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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Anxiety & Depression

Over the last 2 weeks, how many days have you had trouble falling asleep or staying asleep
or sleeping too much?

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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 6,747 3,699 53.6 51.7-55.5 934 14.6 13.2-16.0 997 15.4 14.1-16.7 237 4.0 3.1- 5.1 880 12.5 11.3-13.9
-Eastern NC 2,176 1,237 54.3 51.1-57.5 275 14.0 11.7-16.6 323 16.1 13.9-18.6 64 3.1 2.3- 4.3 277 12.5 10.3-15.2
GENDER
Male 762 483 58.2 52.6-63.5 85 14.2 10.4-19.2 99 14.2 11.1-18.0 20 2.2 1.3- 3.9 75 11.1 7.4-16.4
Female 1,414 754 50.6 47.1-54.2 190 13.7 11.5-16.3 224 17.9 15.0-21.2 44 3.9 2.6- 5.8 202 13.9 11.6-16.4
RACE
White 1,500 825 51.0 47.1-54.9 207 14.5 11.7-17.8 236 17.6 14.8-20.9 48 3.6 2.5- 5.1 184 13.3 10.2-17.1
African American 481 312 64.9 58.8-70.6 34 7.1 4.5-11.3 64 15.6 11.6-20.7 13 2.8 1.3- 5.9 58 9.5 6.6-13.4
Other Minorities 186 97 51.5 41.2-61.7 32 25.4 16.6-36.8 23 9.0 5.2-15.2 3 1.1 0.3- 3.4 31 12.9 8.2-19.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 94 60 62.6 48.6-74.8 11 15.6 7.3-30.3 11 9.8 4.7-19.4 0 0.0 . - . 12 12.0 5.8-23.2
Non-Hispanic 2,078 1,174 53.6 50.3-56.8 263 13.8 11.5-16.5 312 16.6 14.3-19.2 64 3.4 2.4- 4.6 265 12.6 10.2-15.4
AGE
18-24 79 32 36.9 24.7-51.0 10 16.3 7.9-30.6 20 24.0 14.5-37.0 4 4.8 1.8-12.6 13 18.0 7.7-36.5
25-34 231 115 45.7 37.5-54.1 36 21.1 14.2-30.2 43 19.5 13.9-26.7 6 2.1 0.8- 5.4 31 11.6 7.6-17.2
35-44 346 190 56.6 50.1-62.9 53 15.8 11.7-21.0 50 14.1 10.3-19.2 12 2.9 1.4- 5.8 41 10.5 7.3-14.9
45-54 415 223 55.9 50.1-61.5 56 10.8 8.0-14.4 59 14.3 10.6-18.9 17 4.8 2.8- 8.2 60 14.3 10.7-18.8
55-64 478 265 59.0 53.8-64.1 54 9.7 7.3-12.9 82 16.7 13.1-21.1 15 2.7 1.5- 4.7 62 11.9 8.9-15.6
65-74 373 239 68.3 62.7-73.5 44 9.8 6.9-13.7 43 11.1 7.9-15.4 8 2.1 1.0- 4.5 39 8.7 6.1-12.4
75+ 242 165 69.0 61.6-75.6 20 9.1 5.5-14.9 26 9.0 5.8-13.8 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 30 12.2 8.0-18.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 322 184 52.6 43.9-61.1 27 13.5 7.3-23.5 58 19.5 13.8-26.8 4 1.7 0.4- 6.4 49 12.8 9.0-17.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 686 381 55.0 49.6-60.3 68 11.4 8.2-15.7 106 15.9 12.4-20.1 22 3.5 2.1- 5.8 109 14.2 11.1-18.0
Some Post-H.S. 576 319 50.5 43.6-57.3 79 13.7 9.3-19.6 85 17.4 12.8-23.3 24 4.3 2.5- 7.3 69 14.1 8.5-22.6
College Graduate 590 351 58.6 53.4-63.6 101 17.8 14.0-22.4 74 12.9 9.8-16.8 14 2.1 1.1- 4.1 50 8.6 6.1-12.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 229 131 56.2 47.6-64.4 9 3.3 1.5- 7.3 31 14.9 9.5-22.6 7 4.0 1.6- 9.5 51 21.6 15.3-29.5
$15,000- 24,999 387 212 48.9 39.9-57.9 42 13.4 8.1-21.2 66 18.5 13.2-25.4 8 1.4 0.6- 3.2 59 17.8 9.6-30.6
$25,000- 34,999 252 129 51.3 42.3-60.3 32 10.4 6.4-16.3 42 16.8 11.2-24.4 16 7.1 3.6-13.4 33 14.5 9.2-21.9
$35,000- 49,999 322 175 54.2 46.6-61.5 44 15.5 10.3-22.8 59 17.3 12.4-23.5 7 2.4 0.9- 5.8 37 10.7 7.3-15.3
$50,000-74,999 306 178 52.8 44.6-60.9 53 23.0 15.4-33.0 36 11.8 7.9-17.3 8 2.5 1.1- 5.6 31 9.9 6.2-15.5
$75,000+ 394 248 62.9 56.6-68.9 60 12.4 9.3-16.3 51 16.6 11.9-22.7 12 2.7 1.4- 5.2 23 5.4 3.2- 8.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 817 365 40.4 35.4-45.6 89 11.3 8.1-15.5 148 18.5 14.9-22.6 29 4.6 2.9- 7.2 186 25.3 19.7-31.7
No 1,347 864 60.7 56.8-64.5 186 15.4 12.5-18.8 174 15.0 12.3-18.2 34 2.3 1.4- 3.6 89 6.6 5.1- 8.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 380 244 64.2 57.4-70.5 38 9.6 6.3-14.5 43 12.0 8.3-17.1 10 3.4 1.7- 6.8 45 10.8 7.3-15.6
Non-Veteran 1,795 993 52.0 48.4-55.5 236 15.0 12.3-18.0 280 17.1 14.6-19.9 54 3.0 2.1- 4.3 232 13.0 10.3-16.1

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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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