2023 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 4,020 2,431 57.6 55.4-59.8 314 8.7 7.4-10.2 519 14.1 12.5-15.8 501 13.3 11.9-14.8 255 6.3 5.4- 7.4
FEMALES 2,245 1,246 52.5 49.5-55.4 183 8.7 7.1-10.6 324 15.6 13.5-17.9 328 15.7 13.7-18.0 164 7.5 6.2- 9.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,338 714 52.1 48.5-55.6 115 8.2 6.5-10.3 207 15.7 13.4-18.2 192 14.7 12.4-17.3 110 9.5 7.5-11.8
Non-Hispanic Black 400 220 51.7 45.0-58.4 33 11.1 6.9-17.4 58 14.5 10.8-19.2 65 18.0 13.5-23.8 24 4.7 2.9- 7.4
Other 483 297 54.7 46.3-62.8 32 7.3 4.2-12.5 58 17.7 11.0-27.2 66 15.6 10.7-22.1 30 4.7 2.3- 9.3
AGE
18-34 396 125 32.5 26.5-39.1 36 10.8 7.0-16.3 101 24.5 19.1-30.9 107 27.0 21.7-33.1 27 5.2 3.4- 7.9
35-44 318 147 47.8 40.6-55.1 31 9.2 6.2-13.6 54 18.2 13.1-24.7 57 17.1 12.4-23.2 29 7.7 4.8-12.1
45-54 361 169 51.2 44.2-58.2 46 12.1 8.3-17.2 62 16.6 12.3-22.2 54 12.3 8.9-16.8 30 7.8 5.0-11.9
55-64 414 252 59.9 53.2-66.3 24 4.8 2.9- 7.7 48 11.5 8.0-16.4 53 13.4 9.4-18.8 37 10.3 6.7-15.7
65-74 413 281 65.8 58.7-72.2 30 7.2 4.4-11.6 38 7.9 5.1-12.0 36 8.8 5.9-12.8 28 10.4 6.2-17.1
75+ 311 247 78.8 71.4-84.7 15 6.1 2.7-13.2 21 6.4 3.7-10.7 17 3.7 2.1- 6.3 11 5.0 2.5-10.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 152 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 11.0 6.2-18.9 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 464 260 50.1 43.5-56.7 40 9.1 6.2-13.2 46 12.7 8.3-19.0 82 19.4 14.7-25.2 36 8.7 5.7-13.1
Some Post-H.S. 656 357 52.1 46.8-57.5 45 8.1 5.4-12.1 96 16.5 12.8-21.0 95 14.4 11.2-18.3 63 8.9 6.5-12.1
College Graduate 961 514 49.2 45.2-53.3 88 8.6 6.8-10.8 175 21.6 18.3-25.4 129 15.2 12.4-18.4 55 5.4 4.0- 7.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 129 *** *** *** *** *** *** 18 14.5 7.6-26.0 23 20.7 12.3-32.8 14 9.4 5.1-16.8
$15,000- 24,999 188 85 43.2 33.9-53.1 11 6.5 2.8-14.3 25 13.5 7.9-22.1 40 20.1 14.0-27.9 27 16.8 10.1-26.5
$25,000- 34,999 225 116 45.8 36.3-55.5 15 7.5 4.0-13.5 32 20.2 12.3-31.2 38 15.0 9.6-22.7 24 11.6 7.0-18.7
$35,000- 49,999 258 148 55.7 47.6-63.5 26 10.6 6.6-16.4 26 9.5 6.0-14.8 38 16.6 11.3-23.6 20 7.7 4.5-12.7
$50,000- 74,999 298 165 52.2 43.9-60.5 31 9.3 5.8-14.5 39 15.8 9.3-25.7 45 16.9 12.0-23.3 18 5.8 3.3- 9.8
$75,000+ 631 312 47.7 42.2-53.3 64 9.3 6.9-12.3 137 21.9 17.9-26.4 86 16.2 12.4-21.0 32 4.9 3.1- 7.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 746 326 39.3 34.5-44.3 52 7.9 5.4-11.5 96 12.1 9.4-15.5 161 22.9 18.9-27.6 111 17.7 14.1-22.1
No 1,427 871 58.3 54.6-62.0 126 9.2 7.2-11.7 217 17.4 14.6-20.6 161 12.1 10.0-14.6 52 2.9 2.1- 4.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 75 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 15.1 7.7-27.5 *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 2,160 1,204 53.0 50.0-56.0 176 8.8 7.1-10.8 309 15.3 13.2-17.7 316 15.8 13.7-18.1 155 7.2 5.8- 8.7
