2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 4,266 597 14.7 13.5-16.1 3,669 85.3 83.9-86.5
Eastern NC 1,153 164 14.8 12.5-17.5 989 85.2 82.5-87.5
GENDER
Male 520 58 11.1 8.3-14.6 462 88.9 85.4-91.7
Female 633 106 18.3 14.8-22.4 527 81.7 77.6-85.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 722 102 14.5 11.7-17.8 620 85.5 82.2-88.3
Non-Hispanic Black 240 39 17.1 12.1-23.5 201 82.9 76.5-87.9
Other 177 21 11.7 6.7-19.7 156 88.3 80.3-93.3
AGE
18-34 236 54 23.0 17.6-29.6 182 77.0 70.4-82.4
35-44 169 23 11.8 7.6-17.9 146 88.2 82.1-92.4
45-54 170 29 18.1 11.8-26.7 141 81.9 73.3-88.2
55-64 224 28 10.8 7.1-15.9 196 89.2 84.1-92.9
65-74 198 20 9.8 5.8-16.1 178 90.2 83.9-94.2
75+ 142 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 303 38 12.9 9.0-18.2 265 87.1 81.8-91.0
Some Post-H.S. 319 59 19.6 14.9-25.2 260 80.4 74.8-85.1
College Graduate 421 57 14.1 10.7-18.5 364 85.9 81.5-89.3
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 375 96 26.3 21.2-32.1 279 73.7 67.9-78.8
No 747 63 9.4 7.1-12.3 684 90.6 87.7-92.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 226 42 19.0 13.8-25.6 184 81.0 74.4-86.2
Non-Veteran 924 122 13.7 11.1-16.6 802 86.3 83.4-88.9
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 596 85 15.6 12.3-19.5 511 84.4 80.5-87.7
Unemployed 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 332 25 6.7 4.3-10.3 307 93.3 89.7-95.7
Unable to Work 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 72 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 107 *** *** *** 82 75.7 64.0-84.5
$35,000- 49,999 140 22 15.3 9.7-23.5 118 84.7 76.5-90.3
$50,000- 74,999 156 28 17.7 11.8-25.8 128 82.3 74.2-88.2
$75,000+ 353 34 9.6 6.6-13.8 319 90.4 86.2-93.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 268 28 11.4 7.4-17.1 240 88.6 82.9-92.6
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 73 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 124 32 23.1 15.6-32.8 92 76.9 67.2-84.4
151% to 200% 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 580 73 13.3 10.3-16.9 507 86.7 83.1-89.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 268 28 11.4 7.4-17.1 240 88.6 82.9-92.6
HOUSING
Own 748 85 12.4 9.8-15.6 663 87.6 84.4-90.2
Rent 314 61 21.4 16.4-27.3 253 78.6 72.7-83.6
Other arrangement 82 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 97 13 15.3 8.5-25.9 84 84.7 74.1-91.5
Regional City or Suburban County 381 77 20.3 15.9-25.5 304 79.7 74.5-84.1
Rural 675 74 11.4 8.7-14.7 601 88.6 85.3-91.3
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 697 113 15.3 12.4-18.8 584 84.7 81.2-87.6
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 121 15 16.6 9.7-26.9 106 83.4 73.1-90.3
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 335 36 12.6 8.9-17.7 299 87.4 82.3-91.1
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 229 23 11.6 7.4-17.6 206 88.4 82.4-92.6
2nd Quartile 219 36 16.7 11.7-23.4 183 83.3 76.6-88.3
3rd Quartile 381 63 17.1 13.0-22.2 318 82.9 77.8-87.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 324 42 12.4 8.6-17.6 282 87.6 82.4-91.4

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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 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2024 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2024 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2024 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 2024 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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