Rural and Nonrural Racial Variation in Mentally Unhealthy Days: Findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System in North Carolina, 2015–2019

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Compares rates at which rural and nonrural Black and White North Carolinians experience days with stress, depression, and problems with emotions, utilizing 2015-2019 North Carolina Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data. Discusses social factors which may influence racial mental health disparities in rural areas.

Caroline R. Efird, Derrick D. Matthews, Kathryn E. Muessig, et al.

SSM - Mental Health, 3, 100199

12/2023

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Black or African American · Health disparities · Mental health · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · White · North Carolina