2022 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
Piedmont NC 2,330 1,408 59.5 56.9-62.1 169 6.9 5.8- 8.3 325 14.0 12.4-15.8 295 12.9 11.1-14.8 133 6.6 5.2- 8.4
GENDER
Male 1,125 745 67.5 64.1-70.7 83 7.1 5.5- 9.2 134 11.4 9.3-13.8 114 9.5 7.7-11.6 49 4.5 3.3- 6.2
Female 1,205 663 52.2 48.3-56.1 86 6.8 5.3- 8.7 191 16.4 14.0-19.2 181 15.9 13.1-19.2 84 8.6 6.3-11.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,436 857 59.5 56.1-62.8 118 7.7 6.2- 9.5 213 14.5 12.4-16.8 169 12.5 10.2-15.2 79 5.8 4.5- 7.5
Non-Hispanic Black 435 248 58.1 52.5-63.5 29 7.0 4.7-10.1 55 13.4 10.0-17.6 73 14.6 11.3-18.7 30 6.9 4.7-10.1
Other 403 264 62.4 55.6-68.7 21 5.2 3.0- 8.9 49 12.2 8.7-16.8 50 13.7 9.5-19.5 *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 587 242 43.1 38.2-48.2 56 9.2 6.7-12.4 137 22.7 18.9-26.9 100 17.2 13.6-21.6 52 7.8 5.8-10.5
35-44 378 208 54.2 47.9-60.4 27 6.1 4.0- 9.4 61 16.1 12.1-21.0 56 14.8 10.6-20.1 26 8.8 5.4-14.2
45-54 395 257 67.0 60.6-72.7 24 5.8 3.5- 9.3 46 9.5 6.6-13.4 48 12.3 8.9-16.8 20 5.5 3.3- 8.9
55-64 389 256 68.6 62.9-73.7 34 7.5 5.1-10.9 40 10.9 7.7-15.3 46 9.7 6.7-13.8 *** *** ***
65-74 323 240 71.5 63.7-78.2 16 5.0 2.9- 8.4 26 8.4 5.4-12.9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 198 167 84.1 75.8-90.0 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 157 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 470 304 66.4 61.0-71.3 24 5.1 3.2- 8.2 49 10.2 7.4-13.9 57 11.0 8.1-14.7 36 7.3 5.0-10.5
Some Post-H.S. 619 356 55.3 50.1-60.4 46 7.5 5.3-10.4 92 16.4 13.1-20.3 84 13.2 10.4-16.6 41 7.7 4.7-12.3
College Graduate 1,068 631 58.7 55.1-62.1 95 9.3 7.4-11.6 168 16.2 13.8-19.0 128 11.6 9.5-14.0 46 4.3 3.1- 5.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 637 325 47.2 41.9-52.7 25 4.3 2.7- 6.9 73 11.1 8.5-14.4 134 22.8 18.2-28.0 80 14.6 10.6-19.7
No 1,604 1,024 64.0 61.0-66.8 139 8.2 6.7- 9.9 241 15.5 13.4-17.8 151 8.9 7.4-10.7 49 3.4 2.5- 4.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 218 153 68.3 60.4-75.3 *** *** *** *** *** *** 36 17.6 12.4-24.4 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,088 1,239 58.5 55.7-61.3 161 7.4 6.1- 8.8 310 14.9 13.1-16.9 255 12.4 10.6-14.5 123 6.8 5.3- 8.7
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,414 832 59.7 56.5-62.8 116 8.4 6.7-10.3 216 15.0 12.9-17.4 180 11.9 10.0-13.9 70 5.1 3.9- 6.6
Unemployed 91 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 18.1 10.4-29.6 14 11.9 6.6-20.7
Retired 490 382 77.0 70.5-82.5 26 5.1 3.1- 8.2 28 4.8 3.1- 7.5 38 7.0 4.8-10.2 *** *** ***
Unable to Work 128 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 24 21.1 12.9-32.4
Other not in Labor Force 159 63 34.9 26.5-44.4 *** *** *** 49 32.8 24.5-42.5 26 21.8 13.5-33.4 *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 126 *** *** *** *** *** *** 19 19.1 11.7-29.5 *** *** *** 16 12.1 7.1-20.0
