2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western 539 76 20.7 15.8-26.5 463 79.3 73.5-84.2
GENDER
Male 252 29 13.6 8.1-21.8 223 86.4 78.2-91.9
Female 287 47 27.0 19.1-36.6 240 73.0 63.4-80.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 442 63 21.7 16.3-28.2 379 78.3 71.8-83.7
Non-Hispanic Black 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 101 19 23.8 15.2-35.3 82 76.2 64.7-84.8
55-64 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 159 30 20.7 13.5-30.3 129 79.3 69.7-86.5
College Graduate 185 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 204 53 36.1 27.2-46.1 151 63.9 53.9-72.8
No 332 23 10.4 6.1-17.3 309 89.6 82.7-93.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 479 72 22.2 16.9-28.6 407 77.8 71.4-83.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 273 36 17.7 11.7-25.8 237 82.3 74.2-88.3
Unemployed 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 167 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 254 25 12.6 7.7-20.0 229 87.4 80.0-92.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 116 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 372 43 19.6 13.9-26.8 329 80.4 73.2-86.1
Rent 133 26 22.9 14.7-33.7 107 77.1 66.3-85.3
Other arrangement 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 160 16 16.2 8.9-27.5 144 83.8 72.5-91.1
Rural 379 60 22.3 16.3-29.6 319 77.7 70.4-83.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 166 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 271 39 21.7 14.4-31.3 232 78.3 68.7-85.6
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 269 37 26.2 18.8-35.2 232 73.8 64.8-81.2
2nd Quartile 113 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 157 27 20.8 12.7-32.2 130 79.2 67.8-87.3

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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