2024 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 602 371 57.6 52.4-62.6 48 7.0 4.9-10.0 70 13.7 10.5-17.6 62 13.3 9.8-17.7 51 8.5 6.1-11.5
Region 3 336 211 62.2 55.7-68.2 21 4.8 2.9- 7.9 32 9.2 6.2-13.4 45 14.4 10.2-19.8 27 9.5 6.1-14.4
Region 4 872 540 60.7 56.8-64.5 68 7.7 5.9- 9.9 121 14.2 11.7-17.2 89 11.5 9.0-14.4 54 5.9 4.4- 7.9
Region 5 626 359 55.2 50.5-59.8 60 10.0 7.6-13.2 96 15.5 12.3-19.3 77 12.2 9.4-15.6 34 7.2 4.9-10.4
Region 6 301 180 55.7 49.0-62.1 21 7.6 4.8-11.8 36 13.1 9.0-18.6 40 15.7 11.2-21.5 24 8.0 5.1-12.5
Region 7 799 491 61.1 57.0-64.9 71 9.3 7.3-11.9 107 13.4 10.9-16.4 81 9.6 7.5-12.1 49 6.7 4.9- 9.0
Region 8 386 248 63.5 57.7-68.9 23 5.7 3.7- 8.9 48 11.3 8.2-15.4 45 14.4 10.5-19.4 22 5.1 3.2- 8.1
Region 9 & 10 344 214 60.1 53.6-66.3 23 8.0 4.5-13.7 41 13.0 9.2-18.1 38 10.5 7.4-14.8 28 8.3 5.4-12.7
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,153 733 61.1 57.7-64.4 76 7.3 5.6- 9.4 130 12.0 9.9-14.6 131 12.8 10.6-15.4 83 6.8 5.3- 8.7
Piedmont 2,379 1,419 58.6 56.3-61.0 203 8.3 7.2- 9.7 341 14.4 12.8-16.1 272 11.9 10.4-13.6 144 6.7 5.6- 8.1
Western NC 734 462 58.7 53.9-63.3 56 6.9 4.9- 9.5 80 12.3 9.5-15.6 74 13.0 9.7-17.1 62 9.2 6.8-12.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 518 319 57.7 52.3-62.9 41 7.1 4.8-10.4 65 14.4 11.1-18.7 55 13.2 9.7-17.8 38 7.6 5.3-10.7
Northwest 594 376 60.7 55.7-65.5 38 5.4 3.7- 7.8 63 11.4 8.6-14.8 64 13.2 9.9-17.5 53 9.3 6.7-12.7
Charlotte 707 435 60.3 55.9-64.4 58 8.2 6.2-10.8 95 13.7 11.0-17.0 78 12.4 9.7-15.8 41 5.4 3.8- 7.6
Greensboro 476 276 54.7 49.2-60.1 44 9.5 6.8-13.1 71 15.9 12.1-20.5 58 11.8 8.6-15.8 27 8.1 5.3-12.3
Southern Regional 348 215 57.5 51.2-63.5 21 7.3 4.6-11.2 40 11.6 8.1-16.3 44 15.7 11.4-21.3 28 8.0 5.2-12.0
Southeast 215 143 65.2 57.2-72.4 16 6.3 3.7-10.6 26 11.5 7.2-18.0 24 14.6 9.5-21.8 *** *** ***
Wake 869 513 58.8 54.9-62.5 85 10.2 8.1-12.7 128 14.5 12.0-17.4 93 10.4 8.3-12.9 50 6.2 4.6- 8.4
Area L & Eastern 539 337 61.5 56.5-66.3 32 6.5 4.2-10.0 63 13.0 9.9-16.9 61 10.7 8.1-14.0 46 8.3 5.9-11.5
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 602 371 57.6 52.4-62.6 48 7.0 4.9-10.0 70 13.7 10.5-17.6 62 13.3 9.8-17.7 51 8.5 6.1-11.5
Region 2 602 370 59.7 54.8-64.5 40 5.8 4.0- 8.2 69 12.2 9.3-16.0 84 14.7 11.5-18.7 39 7.5 5.3-10.6
Region 3 881 548 60.6 56.7-64.4 68 7.7 6.0-10.0 121 14.1 11.6-17.0 90 11.7 9.2-14.7 54 5.9 4.4- 7.9
Region 4 1,130 674 58.3 54.9-61.7 110 10.4 8.5-12.8 161 14.1 12.0-16.7 114 9.6 7.8-11.7 71 7.6 5.8- 9.8
Region 5 575 361 59.8 55.0-64.4 39 7.1 5.1- 9.9 69 11.7 8.9-15.3 71 15.5 12.1-19.6 35 5.9 4.0- 8.6
Region 6 476 290 59.4 54.0-64.6 30 7.1 4.5-11.2 61 14.1 10.7-18.3 56 11.3 8.4-14.9 39 8.1 5.6-11.6

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See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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.

^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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