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%)
TOTAL 4,422 618 15.3 13.8-17.0 3,804 84.7 83.0-86.2
GENDER
Male 2,084 238 11.2 9.6-12.9 1,846 88.8 87.1-90.4
Female 2,338 380 19.2 16.6-22.0 1,958 80.8 78.0-83.4
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,751 362 14.4 12.6-16.4 2,389 85.6 83.6-87.4
Non-Hispanic Black 776 121 15.3 12.5-18.6 655 84.7 81.4-87.5
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 164 33 19.5 12.2-29.5 131 80.5 70.5-87.8
Non-Hispanic Multiracial 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Other 101 12 14.4 7.6-25.5 89 85.6 74.5-92.4
Hispanic 453 54 11.9 8.5-16.4 399 88.1 83.6-91.5
AGE
18-34 1,006 206 21.4 18.2-25.0 800 78.6 75.0-81.8
35-44 664 104 16.9 13.0-21.7 560 83.1 78.3-87.0
45-54 706 102 14.2 11.3-17.6 604 85.8 82.4-88.7
55-64 784 106 12.0 9.1-15.7 678 88.0 84.3-90.9
65-74 727 61 10.9 7.4-15.7 666 89.1 84.3-92.6
75+ 435 29 6.1 3.7- 9.9 406 93.9 90.1-96.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 356 59 22.0 15.4-30.4 297 78.0 69.6-84.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 979 148 15.3 12.7-18.4 831 84.7 81.6-87.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,265 218 17.9 15.0-21.3 1,047 82.1 78.7-85.0
College Graduate 1,803 191 10.0 8.5-11.8 1,612 90.0 88.2-91.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,348 359 29.7 25.9-33.8 989 70.3 66.2-74.1
No 2,922 244 8.7 7.5-10.1 2,678 91.3 89.9-92.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 564 83 15.8 12.4-19.9 481 84.2 80.1-87.6
Non-Veteran 3,823 529 15.3 13.5-17.1 3,294 84.7 82.9-86.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,517 328 13.0 11.5-14.8 2,189 87.0 85.2-88.5
Unemployed 169 54 30.9 22.6-40.7 115 69.1 59.3-77.4
Retired 1,081 81 8.7 5.8-12.8 1,000 91.3 87.2-94.2
Unable to Work 309 109 39.9 31.1-49.3 200 60.1 50.7-68.9
Other not in Labor Force 272 40 19.8 13.1-28.8 232 80.2 71.2-86.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 267 75 31.9 23.2-42.1 192 68.1 57.9-76.8
$15,000- 24,999 370 67 19.9 13.8-27.8 303 80.1 72.2-86.2
$25,000- 34,999 437 76 17.3 13.2-22.5 361 82.7 77.5-86.8
$35,000- 49,999 458 90 19.0 14.9-23.9 368 81.0 76.1-85.1
$50,000-74,999 542 65 12.0 8.5-16.8 477 88.0 83.2-91.5
$75,000-100,000 470 43 7.4 5.2-10.4 427 92.6 89.6-94.8
$100,000-150,000 445 41 9.4 6.6-13.3 404 90.6 86.7-93.4
$150,000+ 464 36 9.2 6.4-13.2 428 90.8 86.8-93.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 969 125 16.3 12.9-20.5 844 83.7 79.5-87.1
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 364 86 25.8 18.9-34.2 278 74.2 65.8-81.1
101% to 150% 283 53 23.9 16.9-32.6 230 76.1 67.4-83.1
151% to 200% 344 63 17.4 12.9-22.9 281 82.6 77.1-87.1
More than 200% 2,279 250 10.4 9.0-12.0 2,029 89.6 88.0-91.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 969 125 16.3 12.9-20.5 844 83.7 79.5-87.1
HOUSING
Own 2,857 291 11.9 10.1-14.1 2,566 88.1 85.9-89.9
Rent 1,207 240 20.5 17.8-23.4 967 79.5 76.6-82.2
Other arrangement 301 74 27.4 20.6-35.5 227 72.6 64.5-79.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,496 206 14.7 12.2-17.5 1,290 85.3 82.5-87.8
Regional City or Suburban County 1,162 174 16.0 13.3-19.2 988 84.0 80.8-86.7
Rural 1,764 238 15.4 12.7-18.5 1,526 84.6 81.5-87.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 1,099 166 18.3 14.5-22.8 933 81.7 77.2-85.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,383 197 15.0 12.6-17.8 1,186 85.0 82.2-87.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,940 255 14.2 12.0-16.7 1,685 85.8 83.3-88.0
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,384 174 14.2 11.7-17.0 1,210 85.8 83.0-88.3
2nd Quartile 1,234 184 15.8 13.0-19.2 1,050 84.2 80.8-87.0
3rd Quartile 1,106 161 15.6 12.6-19.2 945 84.4 80.8-87.4
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 698 99 16.4 12.0-21.9 599 83.6 78.1-88.0

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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