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Percent of adults statewide who experienced fewer than 8 days in which their mental health was not good
Current Value
81.2%
Definition
Data Description & Source
Data Description: Along with life expectancy and self-reported physical health, self-reported mental health is used as a comprehensive health measure. Mental health is strongly related to many social determinants of health, with findings that increased frequency of “not good” days is associated with higher levels of poverty, lower education levels, higher unemployment, and higher rates of disability.
Data Source: 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?
https://schs.dph.ncdhhs.gov/data/brfss/2023/nc/all/MENTHLTH2.html
Information from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) North Carolina surveys provide data associated with the following question. Responses are organized by gender, race/ethnicity, age, education, functional disability, veteran status, employment status, household income, poverty level, housing, rural-urban residency, and by the NC Department of Commerce Tier system (for measuring economic wellbeing/distress).
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