2022 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days

Now thinking about your mental health, which includes stress, depression, and problems with emotions,
for how many days during the past 30 days was your mental health not good?

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  Total
Respond.^		 None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-29 days 30 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,422 2,772 61.4 59.4-63.3 306 7.0 6.0- 8.0 524 11.9 10.7-13.2 546 12.9 11.6-14.4 274 6.9 5.8- 8.2
MALES 2,084 1,439 69.2 66.6-71.6 134 6.4 5.2- 7.9 192 9.5 8.0-11.3 219 10.0 8.6-11.7 100 4.9 3.9- 6.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,306 899 68.5 65.3-71.6 97 7.6 5.9- 9.6 128 9.6 7.8-11.8 123 9.4 7.7-11.5 59 4.9 3.6- 6.6
Non-Hispanic Black 304 201 66.6 59.7-72.8 18 4.9 3.0- 8.0 28 10.9 7.1-16.4 41 12.4 8.7-17.5 16 5.2 2.9- 9.2
Other 417 297 73.1 67.2-78.3 19 5.1 2.8- 9.2 31 6.9 4.5-10.3 49 10.2 7.1-14.4 21 4.7 2.8- 7.6
AGE
18-34 535 266 53.2 47.8-58.5 54 8.7 6.4-11.8 91 15.5 12.1-19.8 84 15.2 12.0-19.1 40 7.3 5.1-10.3
35-44 307 200 64.6 57.8-70.9 20 7.4 4.3-12.6 35 12.4 8.3-18.0 34 10.8 7.3-15.6 18 4.8 2.9- 8.1
45-54 333 244 75.4 69.4-80.5 18 5.1 2.9- 8.8 25 6.5 4.1-10.1 36 9.2 6.3-13.3 *** *** ***
55-64 350 266 77.9 71.8-83.0 19 5.0 3.0- 8.2 17 5.2 2.8- 9.3 37 8.9 5.7-13.7 11 3.0 1.4- 6.4
65-74 338 276 82.4 76.8-86.9 16 4.3 2.4- 7.5 16 5.1 2.6- 9.7 14 3.8 1.9- 7.2 16 4.4 2.5- 7.6
75+ 174 156 88.6 78.6-94.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 207 152 72.7 64.4-79.7 *** *** *** 11 6.3 3.1-12.5 23 10.4 6.3-16.9 14 6.9 3.7-12.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 514 363 70.5 65.2-75.3 29 6.5 4.1-10.2 38 7.8 5.3-11.5 52 9.5 7.0-12.7 32 5.7 3.7- 8.6
Some Post-H.S. 562 382 67.4 62.5-72.0 34 5.9 4.1- 8.4 49 10.2 7.3-14.2 68 11.6 8.8-15.3 29 4.9 3.2- 7.2
College Graduate 788 535 68.4 64.3-72.1 64 8.4 6.2-11.3 90 11.2 8.9-14.1 75 8.8 6.8-11.4 24 3.1 2.0- 5.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 117 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 14.3 8.3-23.4 15 13.6 7.4-23.5
$15,000- 24,999 148 105 69.1 58.8-77.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 11.3 6.4-19.1 12 8.2 3.7-17.1
$25,000- 34,999 176 109 57.6 47.8-66.9 13 8.7 4.1-17.6 20 11.4 6.8-18.4 21 14.9 8.8-24.0 13 7.4 4.0-13.3
$35,000- 49,999 214 143 67.2 58.7-74.8 12 6.8 3.4-13.0 17 9.9 5.4-17.4 30 11.5 7.6-17.0 12 4.6 2.4- 8.6
$50,000- 74,999 266 179 67.9 60.3-74.7 22 7.4 4.6-11.7 27 14.0 8.6-22.0 29 7.3 4.8-11.1 *** *** ***
$75,000+ 738 525 73.2 69.2-76.8 49 5.6 4.0- 7.8 82 10.3 7.9-13.2 60 7.9 5.8-10.5 22 3.1 1.9- 4.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 598 355 59.5 54.2-64.6 27 5.8 3.6- 9.0 41 6.5 4.4- 9.4 111 16.9 13.5-21.0 64 11.3 8.5-15.0
