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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 a depressive disorder
(including depression, major depression, dysthymia, or minor depression)?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,799 1,242 16.1 14.8-17.4 5,557 83.9 82.6-85.2
-Eastern NC 2,193 362 13.8 12.0-15.8 1,831 86.2 84.2-88.0
GENDER
Male 760 75 8.4 6.2-11.3 685 91.6 88.7-93.8
Female 1,433 287 18.8 16.3-21.6 1,146 81.2 78.4-83.7
RACE
White 1,507 275 16.7 14.3-19.4 1,232 83.3 80.6-85.7
African American 487 55 8.1 5.8-11.1 432 91.9 88.9-94.2
Other Minorities 189 29 8.6 5.3-13.6 160 91.4 86.4-94.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 95 14 7.8 4.1-14.4 81 92.2 85.6-95.9
Non-Hispanic 2,094 348 14.3 12.4-16.4 1,746 85.7 83.6-87.6
AGE
18-24 80 8 6.3 2.7-14.1 72 93.7 85.9-97.3
25-34 232 38 14.4 9.6-21.1 194 85.6 78.9-90.4
35-44 347 59 15.4 11.5-20.3 288 84.6 79.7-88.5
45-54 416 79 16.1 12.5-20.4 337 83.9 79.6-87.5
55-64 482 100 17.5 14.0-21.7 382 82.5 78.3-86.0
65-74 378 47 9.6 7.0-13.0 331 90.4 87.0-93.0
75+ 247 30 14.4 9.6-21.0 217 85.6 79.0-90.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 333 71 17.4 12.2-24.2 262 82.6 75.8-87.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 688 117 14.6 11.5-18.2 571 85.4 81.8-88.5
Some Post-H.S. 579 97 12.9 9.9-16.7 482 87.1 83.3-90.1
College Graduate 591 77 11.5 8.7-15.0 514 88.5 85.0-91.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 233 64 25.0 18.7-32.5 169 75.0 67.5-81.3
$15,000- 24,999 387 76 15.7 11.6-21.0 311 84.3 79.0-88.4
$25,000- 34,999 255 47 16.1 11.1-22.8 208 83.9 77.2-88.9
$35,000- 49,999 323 48 13.1 9.2-18.2 275 86.9 81.8-90.8
$50,000-74,999 308 48 13.8 9.4-19.8 260 86.2 80.2-90.6
$75,000+ 396 39 8.5 5.9-12.2 357 91.5 87.8-94.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 824 241 27.5 23.3-32.2 583 72.5 67.8-76.7
No 1,356 120 7.4 5.8- 9.3 1,236 92.6 90.7-94.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 375 39 7.7 5.3-11.1 336 92.3 88.9-94.7
Non-Veteran 1,817 323 15.2 13.1-17.5 1,494 84.8 82.5-86.9

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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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