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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Anxiety & Depression

Has a doctor or other healthcare provider EVER told you that you have an anxiety disorder
(including acute stress disorder, anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic attacks,
panic disorder, phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder, or social anxiety disorder)?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,792 870 11.8 10.6-13.1 5,922 88.2 86.9-89.4
-Eastern NC 2,190 266 10.6 9.1-12.4 1,924 89.4 87.6-90.9
GENDER
Male 759 62 7.1 5.1- 9.9 697 92.9 90.1-94.9
Female 1,431 204 13.9 11.7-16.4 1,227 86.1 83.6-88.3
RACE
White 1,505 195 11.8 9.8-14.2 1,310 88.2 85.8-90.2
African American 486 43 8.3 5.7-12.0 443 91.7 88.0-94.3
Other Minorities 189 26 8.0 4.9-12.9 163 92.0 87.1-95.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 95 7 4.5 1.8-10.6 88 95.5 89.4-98.2
Non-Hispanic 2,091 259 11.1 9.5-13.0 1,832 88.9 87.0-90.5
AGE
18-24 80 8 6.3 2.8-13.5 72 93.7 86.5-97.2
25-34 232 29 10.9 6.8-17.2 203 89.1 82.8-93.2
35-44 346 48 13.3 9.6-18.0 298 86.7 82.0-90.4
45-54 417 52 11.4 8.4-15.4 365 88.6 84.6-91.6
55-64 480 70 13.3 10.2-17.2 410 86.7 82.8-89.8
65-74 378 37 6.6 4.6- 9.6 341 93.4 90.4-95.4
75+ 245 21 9.2 5.5-15.2 224 90.8 84.8-94.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 331 47 11.8 7.4-18.3 284 88.2 81.7-92.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 690 95 10.7 8.2-13.8 595 89.3 86.2-91.8
Some Post-H.S. 578 76 11.2 8.3-14.9 502 88.8 85.1-91.7
College Graduate 589 48 9.2 6.7-12.6 541 90.8 87.4-93.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 233 52 20.4 14.7-27.6 181 79.6 72.4-85.3
$15,000- 24,999 386 54 9.8 6.9-13.8 332 90.2 86.2-93.1
$25,000- 34,999 254 31 13.9 9.0-21.0 223 86.1 79.0-91.0
$35,000- 49,999 322 36 10.1 6.7-15.0 286 89.9 85.0-93.3
$50,000-74,999 308 31 9.4 6.2-14.0 277 90.6 86.0-93.8
$75,000+ 395 32 7.9 5.3-11.5 363 92.1 88.5-94.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 824 173 20.4 16.6-24.8 651 79.6 75.2-83.4
No 1,353 93 6.1 4.8- 7.7 1,260 93.9 92.3-95.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 374 34 7.5 5.1-11.0 340 92.5 89.0-94.9
Non-Veteran 1,815 232 11.3 9.5-13.5 1,583 88.7 86.5-90.5

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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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