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
MALES 2,084 238 11.2 9.6-12.9 1,846 88.8 87.1-90.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,306 133 10.5 8.7-12.7 1,173 89.5 87.3-91.3
Non-Hispanic Black 304 44 13.3 9.4-18.5 260 86.7 81.5-90.6
Other 417 52 11.3 8.0-15.7 365 88.7 84.3-92.0
AGE
18-34 535 96 17.4 13.9-21.5 439 82.6 78.5-86.1
35-44 307 34 10.4 7.1-14.9 273 89.6 85.1-92.9
45-54 333 38 11.0 7.6-15.8 295 89.0 84.2-92.4
55-64 350 35 8.5 5.6-12.6 315 91.5 87.4-94.4
65-74 338 22 6.0 3.6- 9.8 316 94.0 90.2-96.4
75+ 174 *** *** *** 165 95.7 88.9-98.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 207 29 12.1 7.8-18.3 178 87.9 81.7-92.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 514 66 12.1 9.2-15.9 448 87.9 84.1-90.8
Some Post-H.S. 562 71 12.8 9.8-16.4 491 87.2 83.6-90.2
College Graduate 788 71 8.2 6.2-10.6 717 91.8 89.4-93.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 117 27 22.7 14.7-33.4 90 77.3 66.6-85.3
$15,000- 24,999 148 20 13.3 7.6-22.4 128 86.7 77.6-92.4
$25,000- 34,999 176 26 15.1 9.6-23.0 150 84.9 77.0-90.4
$35,000- 49,999 214 31 11.4 7.5-16.9 183 88.6 83.1-92.5
$50,000- 74,999 266 27 8.6 5.6-12.9 239 91.4 87.1-94.4
$75,000+ 738 56 7.3 5.5- 9.8 682 92.7 90.2-94.5
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 598 138 21.7 17.9-26.2 460 78.3 73.8-82.1
No 1,400 95 7.1 5.7- 8.9 1,305 92.9 91.1-94.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 481 64 13.6 10.3-17.8 417 86.4 82.2-89.7
Non-Veteran 1,579 169 10.3 8.6-12.2 1,410 89.7 87.8-91.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 736 78 10.9 8.5-13.9 658 89.1 86.1-91.5
Regional City or Suburban County 543 66 11.0 8.4-14.4 477 89.0 85.6-91.6
Rural 805 94 11.5 8.9-14.7 711 88.5 85.3-91.1
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,347 145 10.7 8.9-12.8 1,202 89.3 87.2-91.1
Unemployed 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 451 25 5.5 3.4- 8.9 426 94.5 91.1-96.6
Unable to Work 122 40 27.1 18.0-38.6 *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 143 29 21.1 13.5-31.6 114 78.9 68.4-86.5
101% to 150% 114 19 18.8 11.5-29.3 95 81.2 70.7-88.5
151% to 200% 145 15 10.3 5.8-17.6 130 89.7 82.4-94.2
More than 200% 1,168 107 8.0 6.5- 9.9 1,061 92.0 90.1-93.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 496 66 13.3 9.7-17.8 430 86.7 82.2-90.3
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 656 77 11.4 8.9-14.6 579 88.6 85.4-91.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 932 95 10.0 7.9-12.5 837 90.0 87.5-92.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 678 73 11.5 8.8-14.9 605 88.5 85.1-91.2
2nd Quartile 576 64 9.6 7.2-12.6 512 90.4 87.4-92.8
3rd Quartile 524 63 12.5 9.4-16.4 461 87.5 83.6-90.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 306 38 12.3 8.1-18.2 268 87.7 81.8-91.9

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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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