2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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 4,020 583 15.2 13.7-16.8 3,437 84.8 83.2-86.3
Piedmont NC 2,010 298 15.6 13.6-17.9 1,712 84.4 82.1-86.4
GENDER
Male 918 105 12.3 9.6-15.6 813 87.7 84.4-90.4
Female 1,092 193 18.7 15.7-22.0 899 81.3 78.0-84.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,237 178 15.8 13.2-18.8 1,059 84.2 81.2-86.8
Non-Hispanic Black 382 58 15.1 10.9-20.5 324 84.9 79.5-89.1
Other 355 57 15.6 11.1-21.4 298 84.4 78.6-88.9
AGE
18-34 461 93 19.1 15.0-23.9 368 80.9 76.1-85.0
35-44 294 58 19.3 14.3-25.4 236 80.7 74.6-85.7
45-54 331 45 13.7 8.9-20.5 286 86.3 79.5-91.1
55-64 339 46 14.7 10.3-20.5 293 85.3 79.5-89.7
65-74 312 33 12.7 7.9-19.8 279 87.3 80.2-92.1
75+ 238 17 6.4 3.5-11.3 221 93.6 88.7-96.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 165 22 16.6 9.8-26.7 143 83.4 73.3-90.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 393 70 20.5 15.6-26.4 323 79.5 73.6-84.4
Some Post-H.S. 471 87 15.8 12.4-19.9 384 84.2 80.1-87.6
College Graduate 968 118 11.7 9.4-14.5 850 88.3 85.5-90.6
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 569 164 30.2 25.1-35.8 405 69.8 64.2-74.9
No 1,371 123 9.4 7.6-11.5 1,248 90.6 88.5-92.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 215 37 17.4 11.7-25.0 178 82.6 75.0-88.3
Non-Veteran 1,789 260 15.4 13.2-17.9 1,529 84.6 82.1-86.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,159 164 13.7 11.4-16.5 995 86.3 83.5-88.6
Unemployed 89 19 17.2 10.2-27.7 70 82.8 72.3-89.8
Retired 504 50 10.0 6.9-14.2 454 90.0 85.8-93.1
Unable to Work 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 131 22 20.6 12.7-31.5 109 79.4 68.5-87.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 113 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 156 31 22.1 13.7-33.7 125 77.9 66.3-86.3
$35,000- 49,999 218 43 18.7 13.0-26.2 175 81.3 73.8-87.0
$50,000- 74,999 256 41 15.9 10.9-22.6 215 84.1 77.4-89.1
$75,000+ 735 85 12.6 9.7-16.2 650 87.4 83.8-90.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 433 48 12.1 8.5-17.1 385 87.9 82.9-91.5
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 107 21 13.0 7.3-22.1 86 87.0 77.9-92.7
151% to 200% 124 23 17.8 11.2-27.0 101 82.2 73.0-88.8
More than 200% 1,139 155 14.5 11.9-17.5 984 85.5 82.5-88.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 433 48 12.1 8.5-17.1 385 87.9 82.9-91.5
HOUSING
Own 1,245 137 12.3 9.9-15.1 1,108 87.7 84.9-90.1
Rent 600 127 22.8 18.7-27.5 473 77.2 72.5-81.3
Other arrangement 140 29 19.8 12.5-30.0 111 80.2 70.0-87.5
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 1,137 157 15.0 12.5-18.0 980 85.0 82.0-87.5
Regional City or Suburban County 468 85 17.2 13.0-22.3 383 82.8 77.7-87.0
Rural 405 56 14.9 10.5-20.5 349 85.1 79.5-89.5
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 719 106 15.0 12.0-18.6 613 85.0 81.4-88.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 1,156 167 15.3 12.6-18.4 989 84.7 81.6-87.4
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 738 105 15.7 12.3-19.8 633 84.3 80.2-87.7
2nd Quartile 774 122 16.1 13.0-19.7 652 83.9 80.3-87.0
3rd Quartile 432 62 15.0 10.8-20.5 370 85.0 79.5-89.2
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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 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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