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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Anxiety & Depression

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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 6,636 4,338 61.9 60.0-63.8 1,038 17.9 16.5-19.5 709 12.0 10.6-13.5 165 2.7 2.2- 3.4 386 5.4 4.7- 6.2
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 147 94 64.0 53.6-73.3 27 20.0 12.8-29.9 16 9.0 5.2-15.0 2 1.9 0.4- 8.4 8 5.1 1.9-12.6
Buncombe 157 111 66.2 55.7-75.3 14 9.1 4.5-17.5 16 14.5 8.0-24.9 9 5.5 2.4-11.9 7 4.7 2.0-10.9
Cabarrus 166 104 57.9 44.6-70.1 27 20.0 9.6-37.1 21 14.6 8.5-23.9 2 0.9 0.2- 4.2 12 6.6 3.0-13.7
Catawba 181 115 56.4 44.5-67.6 21 19.8 10.9-33.3 26 13.9 7.7-23.7 4 1.6 0.6- 4.4 15 8.3 4.1-15.9
Cumberland 161 83 48.0 38.1-58.1 37 24.5 16.9-34.1 25 18.6 10.6-30.7 6 4.9 1.9-11.9 10 4.0 2.0- 8.0
Davidson 162 102 65.6 54.3-75.3 15 9.4 4.4-19.1 23 13.2 7.4-22.3 6 2.2 0.9- 5.4 16 9.6 4.8-18.4
Durham 155 104 65.5 55.4-74.4 33 22.1 15.0-31.3 9 6.1 2.8-12.7 3 1.5 0.4- 5.0 6 4.8 1.8-12.0
Forsyth 165 110 61.6 50.9-71.2 25 15.0 9.2-23.6 13 7.8 4.1-14.6 5 5.8 1.9-16.4 12 9.8 4.8-18.9
Gaston 169 104 54.7 44.0-64.9 24 20.7 12.6-32.1 24 15.1 9.3-23.7 6 2.5 1.1- 5.8 11 7.0 3.3-14.0
Guilford 171 112 57.9 47.5-67.6 37 27.8 19.1-38.6 15 10.7 5.9-18.4 1 1.8 0.2-11.4 6 1.9 0.8- 4.4
Iredell 180 116 66.1 56.7-74.4 35 16.5 11.3-23.5 16 10.2 5.4-18.4 4 3.5 1.0-10.9 9 3.7 1.8- 7.4
Johnston 198 128 60.6 48.2-71.8 24 16.0 8.2-28.9 19 9.0 4.4-17.4 8 7.8 3.0-19.1 19 6.5 3.7-11.3
Mecklenburg 320 213 59.9 52.4-67.1 55 20.8 15.1-27.9 32 12.6 8.3-18.6 9 3.7 1.5- 8.9 11 3.0 1.5- 5.8
New Hanover 177 116 63.3 49.9-74.8 36 21.1 13.1-32.2 14 6.8 3.5-13.0 5 3.5 1.1-10.6 6 5.2 1.8-13.9
Onslow 174 109 60.8 49.4-71.1 33 23.2 14.2-35.5 15 7.6 4.0-13.9 4 3.5 1.0-11.3 13 4.9 2.5- 9.2
Orange 168 131 83.0 74.8-88.9 17 8.1 4.1-15.5 13 6.2 3.3-11.4 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 6 2.4 1.0- 5.4
Pitt 162 108 62.5 52.4-71.6 26 18.6 11.9-28.1 18 14.2 8.2-23.7 3 1.3 0.4- 4.1 7 3.3 1.4- 7.9
Randolph 177 115 61.7 51.7-70.7 32 18.8 12.5-27.2 19 13.1 7.2-22.7 4 3.2 0.9-11.2 7 3.2 1.4- 7.3
Robeson 181 102 56.0 46.4-65.1 31 17.2 11.1-25.6 24 15.6 9.6-24.3 8 2.3 1.1- 4.8 16 9.0 5.3-15.0
Rowan 192 120 56.5 46.5-65.9 43 25.1 17.4-34.8 13 9.3 4.4-18.6 6 3.9 1.6- 9.3 10 5.2 2.6-10.4
Union 173 122 68.9 58.9-77.4 25 15.3 9.6-23.7 13 7.2 3.7-13.5 5 3.6 1.1-11.7 8 4.9 1.6-14.1
Wake 277 196 67.8 58.3-76.0 46 13.9 9.8-19.5 26 15.6 8.5-27.0 0 0.0 . - . 9 2.6 1.2- 5.6
Wayne 165 114 72.4 60.6-81.8 15 11.4 4.7-24.9 19 7.9 4.7-13.1 7 4.1 1.5-10.6 10 4.2 2.0- 8.5
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,151 1,389 62.2 59.1-65.2 336 18.6 16.2-21.4 229 10.5 8.8-12.4 58 3.3 2.3- 4.8 139 5.4 4.4- 6.6
Piedmont 3,204 2,108 61.5 58.7-64.2 517 18.1 16.1-20.4 324 12.5 10.4-14.9 72 2.3 1.6- 3.3 183 5.6 4.6- 6.8
Western NC 1,281 841 63.4 59.8-66.8 185 15.6 13.1-18.4 156 13.2 10.8-16.1 35 3.1 2.0- 4.7 64 4.7 3.5- 6.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 797 537 63.8 59.1-68.2 113 15.3 12.2-19.1 88 12.6 9.6-16.5 20 3.0 1.7- 5.2 39 5.3 3.7- 7.7
Northwest 1,418 896 60.5 56.6-64.4 221 16.7 13.9-20.0 163 11.9 9.6-14.6 43 3.8 2.4- 5.9 95 7.0 5.2- 9.4
Charlotte 938 612 58.4 53.5-63.2 143 18.5 14.8-22.9 101 13.9 10.4-18.3 26 3.1 1.8- 5.6 56 6.0 4.3- 8.3
Greensboro 777 525 60.6 55.1-65.9 131 22.8 18.0-28.5 78 10.8 8.1-14.3 11 1.7 0.7- 3.9 32 4.0 2.3- 6.7
Southern Regional 597 359 59.8 53.9-65.4 104 17.3 13.5-21.8 74 13.6 9.4-19.2 18 3.1 1.6- 5.9 42 6.3 4.4- 9.0
Coastal 322 208 60.3 51.7-68.3 62 21.7 15.8-29.1 26 8.5 5.2-13.6 10 4.4 2.0- 9.3 16 5.1 2.7- 9.4
Wake 712 478 66.1 60.0-71.7 114 15.4 12.1-19.4 65 12.6 8.1-19.2 13 1.3 0.6- 2.8 42 4.6 3.0- 6.8
Area L 162 101 59.1 48.5-68.8 20 16.0 8.5-28.0 22 13.7 8.5-21.4 4 3.6 1.1-11.1 15 7.6 4.3-13.0
Eastern 913 622 65.9 61.1-70.4 130 19.0 15.1-23.7 92 8.7 6.7-11.2 20 2.4 1.2- 4.5 49 4.0 2.7- 5.9

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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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