2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western 527 65 16.4 12.2-21.7 462 83.6 78.3-87.8
GENDER
Male 246 31 15.4 9.6-23.8 215 84.6 76.2-90.4
Female 281 34 17.4 11.4-25.6 247 82.6 74.4-88.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 432 56 17.2 12.6-23.1 376 82.8 76.9-87.4
Non-Hispanic Black 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 100 12 14.9 8.1-25.8 88 85.1 74.2-91.9
55-64 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 153 26 21.2 13.7-31.3 127 78.8 68.7-86.3
College Graduate 185 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 196 42 26.6 18.6-36.5 154 73.4 63.5-81.4
No 328 23 10.0 6.1-16.0 305 90.0 84.0-93.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 470 60 17.2 12.7-23.0 410 82.8 77.0-87.3
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 267 23 9.6 6.1-14.9 244 90.4 85.1-93.9
Unemployed 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 163 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 69 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 133 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 36 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 249 24 10.9 7.0-16.6 225 89.1 83.4-93.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 363 38 15.4 10.3-22.3 325 84.6 77.7-89.7
Rent 132 23 24.0 15.5-35.1 109 76.0 64.9-84.5
Other arrangement 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 159 17 12.6 7.4-20.6 142 87.4 79.4-92.6
Rural 368 48 17.9 12.5-24.9 320 82.1 75.1-87.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 165 24 20.3 12.2-32.0 141 79.7 68.0-87.8
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 262 28 13.4 8.3-20.9 234 86.6 79.1-91.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 100 13 16.9 9.6-28.0 87 83.1 72.0-90.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 265 35 22.3 15.4-31.2 230 77.7 68.8-84.6
2nd Quartile 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 156 18 11.8 6.9-19.5 138 88.2 80.5-93.1

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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