2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
Western 524 70 13.1 10.0-17.2 454 86.9 82.8-90.0
GENDER
Male 226 23 10.9 6.6-17.4 203 89.1 82.6-93.4
Female 298 47 15.3 11.0-21.0 251 84.7 79.0-89.0
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 437 55 14.0 10.4-18.5 382 86.0 81.5-89.6
Non-Hispanic Black 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 73 17 18.1 10.7-29.0 56 81.9 71.0-89.3
35-44 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 120 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 113 22 15.9 9.7-24.8 91 84.1 75.2-90.3
Some Post-H.S. 167 27 13.9 8.5-21.9 140 86.1 78.1-91.5
College Graduate 212 19 11.8 7.1-18.8 193 88.2 81.2-92.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 182 45 26.0 18.7-35.0 137 74.0 65.0-81.3
No 322 23 6.8 4.1-11.0 299 93.2 89.0-95.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 463 62 12.8 9.6-17.0 401 87.2 83.0-90.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 228 28 12.9 8.4-19.3 200 87.1 80.7-91.6
Unemployed 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 195 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 61 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 144 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 4 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 40 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 49 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 269 23 7.8 4.6-12.8 246 92.2 87.2-95.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 385 37 10.6 7.2-15.2 348 89.4 84.8-92.8
Rent 108 24 20.6 13.0-31.1 84 79.4 68.9-87.0
Other arrangement 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Regional City or Suburban County 152 17 10.7 6.2-17.8 135 89.3 82.2-93.8
Rural 372 53 14.1 10.2-19.2 319 85.9 80.8-89.8
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 125 16 13.5 7.8-22.3 109 86.5 77.7-92.2
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 236 37 15.1 10.0-22.3 199 84.9 77.7-90.0
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 163 17 9.9 5.8-16.6 146 90.1 83.4-94.2
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 274 35 12.4 8.5-17.9 239 87.6 82.1-91.5
2nd Quartile 114 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 136 19 14.1 8.2-23.2 117 85.9 76.8-91.8

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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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