2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 4,422 618 15.3 13.8-17.0 3,804 84.7 83.0-86.2
Eastern NC 1,591 234 15.4 13.2-17.9 1,357 84.6 82.1-86.8
GENDER
Male 732 91 12.4 9.6-15.7 641 87.6 84.3-90.4
Female 859 143 18.3 15.0-22.2 716 81.7 77.8-85.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 885 126 15.2 12.5-18.5 759 84.8 81.5-87.5
Non-Hispanic Black 327 47 15.1 10.8-20.8 280 84.9 79.2-89.2
Other 339 55 17.0 11.2-25.0 284 83.0 75.0-88.8
AGE
18-34 328 65 20.8 15.8-26.8 263 79.2 73.2-84.2
35-44 239 44 18.0 12.7-24.9 195 82.0 75.1-87.3
45-54 233 34 13.8 9.1-20.5 199 86.2 79.5-90.9
55-64 300 53 15.2 10.6-21.3 247 84.8 78.7-89.4
65-74 297 22 8.1 4.9-13.1 275 91.9 86.9-95.1
75+ 168 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 167 25 9.5 5.3-16.3 142 90.5 83.7-94.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 405 53 15.4 11.1-20.8 352 84.6 79.2-88.9
Some Post-H.S. 496 100 20.4 16.2-25.4 396 79.6 74.6-83.8
College Graduate 520 55 11.2 8.3-15.0 465 88.8 85.0-91.7
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 540 137 25.5 20.9-30.8 403 74.5 69.2-79.1
No 1,002 93 10.1 7.9-12.9 909 89.9 87.1-92.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 290 44 16.7 12.1-22.7 246 83.3 77.3-87.9
Non-Veteran 1,294 189 15.1 12.6-18.0 1,105 84.9 82.0-87.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 845 125 15.1 12.2-18.6 720 84.9 81.4-87.8
Unemployed 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 428 33 7.9 5.3-11.8 395 92.1 88.2-94.7
Unable to Work 142 44 28.6 19.5-39.9 98 71.4 60.1-80.5
Other not in Labor Force 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 151 31 17.7 10.5-28.3 120 82.3 71.7-89.5
$25,000- 34,999 183 39 22.7 15.6-31.8 144 77.3 68.2-84.4
$35,000- 49,999 175 33 19.3 12.9-27.8 142 80.7 72.2-87.1
$50,000- 74,999 193 23 12.5 7.6-19.8 170 87.5 80.2-92.4
$75,000+ 432 45 11.6 8.2-16.3 387 88.4 83.7-91.8
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 342 35 12.5 8.3-18.4 307 87.5 81.6-91.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 164 38 20.3 12.9-30.5 126 79.7 69.5-87.1
101% to 150% 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 149 31 20.9 13.8-30.5 118 79.1 69.5-86.2
More than 200% 761 94 12.7 10.0-16.1 667 87.3 83.9-90.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 342 35 12.5 8.3-18.4 307 87.5 81.6-91.7
HOUSING
Own 1,078 129 12.7 10.2-15.7 949 87.3 84.3-89.8
Rent 391 76 20.4 15.9-25.9 315 79.6 74.1-84.1
Other arrangement 103 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 422 75 18.3 14.1-23.5 347 81.7 76.5-85.9
Rural 1,057 146 14.3 11.7-17.4 911 85.7 82.6-88.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 860 127 16.3 13.0-20.4 733 83.7 79.6-87.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 366 55 14.3 10.6-19.2 311 85.7 80.8-89.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 365 52 14.6 10.9-19.4 313 85.4 80.6-89.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 292 38 12.5 8.9-17.5 254 87.5 82.5-91.1
2nd Quartile 210 36 16.8 11.7-23.6 174 83.2 76.4-88.3
3rd Quartile 454 72 15.9 12.1-20.7 382 84.1 79.3-87.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 635 88 15.6 11.7-20.5 547 84.4 79.5-88.3

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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 2022 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2022 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2022 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2022 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 2022 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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