2021 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days

Frequent Mental Distress (within the past 30 days)*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,859 623 13.8 12.6-15.1 4,236 86.2 84.9-87.4
-Non-Hispanic White 3,074 390 13.6 12.1-15.2 2,684 86.4 84.8-87.9
GENDER
Male 1,454 153 11.5 9.5-13.8 1,301 88.5 86.2-90.5
Female 1,620 237 15.5 13.4-17.9 1,383 84.5 82.1-86.6
AGE
18-34 570 108 18.0 14.7-21.9 462 82.0 78.1-85.3
35-44 398 64 17.7 13.2-23.4 334 82.3 76.6-86.8
45-54 453 65 14.2 10.9-18.4 388 85.8 81.6-89.1
55-64 546 75 13.8 10.2-18.3 471 86.2 81.7-89.8
65-74 644 47 7.5 5.4-10.3 597 92.5 89.7-94.6
75+ 408 23 6.7 4.2-10.3 385 93.3 89.7-95.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 146 35 21.8 15.1-30.4 111 78.2 69.6-84.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 653 105 16.4 13.0-20.5 548 83.6 79.5-87.0
Some Post-H.S. 837 123 13.9 11.5-16.8 714 86.1 83.2-88.5
College Graduate 1,434 127 9.1 7.5-11.0 1,307 90.9 89.0-92.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 210 39 19.6 13.9-27.1 171 80.4 72.9-86.1
$25,000- 34,999 263 52 14.9 10.9-19.9 211 85.1 80.1-89.1
$35,000- 49,999 314 52 16.8 12.4-22.5 262 83.2 77.5-87.6
$50,000- 74,999 437 50 13.2 9.6-18.0 387 86.8 82.0-90.4
$75,000+ 1,139 98 9.8 7.9-12.1 1,041 90.2 87.9-92.1
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 912 224 27.3 23.6-31.4 688 72.7 68.6-76.4
No 2,109 160 7.7 6.5- 9.2 1,949 92.3 90.8-93.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 419 39 11.2 8.0-15.5 380 88.8 84.5-92.0
Non-Veteran 2,645 350 13.9 12.3-15.7 2,295 86.1 84.3-87.7
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 897 105 11.7 9.5-14.3 792 88.3 85.7-90.5
Regional City or Suburban County 841 117 14.8 12.1-17.9 724 85.2 82.1-87.9
Rural 1,336 168 14.1 11.6-17.0 1,168 85.9 83.0-88.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,639 186 11.6 9.9-13.7 1,453 88.4 86.3-90.1
Unemployed 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 951 65 7.4 5.6- 9.7 886 92.6 90.3-94.4
Unable to Work 173 78 48.7 39.5-57.9 95 51.3 42.1-60.5
Other not in Labor Force 173 30 13.7 9.1-20.1 143 86.3 79.9-90.9
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 158 52 34.7 25.0-45.9 *** *** ***
101% to 150% 183 36 17.6 12.0-25.1 147 82.4 74.9-88.0
151% to 200% 241 41 16.3 11.5-22.6 200 83.7 77.4-88.5
More than 200% 1,848 189 10.9 9.3-12.8 1,659 89.1 87.2-90.7
HOUSING
Own 2,274 216 10.8 9.2-12.5 2,058 89.2 87.5-90.8
Rent 597 135 25.5 21.5-30.1 462 74.5 69.9-78.5
Other arrangement 180 37 18.5 11.8-27.6 143 81.5 72.4-88.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 683 86 14.3 10.7-18.7 597 85.7 81.3-89.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,366 192 14.9 12.8-17.4 1,174 85.1 82.6-87.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,025 112 11.7 9.5-14.3 913 88.3 85.7-90.5
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,098 120 12.6 10.1-15.6 978 87.4 84.4-89.9
2nd Quartile 834 116 13.3 11.0-16.2 718 86.7 83.8-89.0
3rd Quartile 826 116 15.6 12.6-19.2 710 84.4 80.8-87.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 316 38 12.3 8.5-17.5 278 87.7 82.5-91.5

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*Frequent Mental Distress (FMD) was defined as having 14 or more days of poor mental health (including stress, depression, and problems with emotions) in the past 30 days.

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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