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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Anxiety & Depression

Over the last 2 weeks, how many days have you moved or spoken so slowly that other people
could have noticed? Or the opposite - being so fidgety or restless that you were moving around
a lot more than usual?

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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 6,693 6,032 88.6 87.4-89.8 243 4.5 3.7- 5.4 236 4.1 3.4- 5.0 39 0.7 0.5- 1.2 143 2.0 1.6- 2.5
-Eastern NC 2,160 1,922 87.4 85.0-89.4 96 6.2 4.7- 8.1 90 4.1 3.1- 5.4 7 0.6 0.2- 2.0 45 1.7 1.2- 2.5
GENDER
Male 751 676 86.1 81.8-89.6 30 6.5 4.1-10.2 24 4.2 2.6- 6.8 4 1.1 0.3- 4.3 17 2.0 1.1- 3.7
Female 1,409 1,246 88.6 86.3-90.5 66 5.8 4.3- 7.9 66 4.0 3.0- 5.3 3 0.2 0.0- 0.5 28 1.4 0.9- 2.2
RACE
White 1,492 1,359 89.4 86.4-91.8 54 5.3 3.5- 7.8 46 2.9 1.9- 4.4 6 0.9 0.2- 3.2 27 1.5 0.9- 2.7
African American 476 399 82.8 77.5-87.0 32 8.2 5.2-12.6 32 6.8 4.3-10.6 0 0.0 . - . 13 2.3 1.2- 4.3
Other Minorities 183 156 85.4 77.4-90.9 10 7.3 3.5-14.8 11 5.4 2.6-10.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 5 1.6 0.4- 5.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 94 78 80.5 67.8-89.1 9 10.6 4.9-21.4 7 8.8 3.5-20.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 2,062 1,842 88.0 85.6-90.0 85 5.8 4.3- 7.8 83 3.7 2.8- 4.9 7 0.7 0.2- 2.2 45 1.9 1.2- 2.8
AGE
18-24 80 69 89.0 79.6-94.4 6 6.2 2.5-14.5 2 2.6 0.6-11.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.1 0.7- 6.7
25-34 232 197 81.4 72.6-87.9 18 11.1 6.1-19.4 14 5.2 2.6-10.0 3 2.3 0.4-11.3 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 343 301 86.7 81.5-90.6 21 7.0 4.3-11.2 14 3.6 2.0- 6.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 6 2.4 0.9- 6.5
45-54 410 355 85.2 80.2-89.1 17 6.0 3.4-10.3 23 6.1 3.7- 9.9 2 0.6 0.2- 2.6 13 2.0 1.1- 3.6
55-64 476 428 90.2 86.6-92.9 15 3.1 1.7- 5.6 24 5.0 3.1- 7.9 0 0.0 . - . 9 1.7 0.8- 3.5
65-74 371 345 94.7 92.0-96.6 13 2.6 1.4- 4.8 6 1.5 0.6- 3.6 0 0.0 . - . 7 1.2 0.6- 2.6
75+ 237 216 91.2 85.8-94.6 6 2.5 1.1- 5.7 7 2.5 1.1- 5.4 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 7 3.6 1.4- 8.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 316 257 78.1 69.0-85.1 23 11.6 6.2-20.5 20 4.4 2.6- 7.5 1 2.4 0.3-14.7 15 3.5 1.9- 6.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 677 588 83.2 78.3-87.1 37 8.3 5.5-12.4 34 5.8 3.6- 9.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 17 2.6 1.3- 5.1
Some Post-H.S. 574 518 91.9 88.6-94.3 21 4.1 2.4- 7.1 25 2.9 1.8- 4.6 2 0.3 0.1- 1.6 8 0.8 0.3- 1.6
College Graduate 591 557 93.3 90.0-95.5 15 2.5 1.4- 4.6 11 3.2 1.6- 6.1 3 0.5 0.2- 1.6 5 0.6 0.2- 1.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 225 177 76.9 68.5-83.5 12 3.9 2.0- 7.3 25 14.2 8.7-22.3 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 10 4.4 2.0- 9.5
$15,000- 24,999 384 329 83.2 75.2-89.0 21 9.1 4.6-17.4 25 6.3 3.6-10.7 0 0.0 . - . 9 1.4 0.5- 3.7
$25,000- 34,999 253 216 80.5 72.3-86.7 22 11.7 7.1-18.7 7 4.2 1.5-11.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4 6 2.8 1.0- 7.6
$35,000- 49,999 319 294 92.0 87.4-94.9 9 2.6 1.2- 5.5 13 4.2 2.2- 7.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.3 0.3- 5.5
$50,000-74,999 308 284 91.8 87.1-94.9 11 4.9 2.5- 9.4 8 2.3 1.1- 5.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 4 0.5 0.2- 1.5
$75,000+ 396 378 94.4 90.0-96.9 12 4.0 1.9- 8.3 3 0.9 0.2- 3.3 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 797 639 76.0 70.6-80.6 47 8.1 5.1-12.6 66 9.0 6.5-12.3 6 1.9 0.5- 6.3 39 5.1 3.4- 7.7
No 1,350 1,274 92.8 90.4-94.6 48 5.3 3.7- 7.5 23 1.8 1.0- 3.1 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 4 0.1 0.0- 0.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 370 342 89.6 83.4-93.6 12 4.8 2.2-10.2 12 4.8 2.2-10.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 3 0.5 0.1- 1.5
Non-Veteran 1,789 1,579 86.9 84.3-89.1 84 6.5 4.8- 8.7 78 4.0 3.0- 5.3 6 0.7 0.2- 2.5 42 2.0 1.3- 3.0

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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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