Health Insurance
Yes 4,272 2,812 64.5 62.7-66.4 313 7.6 6.6- 8.7 470 11.0 9.9-12.3 410 10.2 9.2-11.4 267 6.7 5.7- 7.7
No 475 326 65.3 59.7-70.6 *** *** *** 43 9.4 6.8-12.9 54 15.0 10.9-20.3 36 7.1 4.8-10.4
Body Mass Index
Underweight 56 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,273 816 61.9 58.5-65.3 107 7.8 6.2- 9.7 151 13.3 11.0-16.0 124 10.9 8.8-13.3 75 6.1 4.7- 8.0
Overweight 1,515 1,051 67.7 64.7-70.5 90 6.4 5.1- 8.1 154 10.5 8.7-12.6 136 10.1 8.3-12.2 84 5.3 4.1- 6.9
Obese 1,570 990 62.3 59.1-65.4 108 7.3 5.7- 9.5 174 9.8 8.2-11.6 179 11.9 10.0-14.1 119 8.7 6.8-11.0
Current Smoker
Yes 639 366 57.7 52.9-62.5 30 5.4 3.4- 8.3 67 10.5 8.0-13.6 87 14.4 11.2-18.2 89 12.1 9.3-15.5
No 4,108 2,769 65.5 63.6-67.4 303 7.5 6.5- 8.6 443 11.1 9.9-12.4 382 10.1 9.0-11.3 211 5.8 4.9- 6.9
History of CVD**
Yes 517 346 66.4 60.8-71.6 18 3.2 1.8- 5.7 44 7.2 5.0-10.3 55 11.0 8.1-14.8 54 12.2 8.4-17.4
No 4,290 2,836 64.3 62.5-66.1 315 7.5 6.5- 8.5 475 11.4 10.2-12.7 418 10.8 9.7-12.1 246 6.0 5.1- 7.0
Binge Drinker
Yes 665 381 56.7 52.1-61.2 58 8.5 6.3-11.3 90 14.1 11.1-17.7 91 12.2 9.8-15.2 45 8.5 5.9-12.0
No 3,882 2,607 65.6 63.6-67.5 268 7.1 6.1- 8.2 408 10.6 9.5-12.0 357 10.3 9.2-11.7 242 6.4 5.4- 7.5
Heavy Drinker
Yes 253 138 54.6 47.5-61.6 17 8.1 4.7-13.6 34 14.4 10.1-20.3 44 14.7 10.6-20.0 20 8.2 5.0-13.1
No 4,286 2,847 64.7 62.8-66.5 307 7.2 6.3- 8.3 464 11.0 9.9-12.3 405 10.6 9.5-11.8 263 6.5 5.5- 7.5
COPD
Yes 363 201 52.4 45.2-59.5 22 6.5 4.0-10.3 31 8.3 5.4-12.5 58 14.8 11.0-19.8 51 17.9 12.7-24.8
No 4,476 2,996 65.4 63.6-67.2 314 7.1 6.2- 8.2 493 11.2 10.1-12.5 420 10.5 9.4-11.8 253 5.7 4.9- 6.7
Current Asthma
Yes 424 222 49.3 43.2-55.4 35 9.5 6.4-13.9 48 11.0 7.6-15.6 70 18.1 13.9-23.1 49 12.2 8.8-16.6
No 4,419 2,984 65.9 64.1-67.7 300 6.8 5.9- 7.9 473 10.9 9.8-12.2 407 10.2 9.1-11.4 255 6.2 5.2- 7.2
Diabetes
Yes 663 441 66.6 61.8-71.0 34 5.1 3.4- 7.6 65 9.1 6.8-12.2 67 10.2 7.7-13.5 56 9.0 6.2-12.7
No 4,190 2,766 64.1 62.2-65.9 303 7.3 6.4- 8.4 458 11.2 10.1-12.5 412 11.0 9.8-12.3 251 6.4 5.5- 7.5
Functional Disability
Yes 1,478 827 53.0 49.6-56.3 78 5.3 4.1- 6.9 154 10.1 8.4-12.1 215 15.8 13.6-18.4 204 15.8 13.3-18.6
No 3,275 2,316 69.3 67.2-71.2 252 7.9 6.7- 9.2 362 11.5 10.2-13.0 250 8.5 7.3- 9.8 95 2.9 2.3- 3.7
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,484 881 57.2 54.0-60.4 92 6.6 5.2- 8.3 147 9.6 8.0-11.6 191 13.7 11.7-16.1 173 12.9 10.7-15.4
No 3,373 2,329 67.1 65.1-69.2 245 7.2 6.2- 8.5 377 11.5 10.2-12.9 288 9.8 8.5-11.2 134 4.4 3.5- 5.4

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**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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