2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 1,956 205 11.4 9.8-13.3 1,751 88.6 86.7-90.2
GENDER
Male 913 102 12.0 9.5-14.9 811 88.0 85.1-90.5
Female 1,043 103 10.9 8.8-13.5 940 89.1 86.5-91.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,267 115 9.8 8.0-12.0 1,152 90.2 88.0-92.0
Non-Hispanic Black 358 49 15.4 11.3-20.8 309 84.6 79.2-88.7
Other 297 34 11.4 7.5-16.8 263 88.6 83.2-92.5
AGE
18-34 387 55 16.6 12.5-21.7 332 83.4 78.3-87.5
35-44 347 32 9.5 6.3-14.2 315 90.5 85.8-93.7
45-54 334 36 11.4 7.8-16.5 298 88.6 83.5-92.2
55-64 314 38 11.9 8.5-16.5 276 88.1 83.5-91.5
65-74 316 22 6.1 3.7- 9.8 294 93.9 90.2-96.3
75+ 215 19 8.9 5.1-15.1 196 91.1 84.9-94.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 161 40 28.2 20.2-37.7 121 71.8 62.3-79.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 396 54 13.1 9.7-17.4 342 86.9 82.6-90.3
Some Post-H.S. 501 56 10.3 7.6-13.7 445 89.7 86.3-92.4
College Graduate 891 55 6.1 4.6- 8.0 836 93.9 92.0-95.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 519 124 27.2 22.8-32.2 395 72.8 67.8-77.2
No 1,426 79 5.8 4.4- 7.6 1,347 94.2 92.4-95.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 203 21 9.5 5.9-15.0 182 90.5 85.0-94.1
Non-Veteran 1,750 184 11.6 9.9-13.7 1,566 88.4 86.3-90.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,136 100 9.3 7.4-11.6 1,036 90.7 88.4-92.6
Unemployed 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 479 34 6.2 4.2- 9.1 445 93.8 90.9-95.8
Unable to Work 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 117 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 146 31 27.2 18.5-38.0 115 72.8 62.0-81.5
$25,000- 34,999 183 27 16.8 10.9-25.0 156 83.2 75.0-89.1
$35,000- 49,999 206 21 8.5 5.0-14.0 185 91.5 86.0-95.0
$50,000- 74,999 248 21 8.5 5.3-13.4 227 91.5 86.6-94.7
$75,000+ 683 37 5.6 3.9- 8.0 646 94.4 92.0-96.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 391 39 10.8 7.5-15.3 352 89.2 84.7-92.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 44 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 142 33 28.4 19.3-39.8 109 71.6 60.2-80.7
101% to 150% 151 26 22.2 14.7-32.0 125 77.8 68.0-85.3
151% to 200% 149 23 13.8 8.5-21.6 126 86.2 78.4-91.5
More than 200% 1,070 69 6.3 4.9- 8.1 1,001 93.7 91.9-95.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 391 39 10.8 7.5-15.3 352 89.2 84.7-92.5
HOUSING
Own 1,310 95 8.1 6.4-10.2 1,215 91.9 89.8-93.6
Rent 496 86 20.3 16.1-25.2 410 79.7 74.8-83.9
Other arrangement 126 23 18.9 11.9-28.6 103 81.1 71.4-88.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,044 98 9.8 7.8-12.2 946 90.2 87.8-92.2
Regional City or Suburban County 519 59 13.0 9.7-17.2 460 87.0 82.8-90.3
Rural 393 48 13.4 9.8-18.2 345 86.6 81.8-90.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 185 18 11.9 6.9-19.7 167 88.1 80.3-93.1
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 775 84 12.7 10.0-16.1 691 87.3 83.9-90.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 996 103 10.4 8.3-12.9 893 89.6 87.1-91.7
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 637 64 10.0 7.6-13.1 573 90.0 86.9-92.4
2nd Quartile 731 71 11.3 8.7-14.5 660 88.7 85.5-91.3
3rd Quartile 524 64 13.6 10.1-17.9 460 86.4 82.1-89.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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