2024 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%)
North Carolina 4,266 2,614 59.9 58.1-61.7 335 7.8 6.9- 8.8 551 13.2 12.0-14.5 477 12.1 10.9-13.3 289 7.0 6.1- 8.0
-MALES 1,960 1,301 65.2 62.7-67.6 155 8.6 7.3-10.3 217 11.2 9.6-12.9 187 9.7 8.3-11.4 100 5.3 4.2- 6.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,257 823 64.1 61.0-67.2 105 9.2 7.4-11.3 134 11.5 9.5-13.7 122 9.6 7.8-11.6 73 5.7 4.4- 7.3
Non-Hispanic Black 281 187 66.5 59.9-72.5 20 7.7 4.8-12.0 35 11.6 8.0-16.4 26 9.0 5.9-13.7 13 5.2 2.7- 9.6
Other 401 278 68.0 62.1-73.4 30 8.3 5.5-12.4 44 9.0 6.3-12.8 35 10.4 7.2-14.8 14 4.2 2.2- 7.9
AGE
18-34 506 259 52.2 47.1-57.1 48 10.1 7.4-13.7 95 17.5 14.1-21.5 74 15.0 11.7-19.0 30 5.3 3.6- 7.7
35-44 293 169 55.8 49.3-62.1 31 11.9 8.2-16.9 40 14.3 10.1-19.8 37 13.2 9.5-18.1 16 4.8 2.8- 8.0
45-54 285 194 69.3 63.0-75.0 26 10.0 6.6-14.8 30 9.6 6.5-14.0 25 7.1 4.6-10.9 *** *** ***
55-64 313 209 66.1 59.5-72.1 28 9.7 6.5-14.4 27 7.9 5.1-12.2 23 6.5 4.1-10.1 26 9.8 6.1-15.3
65-74 287 238 83.5 78.0-87.9 12 3.5 1.8- 6.9 12 4.2 2.1- 8.3 13 4.0 2.2- 7.3 12 4.7 2.6- 8.3
75+ 237 204 87.8 81.0-92.4 *** *** *** *** *** *** 13 5.7 2.6-12.1 *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 207 158 76.9 69.5-83.0 12 3.8 2.1- 6.9 *** *** *** 12 6.1 3.1-11.8 15 7.9 4.4-13.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 469 299 62.4 57.2-67.3 25 6.2 4.1- 9.4 59 14.3 10.9-18.5 47 8.9 6.5-12.1 39 8.1 5.7-11.4
Some Post-H.S. 464 304 64.0 58.9-68.8 40 10.9 7.9-14.9 45 9.6 7.0-13.0 52 11.5 8.7-15.2 23 3.9 2.5- 6.1
College Graduate 809 533 64.4 60.6-68.1 78 11.0 8.7-13.7 103 12.2 9.9-14.9 72 9.7 7.5-12.6 23 2.7 1.8- 4.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 88 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 15.7 8.5-27.1 12 15.0 8.4-25.3
$15,000- 24,999 118 82 66.4 55.3-75.9 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 14 13.3 7.4-22.6
$25,000- 34,999 135 *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 10.4 5.9-17.8 17 15.5 9.3-24.7 *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 238 161 66.4 58.8-73.2 15 7.6 4.3-13.1 25 12.5 8.0-19.2 26 8.8 5.7-13.3 11 4.7 2.5- 8.5
$50,000- 74,999 219 147 69.6 62.2-76.2 18 7.0 4.1-11.5 25 12.3 7.8-18.9 18 6.0 3.5- 9.9 11 5.1 2.5-10.0
$75,000+ 745 471 61.2 57.0-65.1 81 12.8 10.2-16.1 99 13.2 10.6-16.2 72 10.2 7.9-12.9 22 2.7 1.6- 4.4
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 573 335 55.4 50.4-60.3 33 6.3 4.3- 9.2 56 9.8 7.1-13.4 84 15.9 12.5-19.9 65 12.5 9.5-16.4
