2022 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
Non-Hispanic Black 776 121 15.3 12.5-18.6 655 84.7 81.4-87.5
GENDER
Male 304 44 13.3 9.4-18.5 260 86.7 81.5-90.6
Female 472 77 17.0 13.4-21.5 395 83.0 78.5-86.6
AGE
18-34 155 28 16.6 10.9-24.4 127 83.4 75.6-89.1
35-44 125 27 19.7 12.9-28.7 98 80.3 71.3-87.1
45-54 130 23 19.6 12.5-29.3 107 80.4 70.7-87.5
55-64 153 27 15.6 10.0-23.6 126 84.4 76.4-90.0
65-74 136 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 60 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 46 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 199 28 12.5 8.3-18.4 171 87.5 81.6-91.7
Some Post-H.S. 246 46 19.0 13.7-25.9 200 81.0 74.1-86.3
College Graduate 283 36 12.8 8.9-18.0 247 87.2 82.0-91.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 58 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 89 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 90 18 18.5 11.0-29.5 72 81.5 70.5-89.0
$50,000- 74,999 100 17 15.7 9.3-25.4 83 84.3 74.6-90.7
$75,000+ 179 18 10.1 6.1-16.4 161 89.9 83.6-93.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 248 64 27.0 20.5-34.6 184 73.0 65.4-79.5
No 503 54 10.5 7.8-14.0 449 89.5 86.0-92.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 116 21 19.0 11.9-29.0 95 81.0 71.0-88.1
Non-Veteran 652 98 14.4 11.5-17.8 554 85.6 82.2-88.5
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY1
Urban 331 54 15.4 11.5-20.4 277 84.6 79.6-88.5
Regional City or Suburban County 167 22 13.7 8.5-21.2 145 86.3 78.8-91.5
Rural 278 45 16.2 11.4-22.6 233 83.8 77.4-88.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 433 67 15.4 11.8-19.9 366 84.6 80.1-88.2
Unemployed 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 182 16 6.9 3.9-12.0 166 93.1 88.0-96.1
Unable to Work 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 13 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 339 44 12.4 9.0-16.9 295 87.6 83.1-91.0
HOUSING
Own 396 49 12.5 9.1-17.0 347 87.5 83.0-90.9
Rent 300 57 18.4 13.9-24.1 243 81.6 75.9-86.1
Other arrangement 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 265 42 18.2 12.7-25.4 223 81.8 74.6-87.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 215 31 12.9 8.7-18.7 184 87.1 81.3-91.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 296 48 15.2 11.1-20.4 248 84.8 79.6-88.9
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 145 20 13.7 8.4-21.6 125 86.3 78.4-91.6
2nd Quartile 218 37 15.5 10.9-21.6 181 84.5 78.4-89.1
3rd Quartile 242 36 15.0 10.1-21.5 206 85.0 78.5-89.9
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 171 28 17.3 11.2-25.9 143 82.7 74.1-88.8

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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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