2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 2,420 293 12.9 11.4-14.7 2,127 87.1 85.3-88.6
GENDER
Male 1,168 116 10.1 8.2-12.5 1,052 89.9 87.5-91.8
Female 1,252 177 15.5 13.2-18.1 1,075 84.5 81.9-86.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,546 182 12.1 10.4-14.2 1,364 87.9 85.8-89.6
Non-Hispanic Black 430 64 15.9 12.1-20.7 366 84.1 79.3-87.9
Other 392 42 12.3 8.7-17.3 350 87.7 82.7-91.3
AGE
18-34 573 88 16.4 13.0-20.4 485 83.6 79.6-87.0
35-44 414 54 13.6 10.1-18.1 360 86.4 81.9-89.9
45-54 398 42 10.9 7.7-15.2 356 89.1 84.8-92.3
55-64 369 54 13.9 10.4-18.3 315 86.1 81.7-89.6
65-74 364 35 7.8 5.3-11.3 329 92.2 88.7-94.7
75+ 242 15 9.2 5.1-16.0 227 90.8 84.0-94.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 198 40 20.4 14.7-27.6 158 79.6 72.4-85.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 498 71 15.1 11.6-19.3 427 84.9 80.7-88.4
Some Post-H.S. 606 86 12.9 10.2-16.1 520 87.1 83.9-89.8
College Graduate 1,108 96 9.0 7.2-11.1 1,012 91.0 88.9-92.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 635 160 27.5 23.5-32.0 475 72.5 68.0-76.5
No 1,731 123 7.4 6.1- 9.1 1,608 92.6 90.9-93.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 256 29 14.5 9.5-21.5 227 85.5 78.5-90.5
Non-Veteran 2,149 264 12.9 11.2-14.7 1,885 87.1 85.3-88.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,415 148 11.2 9.4-13.4 1,267 88.8 86.6-90.6
Unemployed 127 28 23.9 16.1-34.0 99 76.1 66.0-83.9
Retired 549 43 8.0 5.5-11.3 506 92.0 88.7-94.5
Unable to Work 129 48 36.5 27.4-46.7 81 63.5 53.3-72.6
Other not in Labor Force 171 23 12.7 7.9-19.9 148 87.3 80.1-92.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 135 36 28.8 20.1-39.4 99 71.2 60.6-79.9
$15,000- 24,999 182 33 22.3 15.3-31.3 149 77.7 68.7-84.7
$25,000- 34,999 221 35 14.3 10.0-19.9 186 85.7 80.1-90.0
$35,000- 49,999 245 29 10.0 6.5-15.1 216 90.0 84.9-93.5
$50,000- 74,999 297 36 13.7 9.5-19.2 261 86.3 80.8-90.5
$75,000+ 834 69 9.1 6.9-11.8 765 90.9 88.2-93.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 506 55 12.0 8.9-15.9 451 88.0 84.1-91.1
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 176 43 25.9 18.4-35.1 133 74.1 64.9-81.6
101% to 150% 176 29 15.1 10.1-21.9 147 84.9 78.1-89.9
151% to 200% 182 23 12.0 7.5-18.8 159 88.0 81.2-92.5
More than 200% 1,296 126 10.4 8.5-12.6 1,170 89.6 87.4-91.5
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 506 55 12.0 8.9-15.9 451 88.0 84.1-91.1
HOUSING
Own 1,519 142 10.4 8.6-12.4 1,377 89.6 87.6-91.4
Rent 706 122 19.5 16.1-23.4 584 80.5 76.6-83.9
Other arrangement 161 27 14.7 9.3-22.3 134 85.3 77.7-90.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,346 146 11.9 9.9-14.2 1,200 88.1 85.8-90.1
Regional City or Suburban County 621 86 14.0 11.1-17.5 535 86.0 82.5-88.9
Rural 453 61 14.4 10.8-18.9 392 85.6 81.1-89.2
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 208 30 13.0 8.7-18.9 178 87.0 81.1-91.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 904 125 14.9 12.2-18.1 779 85.1 81.9-87.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,308 138 11.7 9.7-14.0 1,170 88.3 86.0-90.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 808 76 10.9 8.5-13.8 732 89.1 86.2-91.5
2nd Quartile 938 119 13.4 11.0-16.3 819 86.6 83.7-89.0
3rd Quartile 601 89 15.1 11.9-18.8 512 84.9 81.2-88.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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