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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Anxiety & Depression

Over the last 2 weeks, how many days have you had little interest or pleasure in doing things?

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  Total
Respond.^
None 1-2 days 3-7 days 8-13 days 14 days
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,636 4,338 61.9 60.0-63.8 1,038 17.9 16.5-19.5 709 12.0 10.6-13.5 165 2.7 2.2- 3.4 386 5.4 4.7- 6.2
-Eastern NC 2,151 1,389 62.2 59.1-65.2 336 18.6 16.2-21.4 229 10.5 8.8-12.4 58 3.3 2.3- 4.8 139 5.4 4.4- 6.6
GENDER
Male 751 498 64.2 59.0-69.1 111 17.3 13.6-21.7 67 9.1 6.6-12.5 30 5.1 3.2- 7.9 45 4.3 3.0- 6.3
Female 1,400 891 60.3 56.6-63.8 225 19.9 16.8-23.5 162 11.7 9.6-14.2 28 1.7 1.1- 2.8 94 6.4 5.0- 8.1
RACE
White 1,480 1,005 64.5 60.5-68.2 224 19.0 15.9-22.6 129 8.4 6.5-10.7 36 3.2 2.0- 5.1 86 4.9 3.8- 6.5
African American 477 273 57.4 51.2-63.4 75 16.1 12.4-20.8 71 14.7 10.9-19.6 19 4.5 2.5- 8.0 39 7.2 4.9-10.5
Other Minorities 184 104 59.4 49.1-69.0 36 22.4 14.5-32.9 28 13.6 8.7-20.5 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 14 4.2 2.1- 8.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 94 64 71.7 58.1-82.3 14 17.7 8.9-32.1 13 8.3 4.4-15.1 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 2 2.0 0.3-10.6
Non-Hispanic 2,053 1,323 61.4 58.2-64.5 320 18.7 16.2-21.5 216 10.6 8.9-12.7 57 3.6 2.5- 5.1 137 5.7 4.6- 7.0
AGE
18-24 79 43 58.6 44.4-71.4 23 30.2 19.1-44.2 8 7.8 3.7-15.9 2 2.4 0.5-11.4 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2
25-34 231 132 55.0 46.4-63.3 46 21.9 15.5-30.0 28 12.1 7.2-19.7 8 4.8 2.2- 9.9 17 6.3 3.5-11.1
35-44 343 202 58.9 52.3-65.1 75 22.4 17.4-28.2 46 11.8 8.4-16.4 6 3.4 1.3- 8.7 14 3.6 1.9- 6.5
45-54 412 251 60.7 54.9-66.3 65 14.8 11.2-19.4 53 13.8 10.2-18.5 10 3.2 1.5- 7.0 33 7.4 5.0-10.7
55-64 473 317 68.8 63.7-73.5 60 12.1 9.1-16.0 47 10.0 7.2-13.9 18 3.8 2.2- 6.3 31 5.2 3.4- 7.9
65-74 368 264 74.1 68.6-79.0 39 10.5 7.4-14.8 33 7.0 4.7-10.3 9 2.5 1.2- 5.4 23 5.8 3.5- 9.5
75+ 234 171 70.1 62.3-76.9 27 13.2 8.5-20.0 14 4.7 2.6- 8.4 4 1.5 0.5- 4.7 18 10.5 6.3-17.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 313 176 55.1 46.1-63.7 48 17.7 11.5-26.5 48 15.1 9.6-22.9 9 4.1 1.4-11.3 32 8.0 5.1-12.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 676 398 55.7 50.2-61.0 107 18.9 14.8-23.9 99 14.6 11.4-18.6 23 4.3 2.5- 7.3 49 6.5 4.5- 9.3
Some Post-H.S. 571 367 63.6 57.1-69.6 98 21.1 16.1-27.2 51 7.0 4.8-10.1 14 3.0 1.5- 5.6 41 5.3 3.6- 7.7
College Graduate 589 446 73.0 67.9-77.5 83 16.1 12.4-20.7 31 6.3 4.1- 9.7 12 2.2 1.0- 4.6 17 2.5 1.4- 4.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 226 122 50.4 42.0-58.8 25 13.5 8.5-20.6 42 20.3 14.0-28.5 3 0.6 0.2- 2.2 34 15.2 10.3-21.8
$15,000- 24,999 381 213 53.6 44.5-62.4 69 18.9 13.7-25.6 67 18.7 12.9-26.5 7 1.9 0.7- 5.2 25 6.9 4.1-11.3
$25,000- 34,999 251 142 55.4 46.6-64.0 41 17.4 12.1-24.3 31 15.5 10.0-23.2 14 5.4 2.8-10.3 23 6.3 3.8-10.2
$35,000- 49,999 324 212 64.1 56.8-70.8 57 21.0 15.4-28.0 35 8.2 5.5-12.1 7 3.1 1.3- 7.4 13 3.5 1.9- 6.4
$50,000-74,999 302 211 70.8 63.3-77.3 52 17.5 12.2-24.5 20 6.6 4.0-10.7 6 2.2 0.8- 6.0 13 2.9 1.5- 5.4
$75,000+ 392 309 76.3 69.9-81.7 52 13.4 9.5-18.5 13 2.8 1.4- 5.4 10 5.7 2.6-11.9 8 1.8 0.8- 4.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 799 404 49.0 43.3-54.7 117 16.1 12.6-20.4 141 19.6 15.6-24.3 36 4.7 2.8- 7.6 101 10.6 8.4-13.4
No 1,340 978 68.4 64.6-72.0 217 19.9 16.7-23.5 87 6.2 4.7- 8.2 20 2.6 1.5- 4.3 38 3.0 2.0- 4.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 372 261 70.6 63.9-76.4 52 16.2 11.5-22.3 23 5.5 3.4- 8.8 14 3.7 1.9- 7.1 22 4.0 2.2- 7.3
Non-Veteran 1,778 1,127 60.2 56.7-63.6 284 19.2 16.4-22.4 206 11.6 9.6-14.0 44 3.3 2.2- 4.9 117 5.7 4.5- 7.1

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^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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