2021 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western 611 84 16.0 12.1-20.9 527 84.0 79.1-87.9
GENDER
Male 290 38 15.2 10.0-22.6 252 84.8 77.4-90.0
Female 321 46 16.8 11.6-23.9 275 83.2 76.1-88.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 502 70 16.7 12.3-22.2 432 83.3 77.8-87.7
Non-Hispanic Black 22 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 79 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 93 20 17.2 10.4-27.0 73 82.8 73.0-89.6
35-44 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 109 15 15.7 9.2-25.4 94 84.3 74.6-90.8
55-64 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 175 29 16.3 10.6-24.1 146 83.7 75.9-89.4
College Graduate 221 22 11.3 7.2-17.2 199 88.7 82.8-92.8
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 212 55 31.9 22.7-42.7 157 68.1 57.3-77.3
No 388 27 7.0 4.6-10.6 361 93.0 89.4-95.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 541 75 16.9 12.5-22.3 466 83.1 77.7-87.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 302 39 15.2 10.2-22.2 263 84.8 77.8-89.8
Unemployed 20 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 194 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 37 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 148 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 5 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 284 34 11.9 8.3-16.8 250 88.1 83.2-91.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 415 40 12.5 8.3-18.4 375 87.5 81.6-91.7
Rent 156 35 25.8 17.9-35.6 121 74.2 64.4-82.1
Other arrangement 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 177 26 18.0 11.8-26.4 151 82.0 73.6-88.2
Rural 434 58 15.4 10.7-21.6 376 84.6 78.4-89.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 187 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 305 52 17.2 12.6-23.1 253 82.8 76.9-87.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 310 40 17.1 11.4-24.8 270 82.9 75.2-88.6
2nd Quartile 126 22 14.9 8.9-23.9 104 85.1 76.1-91.1
3rd Quartile 175 22 15.1 8.4-25.5 153 84.9 74.5-91.6

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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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