$15,000- 24,999 170 *** *** *** *** *** *** 20 11.2 6.8-17.9 25 18.7 11.2-29.6 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 198 110 58.3 49.5-66.6 18 9.0 5.0-15.6 34 15.1 10.3-21.6 22 10.6 6.5-16.7 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 209 115 51.9 43.3-60.5 *** *** *** 24 14.9 9.3-22.9 35 15.3 10.6-21.7 21 10.9 6.7-17.2
$50,000- 74,999 277 151 53.5 45.8-61.0 22 7.9 4.9-12.7 48 19.5 13.9-26.6 44 15.5 9.8-23.6 12 3.6 2.0- 6.4
$75,000+ 807 506 64.7 60.8-68.5 73 8.2 6.3-10.6 128 15.1 12.5-18.2 79 9.4 7.2-12.0 21 2.6 1.6- 4.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 543 365 64.7 58.8-70.3 28 4.8 3.1- 7.4 52 9.1 6.7-12.3 64 12.4 9.3-16.5 34 8.9 5.3-14.7
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 52 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 159 90 54.0 43.8-63.9 *** *** *** 22 15.2 9.3-23.9 24 12.6 8.0-19.2 19 15.5 9.1-25.1
101% to 150% 135 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 149 79 52.6 42.4-62.6 12 8.4 4.6-14.8 23 17.3 10.5-27.3 22 13.1 8.2-20.2 *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,241 739 60.7 57.4-63.9 105 8.0 6.4-10.0 201 16.4 14.1-19.1 150 11.1 9.3-13.3 46 3.7 2.7- 5.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 543 365 64.7 58.8-70.3 28 4.8 3.1- 7.4 52 9.1 6.7-12.3 64 12.4 9.3-16.5 34 8.9 5.3-14.7
HOUSING
Own 1,403 950 65.6 62.1-68.9 106 6.9 5.5- 8.6 167 12.2 10.2-14.5 129 10.4 8.3-13.1 51 4.9 3.2- 7.4
Rent 716 347 47.3 42.8-51.8 54 8.2 6.0-11.2 125 18.4 15.3-21.9 131 17.6 14.7-21.0 59 8.5 6.3-11.2
Other arrangement 176 93 50.7 41.0-60.4 *** *** *** 29 15.7 10.2-23.2 29 16.7 10.7-25.1 18 12.7 7.7-20.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,384 793 55.9 52.6-59.2 102 6.8 5.4- 8.4 212 16.3 14.1-18.9 192 13.6 11.6-15.8 85 7.4 5.4-10.2
Regional City or Suburban County 556 357 64.5 58.9-69.7 36 6.2 4.1- 9.2 72 11.6 8.7-15.3 65 11.9 8.6-16.4 26 5.8 3.6- 9.1
Rural 390 258 63.6 56.9-69.9 31 8.7 5.6-13.1 41 10.3 7.3-14.4 38 12.0 7.4-18.9 22 5.4 3.3- 8.7
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 106 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 847 539 62.1 57.6-66.3 53 6.0 4.4- 8.3 99 11.5 9.2-14.2 100 13.2 10.3-16.8 56 7.2 5.3- 9.7
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,377 793 57.2 53.8-60.4 110 7.4 5.9- 9.1 220 16.7 14.3-19.3 183 12.3 10.4-14.4 71 6.5 4.6- 9.3
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 802 462 56.9 52.7-61.0 74 7.9 6.2-10.1 131 17.3 14.3-20.8 96 12.1 9.6-15.2 39 5.8 3.9- 8.4
2nd Quartile 933 570 59.3 55.1-63.4 59 6.2 4.6- 8.3 121 13.3 10.9-16.1 116 12.5 10.0-15.6 67 8.7 6.1-12.1
3rd Quartile 532 335 63.1 56.9-68.8 32 7.3 4.6-11.6 68 11.5 8.6-15.3 75 14.2 10.3-19.4 22 3.8 2.3- 6.3
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 63 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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