No 1,320 919 68.6 65.6-71.4 116 9.6 7.9-11.7 157 12.1 10.2-14.3 97 7.4 5.9- 9.2 31 2.3 1.5- 3.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 420 297 68.7 63.4-73.6 19 5.0 3.0- 8.0 29 8.7 5.9-12.5 55 13.3 10.1-17.5 20 4.3 2.7- 6.9
Non-Veteran 1,535 999 64.1 61.2-66.9 136 9.6 8.0-11.6 188 11.9 10.1-13.9 132 8.8 7.3-10.6 80 5.5 4.3- 7.1
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 707 455 64.1 60.0-68.1 66 10.3 7.9-13.3 91 12.0 9.6-15.0 72 10.7 8.3-13.6 23 2.9 1.8- 4.5
Regional City or Suburban County 588 374 60.5 55.7-65.1 47 9.7 7.1-13.1 76 13.9 10.8-17.6 52 8.7 6.4-11.8 39 7.3 5.1-10.3
Rural 665 472 70.7 66.5-74.6 42 5.9 4.2- 8.2 50 7.7 5.6-10.6 63 9.7 7.4-12.7 38 6.0 4.2- 8.5
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 1,199 755 62.0 58.7-65.1 119 11.0 9.1-13.3 166 13.7 11.6-16.1 113 9.3 7.6-11.4 46 4.1 2.9- 5.7
Unemployed 98 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 16 16.8 9.8-27.1 14 11.8 6.7-19.9
Retired 464 388 84.9 80.5-88.4 19 3.0 1.8- 5.0 19 3.5 1.9- 6.3 22 5.0 3.0- 8.2 16 3.7 2.2- 6.2
Unable to Work 106 *** *** *** *** *** *** 11 14.0 7.3-25.2 18 13.7 8.3-22.0 20 20.2 12.3-31.4
Other not in Labor Force 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 39 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 112 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 13.9 7.5-24.4 11 11.0 5.9-19.6
101% to 150% 177 116 62.5 53.4-70.8 11 7.9 4.1-14.7 13 7.8 4.2-14.0 19 9.6 5.6-16.0 18 12.2 7.2-19.9
151% to 200% 92 *** *** *** *** *** *** 15 16.0 8.8-27.3 12 13.8 7.3-24.3 *** *** ***
More than 200% 1,076 695 63.4 60.0-66.7 104 10.9 8.8-13.3 136 13.0 10.8-15.6 102 9.2 7.4-11.3 39 3.5 2.4- 5.1
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 400 273 66.8 61.2-72.0 20 5.6 3.5- 9.0 39 10.5 7.3-14.8 42 11.1 7.9-15.3 26 5.9 3.8- 9.0
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 601 402 67.0 62.4-71.2 54 9.4 7.0-12.5 50 8.3 6.1-11.3 56 8.4 6.3-11.1 39 6.9 4.9- 9.8
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 959 626 63.2 59.5-66.7 81 9.5 7.5-12.1 128 13.4 11.1-16.2 89 10.0 8.0-12.6 35 3.8 2.6- 5.6
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 693 453 63.1 58.6-67.3 59 9.8 7.3-13.1 90 12.9 10.3-16.1 63 9.6 7.3-12.6 28 4.5 2.9- 7.1
2nd Quartile 645 427 66.0 61.7-70.1 55 9.0 6.8-11.9 66 10.5 8.0-13.5 62 9.6 7.3-12.5 35 4.9 3.4- 6.9
3rd Quartile 462 304 63.5 58.2-68.5 34 8.4 5.8-11.9 49 11.4 8.3-15.5 44 9.2 6.6-12.7 31 7.5 5.0-11.0
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 160 117 73.6 64.9-80.8 *** *** *** 12 7.3 3.7-14.1 18 12.0 7.1-19.6 *** *** ***

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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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