2024 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 4,266 597 14.7 13.5-16.1 3,669 85.3 83.9-86.5
GENDER
Male 1,960 212 10.9 9.4-12.7 1,748 89.1 87.3-90.6
Female 2,306 385 18.3 16.3-20.4 1,921 81.7 79.6-83.7
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 2,689 374 14.5 13.0-16.2 2,315 85.5 83.8-87.0
Non-Hispanic Black 729 115 16.5 13.4-20.0 614 83.5 80.0-86.6
Non-Hispanic Other 233 42 18.4 13.0-25.2 191 81.6 74.8-87.0
Hispanic 571 59 9.6 7.2-12.6 512 90.4 87.4-92.8
AGE
18-34 955 195 21.3 18.4-24.5 760 78.7 75.5-81.6
35-44 653 105 14.7 12.0-17.9 548 85.3 82.1-88.0
45-54 669 99 13.9 11.1-17.3 570 86.1 82.7-88.9
55-64 700 104 15.8 12.7-19.5 596 84.2 80.5-87.3
65-74 653 58 9.3 6.8-12.5 595 90.7 87.5-93.2
75+ 559 31 4.4 2.8- 6.7 528 95.6 93.3-97.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 396 48 13.1 9.5-17.9 348 86.9 82.1-90.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 922 150 16.5 13.9-19.6 772 83.5 80.4-86.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,121 182 16.7 14.3-19.4 939 83.3 80.6-85.7
College Graduate 1,804 214 11.7 10.1-13.5 1,590 88.3 86.5-89.9
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 1,292 344 28.9 25.9-32.1 948 71.1 67.9-74.1
No 2,832 227 8.4 7.2- 9.7 2,605 91.6 90.3-92.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 498 79 16.5 13.1-20.7 419 83.5 79.3-86.9
Non-Veteran 3,758 518 14.5 13.2-15.9 3,240 85.5 84.1-86.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 2,302 304 13.9 12.2-15.7 1,998 86.1 84.3-87.8
Unemployed 201 51 26.2 19.5-34.1 150 73.8 65.9-80.5
Retired 1,145 87 7.8 6.1- 9.9 1,058 92.2 90.1-93.9
Unable to Work 253 93 35.7 29.0-42.9 160 64.3 57.1-71.0
Other not in Labor Force 299 56 19.5 14.7-25.4 243 80.5 74.6-85.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 196 52 26.8 20.1-34.9 144 73.2 65.1-79.9
$15,000- 24,999 277 57 21.8 16.2-28.7 220 78.2 71.3-83.8
$25,000- 34,999 350 69 24.4 18.9-30.9 281 75.6 69.1-81.1
$35,000- 49,999 510 79 15.5 12.1-19.5 431 84.5 80.5-87.9
$50,000-74,999 497 67 12.7 9.7-16.5 430 87.3 83.5-90.3
$75,000-100,000 463 69 16.2 12.5-20.7 394 83.8 79.3-87.5
$100,000-150,000 451 46 10.5 7.5-14.5 405 89.5 85.5-92.5
$150,000+ 507 37 6.9 4.9- 9.8 470 93.1 90.2-95.1
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,015 121 13.1 10.7-16.0 894 86.9 84.0-89.3
POVERTY LEVEL1
Less than 50% 110 26 25.2 16.8-35.9 84 74.8 64.1-83.2
50% to 100% 261 60 25.0 18.9-32.3 201 75.0 67.7-81.1
101% to 150% 428 84 20.7 16.2-25.9 344 79.3 74.1-83.8
151% to 200% 211 37 17.8 12.4-24.9 174 82.2 75.1-87.6
More than 200% 2,168 256 12.2 10.6-13.9 1,912 87.8 86.1-89.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 1,015 121 13.1 10.7-16.0 894 86.9 84.0-89.3
HOUSING
Own 2,609 281 11.8 10.4-13.4 2,328 88.2 86.6-89.6
Rent 1,335 247 20.8 18.3-23.5 1,088 79.2 76.5-81.7
Other arrangement 287 65 24.4 18.6-31.3 222 75.6 68.7-81.4
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT2
Urban 1,496 194 12.9 11.0-14.9 1,302 87.1 85.1-89.0
Regional City or Suburban County 1,240 204 17.1 14.6-19.8 1,036 82.9 80.2-85.4
Rural 1,530 199 14.5 12.4-17.0 1,331 85.5 83.0-87.6
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 874 134 14.6 12.0-17.5 740 85.4 82.5-88.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 1,350 195 15.9 13.6-18.5 1,155 84.1 81.5-86.4
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 2,042 268 13.9 12.2-15.9 1,774 86.1 84.1-87.8
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 1,499 198 14.9 12.7-17.3 1,301 85.1 82.7-87.3
2nd Quartile 1,363 194 14.5 12.4-16.9 1,169 85.5 83.1-87.6
3rd Quartile 1,027 157 15.9 13.4-18.8 870 84.1 81.2-86.6
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 377 48 11.8 8.4-16.3 329 88.2 83.7-91.6

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

2Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. 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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