2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 1,800 1,389 76.1 73.5-78.6 267 15.1 13.1-17.3 86 4.9 3.8- 6.3 58 3.8 2.7- 5.5
Female 2,173 1,546 69.5 66.9-71.9 373 17.0 15.1-19.1 167 9.2 7.6-11.1 87 4.4 3.4- 5.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,524 2,637 73.7 71.7-75.5 553 15.8 14.4-17.4 217 6.8 5.8- 8.0 117 3.7 2.9- 4.7
No 391 258 64.8 58.6-70.5 75 17.3 13.2-22.4 32 9.8 6.7-14.1 26 8.1 4.9-13.1
Body Mass Index
Underweight 42 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,020 756 71.1 67.2-74.7 170 18.2 15.2-21.6 60 6.9 5.0- 9.4 34 3.8 2.5- 5.9
Overweight 1,257 970 76.4 73.4-79.2 174 14.0 11.8-16.5 65 5.5 4.1- 7.3 48 4.2 2.9- 5.9
Obese 1,348 938 69.8 66.6-72.9 244 16.7 14.4-19.3 112 8.7 6.9-11.0 54 4.8 3.3- 6.8
Current Smoker
Yes 519 300 58.4 53.0-63.7 112 21.0 16.9-25.7 66 12.4 9.4-16.2 41 8.2 5.6-12.0
No 3,437 2,620 74.8 72.9-76.7 527 15.4 13.9-16.9 186 6.4 5.3- 7.6 104 3.5 2.7- 4.5
History of CVD**
Yes 449 317 68.2 61.9-73.8 70 15.8 11.9-20.6 34 8.0 5.3-12.1 28 8.0 4.5-13.7
No 3,483 2,595 73.4 71.4-75.2 561 16.0 14.5-17.6 216 7.1 6.0- 8.4 111 3.6 2.8- 4.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 527 359 67.3 62.3-71.9 99 20.0 16.3-24.4 46 8.5 6.0-11.9 23 4.1 2.5- 6.7
No 3,281 2,458 73.7 71.7-75.7 514 15.4 13.8-17.0 193 6.9 5.7- 8.2 116 4.0 3.2- 5.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 200 131 66.5 58.6-73.5 34 18.2 12.8-25.3 18 8.2 4.7-13.7 17 7.1 4.2-11.8
No 3,603 2,684 73.1 71.2-75.0 576 15.9 14.4-17.5 223 7.0 6.0- 8.3 120 4.0 3.1- 5.0
COPD
Yes 303 174 55.0 47.2-62.6 57 16.4 12.0-21.9 37 14.0 9.5-20.3 35 14.5 9.3-22.0
No 3,656 2,749 74.0 72.1-75.8 582 16.1 14.7-17.7 216 6.7 5.6- 7.9 109 3.2 2.5- 4.1
Current Asthma
Yes 352 215 58.8 51.9-65.3 74 20.2 15.5-25.8 31 10.2 6.7-15.5 32 10.8 7.3-15.9
No 3,613 2,716 73.9 72.0-75.8 565 15.7 14.3-17.3 220 6.9 5.8- 8.1 112 3.5 2.7- 4.5
Diabetes
Yes 567 389 69.6 64.5-74.3 110 18.2 14.6-22.4 41 6.4 4.4- 9.2 27 5.8 3.3-10.1
No 3,404 2,545 73.1 71.1-74.9 529 15.7 14.2-17.4 212 7.3 6.2- 8.7 118 3.9 3.1- 4.8
Functional Disability
Yes 1,243 711 53.8 50.2-57.3 267 21.3 18.5-24.3 151 14.3 11.7-17.3 114 10.7 8.5-13.4
No 2,705 2,208 80.8 78.8-82.6 367 13.8 12.2-15.5 100 4.2 3.3- 5.3 30 1.3 0.8- 2.0
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,276 822 63.3 59.8-66.6 230 17.5 15.0-20.2 127 10.3 8.3-12.6 97 9.0 7.0-11.6
No 2,697 2,113 76.5 74.3-78.5 410 15.5 13.9-17.4 126 5.9 4.8- 7.4 48 2.1 1.4- 3.0

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?'

**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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