No 1,400 1,020 72.7 69.6-75.6 99 6.5 5.1- 8.3 145 11.0 9.0-13.4 101 7.4 5.9- 9.2 35 2.4 1.7- 3.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 481 358 74.6 69.4-79.1 *** *** *** 28 5.5 3.4- 8.7 65 13.2 10.0-17.3 22 4.8 2.9- 7.9
Non-Veteran 1,579 1,066 67.8 64.8-70.7 124 7.7 6.2- 9.5 162 10.6 8.8-12.8 150 9.0 7.4-10.8 77 4.9 3.8- 6.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 736 466 64.2 60.0-68.1 59 7.7 5.8-10.3 94 12.2 9.8-15.2 87 11.3 9.0-14.2 30 4.5 3.0- 6.8
Regional City or Suburban County 543 374 70.4 65.3-75.0 33 5.9 4.0- 8.8 54 10.3 7.3-14.4 57 8.6 6.4-11.6 25 4.7 3.0- 7.3
Rural 805 599 73.1 68.6-77.2 42 5.5 3.6- 8.3 44 6.1 4.0- 9.2 75 9.9 7.4-13.2 45 5.3 3.7- 7.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,347 916 68.7 65.6-71.7 96 7.2 5.6- 9.1 138 10.0 8.1-12.3 146 10.3 8.5-12.4 51 3.8 2.7- 5.2
Unemployed 75 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 12 16.1 8.3-28.8
Retired 451 378 83.1 77.8-87.3 19 4.6 2.4- 8.8 15 3.9 2.0- 7.4 24 4.6 2.9- 7.4 15 3.8 2.0- 6.9
Unable to Work 122 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 13.2 7.4-22.7
Other not in Labor Force 52 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 39 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 143 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 7.9 3.7-16.1 20 13.6 8.2-21.7 15 11.5 5.8-21.5
101% to 150% 114 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 13.9 7.5-24.4 *** *** ***
151% to 200% 145 99 66.1 55.2-75.4 *** *** *** 13 9.1 4.1-19.1 21 15.1 8.9-24.5 *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,168 808 70.3 67.0-73.5 82 6.5 5.0- 8.5 126 11.5 9.3-14.1 111 8.5 6.8-10.5 41 3.2 2.2- 4.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 496 365 71.1 64.7-76.8 24 6.4 3.7-11.0 28 6.6 3.7-11.5 53 10.0 6.8-14.5 26 5.9 3.6- 9.4
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 656 464 71.2 66.8-75.2 32 4.5 3.0- 6.7 54 9.0 6.6-12.2 68 9.6 7.4-12.5 38 5.7 3.9- 8.2
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 932 610 66.8 63.0-70.3 78 7.8 6.0-10.1 110 11.2 8.9-13.9 98 10.4 8.3-13.0 36 3.8 2.6- 5.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 678 445 65.8 61.2-70.0 60 7.8 5.8-10.4 71 10.2 7.7-13.4 75 12.0 9.3-15.4 27 4.3 2.7- 6.7
2nd Quartile 576 396 70.4 65.7-74.6 37 6.6 4.5- 9.5 53 9.8 7.2-13.2 64 9.4 7.1-12.3 26 3.9 2.6- 5.9
3rd Quartile 524 367 69.2 63.8-74.0 24 5.5 3.2- 9.2 52 9.8 6.9-13.9 49 8.7 6.3-11.9 32 6.8 4.5-10.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 306 231 75.3 67.2-82.0 13 3.9 2.0- 7.6 16 5.7 2.7-11.6 31 9.6 5.4-16.5 15 5.4 2.8-10.2

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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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