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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 1,775 1,185 63.3 60.0-66.5 131 8.7 6.7-11.1 195 12.4 10.2-15.0 173 10.6 8.8-12.8 91 5.0 3.8- 6.5
Female 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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 3,639 2,207 57.6 55.3-59.9 285 8.5 7.2-10.0 476 14.6 12.9-16.5 447 13.2 11.7-14.8 224 6.1 5.1- 7.3
No 313 182 58.0 50.8-64.9 23 10.2 6.1-16.6 34 8.9 5.8-13.3 46 14.2 10.1-19.6 28 8.7 5.7-13.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 63 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Recommended Range 1,002 589 54.6 50.2-58.9 94 9.6 7.3-12.5 151 16.4 13.2-20.1 124 14.3 11.4-17.8 44 5.2 3.5- 7.5
Overweight 1,298 822 61.8 57.8-65.6 107 10.0 7.3-13.4 152 10.9 8.8-13.5 144 11.8 9.5-14.7 73 5.5 4.2- 7.2
Obese 1,302 746 54.3 50.4-58.2 90 7.2 5.5- 9.4 172 16.3 13.3-19.8 190 13.9 11.7-16.4 104 8.3 6.4-10.7
Current Smoker
Yes 477 261 50.2 43.3-57.0 *** *** *** 56 11.6 8.3-16.2 72 15.9 11.4-21.7 61 13.2 9.6-17.8
No 3,397 2,070 58.5 56.1-60.8 278 8.8 7.5-10.2 447 14.6 12.9-16.5 416 12.9 11.4-14.5 186 5.3 4.4- 6.4
History of CVD**
Yes 423 262 59.3 52.1-66.2 26 6.6 3.8-11.2 35 7.6 4.8-11.8 56 12.8 8.4-18.9 44 13.7 9.1-20.2
No 3,572 2,157 57.6 55.2-59.9 286 8.9 7.6-10.5 478 14.7 13.0-16.5 443 13.3 11.9-15.0 208 5.5 4.6- 6.5
Binge Drinker
Yes 455 200 38.5 33.0-44.3 43 12.9 8.6-18.9 97 21.4 16.7-27.0 82 20.9 16.1-26.7 33 6.3 4.2- 9.3
No 3,267 2,019 59.2 56.7-61.6 254 8.4 7.0-10.0 398 13.6 11.9-15.5 390 12.4 10.9-14.0 206 6.5 5.4- 7.7
Heavy Drinker
Yes 191 90 40.9 31.8-50.6 *** *** *** 35 18.1 12.3-25.8 31 22.2 13.8-33.7 23 11.6 7.1-18.2
No 3,540 2,140 57.6 55.3-60.0 282 8.8 7.4-10.4 459 14.5 12.8-16.3 442 12.9 11.5-14.5 217 6.2 5.2- 7.4
COPD
Yes 315 174 51.2 43.0-59.4 *** *** *** 32 11.3 6.9-18.0 55 16.6 11.8-22.9 42 18.4 12.4-26.5
No 3,692 2,251 58.2 55.9-60.4 299 9.1 7.8-10.7 486 14.3 12.7-16.1 446 13.1 11.6-14.7 210 5.3 4.4- 6.2
Current Asthma
Yes 434 206 41.2 34.5-48.2 *** *** *** 71 22.8 16.1-31.4 82 17.8 13.4-23.3 51 13.1 8.9-18.8
No 3,567 2,217 59.6 57.3-61.8 288 9.1 7.7-10.7 443 13.0 11.5-14.6 417 12.8 11.3-14.4 202 5.5 4.6- 6.6
Diabetes
Yes 570 363 59.1 52.9-65.0 35 8.4 5.4-12.8 60 11.3 7.9-15.8 66 11.9 8.2-17.1 46 9.4 6.3-13.9
No 3,446 2,066 57.5 55.1-59.8 279 8.8 7.4-10.4 458 14.5 12.8-16.3 434 13.4 12.0-15.1 209 5.9 4.9- 7.0
Functional Disability
Yes 1,278 638 46.5 42.6-50.4 75 5.8 4.2- 7.9 158 13.3 10.6-16.7 236 20.0 16.9-23.5 171 14.4 11.9-17.3
No 2,607 1,700 62.3 59.6-64.9 228 10.0 8.3-12.0 347 14.7 12.8-16.8 254 10.3 8.8-11.9 78 2.7 2.0- 3.6
Has two or more chronic diseases†
Yes 1,116 556 46.4 42.2-50.6 67 5.8 4.1- 8.1 149 13.5 10.9-16.6 202 19.1 15.8-22.8 142 15.2 12.3-18.7
No 2,902 1,874 61.1 58.5-63.6 247 9.6 8.0-11.4 369 14.2 12.4-16.3 299 11.5 10.0-13.2 113 3.6 2.8- 4.5

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

†Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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.

^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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