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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Anxiety & Depression

Over the last 2 weeks, how many days have you felt bad about yourself -
or that you were a failure or had let yourself or your family down?

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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 6,756 5,579 81.3 79.7-82.8 516 7.7 6.8- 8.7 336 6.1 5.1- 7.4 61 0.9 0.6- 1.2 264 4.0 3.3- 4.8
-Eastern NC 2,181 1,821 82.3 79.8-84.6 159 8.2 6.5-10.3 102 4.8 3.7- 6.1 20 1.0 0.5- 1.7 79 3.7 2.7- 5.2
GENDER
Male 759 658 83.4 78.8-87.1 47 8.3 5.5-12.2 24 3.6 2.2- 5.8 7 0.8 0.3- 1.9 23 4.0 2.3- 7.0
Female 1,422 1,163 81.4 78.5-83.9 112 8.2 6.5-10.2 78 5.9 4.4- 7.8 13 1.2 0.5- 2.5 56 3.5 2.6- 4.7
RACE
White 1,502 1,271 84.4 81.4-87.0 107 7.5 5.6- 9.9 59 3.6 2.6- 5.1 14 0.9 0.4- 2.0 51 3.5 2.3- 5.4
African American 483 396 78.9 73.1-83.8 32 8.4 5.2-13.2 31 6.5 4.2-10.1 5 1.3 0.5- 3.2 19 4.9 2.6- 9.0
Other Minorities 186 146 77.4 67.3-85.1 19 12.0 6.2-21.9 11 7.4 3.6-14.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 9 2.4 1.0- 5.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 94 72 75.6 61.4-85.7 10 13.3 5.7-28.0 7 7.8 3.1-18.5 2 1.7 0.4- 7.4 3 1.6 0.4- 7.0
Non-Hispanic 2,083 1,746 82.9 80.3-85.2 149 7.8 6.2- 9.8 94 4.5 3.5- 5.8 18 0.9 0.5- 1.7 76 3.9 2.8- 5.4
AGE
18-24 80 60 80.0 68.3-88.1 10 11.0 5.2-21.9 6 6.0 2.5-13.8 2 2.2 0.5- 9.0 2 0.8 0.2- 3.6
25-34 233 183 79.2 70.6-85.8 30 12.4 7.3-20.4 9 2.9 1.3- 6.1 3 0.9 0.3- 3.5 8 4.6 1.7-11.7
35-44 345 281 82.2 76.5-86.7 26 6.9 4.5-10.4 21 5.7 3.3- 9.8 4 1.0 0.3- 2.8 13 4.2 1.9- 9.1
45-54 414 326 77.3 71.8-81.9 39 9.7 6.7-13.9 22 6.3 3.8-10.1 3 0.8 0.2- 2.7 24 5.9 3.7- 9.4
55-64 477 398 83.9 79.7-87.4 27 5.4 3.5- 8.3 27 6.1 3.9- 9.3 6 0.9 0.3- 2.4 19 3.7 2.2- 6.0
65-74 378 351 94.4 91.4-96.5 12 2.4 1.2- 4.8 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8 2 0.6 0.1- 2.6 8 1.8 0.8- 4.2
75+ 242 211 88.2 82.7-92.2 14 4.9 2.7- 8.7 12 4.1 2.2- 7.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.8 0.9- 8.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 322 243 66.3 56.7-74.8 27 15.3 8.6-25.7 28 9.3 5.5-15.3 4 0.8 0.2- 2.7 20 8.2 4.3-15.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 688 565 81.5 77.0-85.2 48 6.6 4.6- 9.5 37 5.9 3.9- 8.8 7 1.1 0.5- 2.7 31 4.9 2.9- 8.2
Some Post-H.S. 578 483 85.8 81.7-89.1 43 6.7 4.5- 9.8 26 3.8 2.4- 5.9 6 1.4 0.5- 4.2 20 2.3 1.4- 3.9
College Graduate 591 528 89.3 85.7-92.0 41 7.5 5.2-10.9 11 1.7 0.8- 3.5 3 0.4 0.1- 1.2 8 1.1 0.5- 2.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 227 166 69.1 60.2-76.7 19 9.0 5.0-15.8 13 6.8 3.3-13.4 3 1.7 0.4- 7.6 26 13.4 8.3-20.9
$15,000- 24,999 387 295 75.1 67.1-81.7 36 10.5 6.0-17.8 32 8.4 5.2-13.4 3 0.6 0.2- 2.5 21 5.3 2.9- 9.7
$25,000- 34,999 255 201 74.8 66.4-81.7 24 9.2 5.3-15.4 13 7.7 4.1-14.1 5 3.2 1.1- 9.3 12 5.1 2.5- 9.9
$35,000- 49,999 321 279 83.8 76.5-89.2 22 9.0 4.9-15.9 13 3.9 2.1- 7.3 0 0.0 . - . 7 3.2 1.1- 8.8
$50,000-74,999 308 274 89.9 85.3-93.1 19 6.2 3.7-10.2 6 1.4 0.5- 3.5 5 1.7 0.7- 4.1 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6
$75,000+ 396 364 93.7 90.9-95.7 21 4.4 2.8- 6.9 7 1.3 0.6- 2.8 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 817 614 71.1 65.7-75.9 67 10.2 6.9-14.8 60 8.2 5.9-11.3 12 1.7 0.7- 4.0 64 8.8 6.2-12.5
No 1,353 1,199 87.8 85.0-90.1 91 7.2 5.4- 9.5 41 3.2 2.1- 4.7 7 0.5 0.2- 1.0 15 1.4 0.6- 2.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 376 338 89.5 84.9-92.8 21 6.2 3.7-10.3 10 3.2 1.6- 6.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 6 1.0 0.4- 2.3
Non-Veteran 1,804 1,483 80.7 77.7-83.4 137 8.6 6.7-11.0 92 5.1 3.9- 6.7 19 1.2 0.6- 2.1 73 4.4 3.1- 6.1

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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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