2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Depression and Anxiety

PHQ-4 Screened Positive for Anxiety? (Y/N)*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,062 548 14.8 13.4-16.3 3,514 85.2 83.7-86.6
-Non-Hispanic White 2,574 346 15.3 13.5-17.2 2,228 84.7 82.8-86.5
GENDER
Male 1,184 124 11.3 9.1-13.9 1,060 88.7 86.1-90.9
Female 1,390 222 18.8 16.0-21.8 1,168 81.2 78.2-84.0
AGE
18-34 392 80 22.9 18.1-28.5 312 77.1 71.5-81.9
35-44 344 68 19.6 14.7-25.7 276 80.4 74.3-85.3
45-54 395 58 14.8 11.2-19.3 337 85.2 80.7-88.8
55-64 477 62 13.6 9.8-18.6 415 86.4 81.4-90.2
65-74 561 48 9.4 5.9-14.6 513 90.6 85.4-94.1
75+ 367 27 10.2 6.0-16.7 340 89.8 83.3-94.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 543 90 18.2 14.1-23.1 453 81.8 76.9-85.9
Some Post-H.S. 714 112 15.6 12.6-19.2 602 84.4 80.8-87.4
College Graduate 1,192 112 9.4 7.7-11.4 1,080 90.6 88.6-92.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 168 32 22.1 15.0-31.3 136 77.9 68.7-85.0
$25,000- 34,999 225 43 23.0 15.7-32.5 182 77.0 67.5-84.3
$35,000- 49,999 259 42 15.2 10.9-20.8 217 84.8 79.2-89.1
$50,000- 74,999 368 32 10.7 7.0-16.0 336 89.3 84.0-93.0
$75,000+ 964 87 9.8 7.7-12.3 877 90.2 87.7-92.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 795 200 29.2 25.2-33.6 595 70.8 66.4-74.8
No 1,762 143 9.0 7.4-11.0 1,619 91.0 89.0-92.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 339 24 7.2 4.6-11.1 315 92.8 88.9-95.4
Non-Veteran 2,232 322 16.4 14.4-18.6 1,910 83.6 81.4-85.6
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 716 88 12.4 9.8-15.5 628 87.6 84.5-90.2
Regional City or Suburban County 712 90 14.4 11.4-18.0 622 85.6 82.0-88.6
Rural 1,146 168 17.9 14.9-21.5 978 82.1 78.5-85.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,350 167 13.3 11.2-15.8 1,183 86.7 84.2-88.8
Unemployed 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 841 59 8.4 5.7-12.1 782 91.6 87.9-94.3
Unable to Work 154 66 47.9 38.0-58.0 88 52.1 42.0-62.0
Other not in Labor Force 125 28 22.4 14.1-33.7 97 77.6 66.3-85.9
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 159 36 25.9 17.9-35.8 123 74.1 64.2-82.1
151% to 200% 195 34 20.4 12.8-31.0 161 79.6 69.0-87.2
More than 200% 1,556 148 10.2 8.5-12.3 1,408 89.8 87.7-91.5
HOUSING
Own 1,988 208 12.1 10.3-14.2 1,780 87.9 85.8-89.7
Rent 421 100 28.6 23.4-34.5 321 71.4 65.5-76.6
Other arrangement 146 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 588 80 16.5 12.2-21.9 508 83.5 78.1-87.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,177 176 17.7 14.8-21.0 1,001 82.3 79.0-85.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 809 90 11.6 9.3-14.5 719 88.4 85.5-90.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 897 108 15.7 12.6-19.4 789 84.3 80.6-87.4
2nd Quartile 682 89 12.6 10.0-15.7 593 87.4 84.3-90.0
3rd Quartile 716 115 18.8 15.2-22.9 601 81.2 77.1-84.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 279 34 12.5 7.6-20.0 245 87.5 80.0-92.4

Back to Depression and Anxiety.

*2-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener based off the 2 questions in this module on Anxiety.
Over the last 2 weeks how often have you been 'feeling nervous, anxious or on edge?' and 'have you been bothered by not being able to control worrying?'

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.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2021 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2021 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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