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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 2,467 2,116 83.2 80.4-85.6 132 6.9 5.3- 9.1 107 4.3 3.3- 5.6 22 1.2 0.6- 2.3 90 4.3 3.0- 6.3
Female 4,287 3,583 82.0 80.2-83.7 234 6.2 5.2- 7.3 231 6.1 5.0- 7.4 47 1.2 0.8- 1.8 192 4.5 3.7- 5.5
RACE
White 5,390 4,560 82.3 80.5-83.9 294 6.2 5.3- 7.3 254 5.4 4.4- 6.5 55 1.3 0.9- 2.0 227 4.8 3.8- 6.1
African American 924 784 84.1 79.5-87.9 43 7.1 4.2-11.9 54 4.6 3.2- 6.6 11 1.3 0.5- 3.8 32 2.8 1.8- 4.3
Asian 47 37 86.6 74.4-93.5 5 7.0 2.6-17.4 4 5.0 1.6-14.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3
Native American 123 91 71.5 59.4-81.1 7 6.0 2.6-13.4 11 7.7 3.7-15.5 3 1.5 0.5- 4.7 11 13.3 6.3-25.9
Other Minorities 244 201 82.4 74.8-88.0 17 8.7 4.7-15.6 15 5.1 2.5-10.1 0 0.0 . - . 11 3.8 1.8- 7.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 248 208 82.9 75.4-88.4 16 8.0 4.3-14.5 16 5.6 2.8-10.7 0 0.0 . - . 8 3.5 1.4- 8.3
-English Speaking 103 86 83.9 71.0-91.7 5 4.8 1.4-15.6 7 4.2 1.7- 9.7 0 0.0 . - . 5 7.1 2.2-20.8
-Spanish Speaking 145 122 82.5 73.0-89.2 11 9.3 4.6-17.8 9 6.1 2.7-13.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.1 0.5- 7.8
Non-Hispanic 6,496 5,481 82.5 80.9-84.1 350 6.5 5.4- 7.6 322 5.2 4.4- 6.1 69 1.3 0.9- 1.9 274 4.5 3.6- 5.5
AGE
18-24 223 167 75.8 67.4-82.5 21 9.1 5.4-15.0 17 6.3 3.4-11.6 4 2.0 0.7- 6.0 14 6.8 3.1-14.3
25-34 626 494 79.4 74.2-83.8 48 8.8 5.7-13.4 46 6.7 4.5-10.0 7 0.7 0.3- 1.6 31 4.4 2.6- 7.4
35-44 1,088 895 81.6 78.4-84.5 71 6.8 5.1- 9.1 61 5.1 3.8- 7.0 14 1.9 0.9- 4.0 47 4.5 3.1- 6.6
45-54 1,342 1,079 79.9 76.9-82.6 85 6.8 5.0- 9.1 85 6.3 4.9- 8.2 20 1.6 0.9- 2.7 73 5.4 4.1- 7.2
55-64 1,462 1,231 85.3 82.9-87.4 79 5.0 3.8- 6.5 78 5.2 4.0- 6.9 13 0.6 0.3- 1.2 61 3.8 2.7- 5.2
65-74 1,129 1,018 90.9 88.7-92.7 41 4.0 2.8- 5.7 34 2.6 1.7- 3.8 6 0.5 0.2- 1.2 30 2.0 1.3- 3.1
75+ 843 777 93.9 91.8-95.5 18 2.1 1.2- 3.8 17 1.1 0.7- 1.9 5 0.6 0.2- 1.5 26 2.3 1.4- 3.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 936 738 74.1 68.3-79.1 54 8.2 5.6-11.9 69 6.5 4.5- 9.3 14 3.0 1.4- 6.7 61 8.2 4.8-13.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,995 1,649 80.6 77.6-83.2 107 5.9 4.5- 7.8 120 6.5 4.9- 8.5 23 1.2 0.7- 2.0 96 5.8 4.3- 7.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,710 1,443 81.8 78.1-85.0 88 7.3 4.9-10.6 84 6.0 4.3- 8.3 20 1.1 0.6- 2.0 75 3.8 2.8- 5.3
College Graduate 2,104 1,860 88.9 87.0-90.5 117 5.8 4.5- 7.4 65 2.9 2.2- 3.9 12 0.5 0.3- 1.0 50 1.9 1.4- 2.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 688 489 63.9 57.4-69.9 41 8.6 5.7-12.7 65 10.8 7.4-15.4 13 2.3 1.1- 4.9 80 14.5 9.8-20.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,055 845 76.2 70.2-81.4 54 8.3 4.8-14.1 78 6.7 5.0- 8.9 9 0.5 0.3- 1.1 69 8.2 4.9-13.5
$25,000- 34,999 707 585 80.5 75.9-84.4 55 8.5 6.0-11.9 34 5.2 3.3- 8.2 10 2.5 1.2- 5.2 23 3.3 1.8- 5.7
$35,000- 49,999 1,001 871 84.2 79.6-87.9 48 5.2 3.3- 8.2 43 6.8 4.0-11.1 10 1.0 0.4- 2.3 29 2.8 1.7- 4.5
$50,000-74,999 971 848 86.5 83.0-89.3 49 4.6 3.2- 6.6 46 5.1 3.5- 7.4 6 1.2 0.3- 4.5 22 2.7 1.6- 4.4
$75,000+ 1,426 1,281 89.3 86.9-91.3 77 5.8 4.4- 7.8 36 2.3 1.5- 3.4 9 0.7 0.3- 1.8 23 1.8 1.1- 3.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,380 1,710 67.0 63.7-70.1 157 8.6 6.5-11.2 233 10.6 8.9-12.6 51 2.9 1.9- 4.4 229 11.0 9.0-13.3
No 4,327 3,948 89.1 87.3-90.7 208 5.8 4.7- 7.0 101 2.9 2.2- 4.0 18 0.5 0.2- 1.1 52 1.7 1.0- 2.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,017 885 86.0 82.6-88.9 42 5.2 3.3- 8.1 42 4.4 3.0- 6.5 11 0.9 0.4- 1.8 37 3.4 2.2- 5.4
Non-Veteran 5,734 4,811 82.0 80.2-83.7 324 6.8 5.7- 8.1 296 5.4 4.5- 6.4 58 1.3 0.8- 1.9 245 4.6 3.7- 5.7

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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.

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