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%)
North Carolina 4,021 475 12.6 11.3-14.0 3,546 87.4 86.0-88.7
-Non-Hispanic White 2,551 261 11.6 10.1-13.4 2,290 88.4 86.6-89.9
GENDER
Male 1,171 118 11.5 9.2-14.2 1,053 88.5 85.8-90.8
Female 1,380 143 11.8 9.7-14.3 1,237 88.2 85.7-90.3
AGE
18-34 387 53 15.4 11.6-20.3 334 84.6 79.7-88.4
35-44 340 37 11.1 7.5-16.0 303 88.9 84.0-92.5
45-54 396 43 11.1 7.9-15.4 353 88.9 84.6-92.1
55-64 476 62 14.5 10.6-19.6 414 85.5 80.4-89.4
65-74 556 40 7.3 5.1-10.4 516 92.7 89.6-94.9
75+ 358 25 9.6 5.7-15.8 333 90.4 84.2-94.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 122 36 29.3 20.7-39.6 86 70.7 60.4-79.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 538 71 13.5 10.0-17.8 467 86.5 82.2-90.0
Some Post-H.S. 700 77 11.3 8.8-14.5 623 88.7 85.5-91.2
College Graduate 1,189 77 6.5 5.1- 8.2 1,112 93.5 91.8-94.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 163 31 23.4 15.9-33.1 132 76.6 66.9-84.1
$25,000- 34,999 219 39 21.9 15.3-30.4 180 78.1 69.6-84.7
$35,000- 49,999 257 33 11.8 8.1-16.9 224 88.2 83.1-91.9
$50,000- 74,999 366 20 5.7 3.4- 9.2 346 94.3 90.8-96.6
$75,000+ 959 49 5.5 4.0- 7.6 910 94.5 92.4-96.0
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 781 176 26.0 22.2-30.1 605 74.0 69.9-77.8
No 1,752 83 5.3 4.1- 6.9 1,669 94.7 93.1-95.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 333 29 9.4 6.3-13.7 304 90.6 86.3-93.7
Non-Veteran 2,215 232 12.0 10.3-13.9 1,983 88.0 86.1-89.7
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 713 71 9.9 7.6-12.7 642 90.1 87.3-92.4
Regional City or Suburban County 706 66 11.1 8.5-14.5 640 88.9 85.5-91.5
Rural 1,132 124 13.3 10.7-16.4 1,008 86.7 83.6-89.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,344 104 8.3 6.7-10.3 1,240 91.7 89.7-93.3
Unemployed 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 829 58 8.1 5.8-11.2 771 91.9 88.8-94.2
Unable to Work 154 61 44.9 35.1-55.2 93 55.1 44.8-64.9
Other not in Labor Force 121 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 158 29 25.1 16.7-35.9 129 74.9 64.1-83.3
151% to 200% 191 31 18.4 12.5-26.1 160 81.6 73.9-87.5
More than 200% 1,544 97 6.3 5.1- 7.9 1,447 93.7 92.1-94.9
HOUSING
Own 1,974 151 9.1 7.5-11.0 1,823 90.9 89.0-92.5
Rent 418 81 24.7 19.7-30.4 337 75.3 69.6-80.3
Other arrangement 141 28 18.0 11.6-26.7 113 82.0 73.3-88.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 586 59 12.2 8.7-16.7 527 87.8 83.3-91.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,163 120 12.0 9.7-14.6 1,043 88.0 85.4-90.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 802 82 10.9 8.6-13.8 720 89.1 86.2-91.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 888 97 13.2 10.4-16.6 791 86.8 83.4-89.6
2nd Quartile 674 63 10.2 7.7-13.3 611 89.8 86.7-92.3
3rd Quartile 712 75 11.8 9.2-15.1 637 88.2 84.9-90.8
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 277 26 10.2 6.5-15.6 251 89.8 84.4-93.5

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?'

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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