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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Anxiety & Depression

Current Depression*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,235 584 9.3 8.3-10.4 5,651 90.7 89.6-91.7
-Eastern NC 2,020 191 9.4 7.8-11.3 1,829 90.6 88.7-92.2
GENDER
Male 709 51 8.1 5.8-11.2 658 91.9 88.8-94.2
Female 1,311 140 10.7 8.7-13.0 1,171 89.3 87.0-91.3
RACE
White 1,403 124 9.2 7.3-11.6 1,279 90.8 88.4-92.7
African American 442 41 8.3 5.6-12.1 401 91.7 87.9-94.4
Other Minorities 166 24 11.8 7.1-18.9 142 88.2 81.1-92.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 87 11 12.2 5.7-24.4 76 87.8 75.6-94.3
Non-Hispanic 1,929 180 9.2 7.6-11.1 1,749 90.8 88.9-92.4
AGE
18-24 76 10 9.6 4.6-19.0 66 90.4 81.0-95.4
25-34 227 27 9.4 5.9-14.7 200 90.6 85.3-94.1
35-44 326 32 9.7 6.5-14.4 294 90.3 85.6-93.5
45-54 396 51 13.2 9.7-17.8 345 86.8 82.2-90.3
55-64 448 46 9.3 6.6-13.1 402 90.7 86.9-93.4
65-74 335 15 3.9 2.1- 7.1 320 96.1 92.9-97.9
75+ 202 10 5.4 2.5-11.5 192 94.6 88.5-97.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 273 40 13.3 8.7-19.8 233 86.7 80.2-91.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 627 70 12.4 9.2-16.6 557 87.6 83.4-90.8
Some Post-H.S. 540 51 8.3 5.8-11.8 489 91.7 88.2-94.2
College Graduate 578 30 4.8 3.2- 7.3 548 95.2 92.7-96.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 199 43 23.8 16.7-32.8 156 76.2 67.2-83.3
$15,000- 24,999 355 47 11.8 8.0-17.2 308 88.2 82.8-92.0
$25,000- 34,999 232 27 15.3 9.6-23.4 205 84.7 76.6-90.4
$35,000- 49,999 307 21 7.5 4.5-12.1 286 92.5 87.9-95.5
$50,000-74,999 296 15 4.4 2.4- 7.9 281 95.6 92.1-97.6
$75,000+ 389 11 3.6 1.6- 8.3 378 96.4 91.7-98.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 718 140 21.9 17.7-26.8 578 78.1 73.2-82.3
No 1,294 50 4.0 2.8- 5.6 1,244 96.0 94.4-97.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 354 19 5.8 3.1-10.5 335 94.2 89.5-96.9
Non-Veteran 1,665 172 10.3 8.5-12.4 1,493 89.7 87.6-91.5

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*Includes those with moderate or higher levels of depression severity, as defined by researchers at the CDC.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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