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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 concentrating on things, such as
reading the newspaper or watching TV?

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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 6,754 5,699 82.6 81.0-84.1 366 6.6 5.6- 7.7 338 5.2 4.5- 6.1 69 1.2 0.8- 1.8 282 4.4 3.6- 5.4
-Eastern NC 2,175 1,826 82.6 80.2-84.8 121 6.4 5.0- 8.2 120 5.9 4.7- 7.4 24 1.5 0.9- 2.6 84 3.5 2.6- 4.7
GENDER
Male 757 644 83.4 79.3-86.8 43 6.5 4.4- 9.7 35 4.8 3.2- 7.1 8 1.5 0.6- 3.7 27 3.8 2.3- 6.0
Female 1,418 1,182 81.9 78.9-84.5 78 6.3 4.7- 8.4 85 7.0 5.3- 9.0 16 1.5 0.8- 3.0 57 3.3 2.4- 4.6
RACE
White 1,500 1,273 83.1 80.1-85.7 88 6.4 4.8- 8.4 69 5.4 4.0- 7.4 17 2.0 1.0- 3.7 53 3.1 2.1- 4.5
African American 480 401 83.2 78.3-87.2 21 5.0 2.8- 8.8 32 6.4 4.2- 9.5 5 0.8 0.3- 2.7 21 4.6 2.6- 7.8
Other Minorities 185 142 77.9 67.9-85.5 12 9.9 4.4-20.9 19 7.7 4.4-13.2 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 10 4.0 1.8- 8.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 92 71 75.3 60.5-85.9 9 13.2 5.4-29.0 8 5.9 2.6-13.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 5.5 1.5-18.3
Non-Hispanic 2,079 1,751 83.2 80.8-85.3 112 5.9 4.6- 7.5 112 5.9 4.7- 7.4 24 1.6 0.9- 2.9 80 3.4 2.6- 4.5
AGE
18-24 78 58 77.1 64.4-86.3 6 8.4 3.3-19.8 9 7.3 3.3-15.7 2 3.4 0.8-13.0 3 3.7 1.1-11.8
25-34 233 184 81.8 75.0-87.0 18 7.9 4.4-13.8 19 6.2 3.7-10.0 4 1.3 0.4- 4.3 8 2.8 1.1- 7.1
35-44 345 280 82.7 77.5-86.8 25 6.9 4.4-10.7 23 6.3 3.9-10.0 5 2.1 0.7- 5.8 12 2.1 1.1- 3.8
45-54 413 330 78.3 73.0-82.8 22 5.7 3.5- 9.2 30 9.1 6.0-13.4 7 1.6 0.7- 3.6 24 5.3 3.4- 8.3
55-64 472 394 83.0 78.5-86.7 29 6.2 4.1- 9.3 26 5.3 3.4- 8.1 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8 18 4.8 2.8- 8.3
65-74 376 342 92.3 88.7-94.8 13 3.6 1.9- 6.7 10 1.8 0.9- 3.5 0 0.0 . - . 11 2.3 1.0- 4.8
75+ 246 226 90.8 84.5-94.7 8 4.0 1.6- 9.5 3 0.6 0.2- 2.2 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 8 3.9 1.6- 9.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 324 252 75.9 67.7-82.5 22 10.2 5.4-18.2 24 5.9 3.6- 9.4 6 3.1 1.0- 9.2 20 5.0 2.9- 8.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 685 562 78.6 73.9-82.7 39 6.3 4.2- 9.2 48 8.4 5.9-11.8 9 1.8 0.8- 4.0 27 5.0 2.9- 8.3
Some Post-H.S. 575 483 86.0 81.7-89.5 34 4.9 3.1- 7.7 28 5.1 3.1- 8.3 9 1.7 0.7- 4.5 21 2.2 1.3- 3.7
College Graduate 589 527 88.0 83.9-91.1 26 6.0 3.6- 9.8 20 3.7 2.2- 6.1 0 0.0 . - . 16 2.3 1.3- 4.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 228 167 70.3 61.7-77.7 14 6.2 3.3-11.1 24 14.8 9.1-23.1 0 0.0 . - . 23 8.8 5.2-14.5
$15,000- 24,999 388 306 79.9 73.4-85.1 25 6.8 3.9-11.5 31 6.9 4.4-10.6 5 0.8 0.3- 2.0 21 5.6 3.1-10.0
$25,000- 34,999 255 199 74.8 66.3-81.7 24 9.0 5.2-15.3 15 5.4 3.1- 9.4 8 5.9 2.7-12.6 9 4.8 2.0-11.4
$35,000- 49,999 318 275 84.7 78.6-89.3 13 3.6 1.9- 6.8 16 7.6 4.2-13.5 4 1.2 0.4- 3.4 10 2.8 1.4- 5.8
$50,000-74,999 307 269 87.4 82.0-91.4 18 6.9 3.9-11.7 10 3.0 1.5- 6.0 3 0.7 0.2- 2.6 7 2.0 0.9- 4.5
$75,000+ 395 358 89.3 84.0-93.0 19 5.8 3.3-10.0 11 2.3 1.1- 4.7 2 1.4 0.2- 8.5 5 1.1 0.4- 3.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 814 588 68.0 62.8-72.8 53 7.4 5.2-10.4 90 13.3 10.3-17.1 16 3.5 1.8- 6.9 67 7.8 5.6-10.7
No 1,348 1,227 89.5 86.8-91.7 68 6.0 4.3- 8.4 28 2.3 1.4- 3.6 8 0.6 0.3- 1.3 17 1.6 0.9- 2.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 374 321 86.2 81.0-90.2 18 4.5 2.5- 7.9 17 4.5 2.6- 7.8 5 1.2 0.4- 3.7 13 3.5 1.5- 7.9
Non-Veteran 1,800 1,504 81.8 79.0-84.3 103 6.9 5.2- 9.0 103 6.2 4.8- 7.9 19 1.6 0.9- 3.0 71 3.6 2.6- 4.8

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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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