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 658 323 45.9 40.9-51.0 59 8.1 6.0-10.8 131 21.3 17.0-26.3 101 19.0 15.1-23.6 44 5.7 4.0- 8.1
Regional City or Suburban County 536 295 54.4 48.5-60.1 50 9.4 6.3-14.0 71 14.5 10.8-19.2 79 12.8 9.9-16.4 41 8.9 6.1-12.7
Rural 1,051 628 57.0 52.5-61.4 74 8.7 6.2-12.1 122 11.2 8.9-14.0 148 14.9 12.0-18.4 79 8.1 5.9-11.0
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,066 511 46.9 42.7-51.2 109 10.3 7.9-13.4 211 21.0 17.7-24.8 173 16.4 13.6-19.6 62 5.4 3.9- 7.3
Unemployed 107 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 12.6 6.7-22.3 22 22.6 14.1-34.3 14 9.4 4.9-17.5
Retired 663 479 70.2 64.8-75.0 41 6.7 4.4-10.3 58 9.0 6.4-12.6 51 6.7 4.7- 9.4 34 7.4 4.6-11.6
Unable to Work 191 82 41.2 31.5-51.6 *** *** *** 16 5.0 2.6- 9.4 46 24.7 17.2-34.0 37 22.4 14.6-32.8
Other not in Labor Force 185 103 48.7 39.5-58.1 15 8.5 4.6-15.4 23 14.8 8.3-25.1 31 21.3 14.1-30.8 13 6.6 3.5-11.9
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 51 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 198 83 36.8 28.0-46.6 13 8.5 4.3-16.1 *** *** *** 49 22.7 16.1-30.9 28 15.6 9.5-24.6
101% to 150% 153 *** *** *** *** *** *** 24 17.5 10.7-27.3 29 14.4 9.1-22.0 21 10.3 5.7-17.9
151% to 200% 168 92 50.8 40.9-60.7 16 8.2 4.5-14.6 20 12.5 6.9-21.5 24 15.5 9.8-23.7 16 13.0 7.3-22.0
More than 200% 1,125 598 49.7 45.5-53.9 113 9.7 7.8-12.1 194 18.7 15.6-22.4 157 16.4 13.4-19.8 63 5.5 4.0- 7.4
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 749 438 52.7 47.2-58.1 56 9.7 6.7-13.8 91 11.8 8.9-15.6 101 16.3 12.4-21.0 63 9.6 6.7-13.5
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 621 339 52.3 46.7-57.9 50 9.4 6.0-14.2 90 16.8 12.6-22.0 98 14.4 11.3-18.1 44 7.2 5.1-10.1
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 875 469 52.4 48.0-56.8 77 7.8 6.0-10.1 143 16.8 13.7-20.4 129 16.3 13.2-20.0 57 6.6 4.8- 9.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 667 364 52.6 47.3-57.7 62 8.4 6.2-11.1 109 18.8 14.9-23.5 91 14.8 11.4-19.0 41 5.4 3.7- 7.9
2nd Quartile 580 319 53.5 47.9-59.0 46 9.6 6.4-14.1 74 12.0 8.6-16.6 95 16.2 12.9-20.3 46 8.7 6.1-12.2
3rd Quartile 576 301 48.5 43.2-53.8 47 7.4 5.1-10.4 92 18.3 14.5-22.8 94 17.5 13.6-22.4 42 8.3 5.7-12.1
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 422 262 59.0 50.7-66.7 28 10.4 5.7-18.1 49 10.5 6.7-16.0 48 12.2 7.9-18.5 35 8.0 4.9-12.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023
are NOT comparable to 2010 and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 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 2023 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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