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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Anxiety & Depression

Over the last 2 weeks, how many days have you felt bad about yourself -
or that you were a failure or had let yourself or your family down?

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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 6,756 5,579 81.3 79.7-82.8 516 7.7 6.8- 8.7 336 6.1 5.1- 7.4 61 0.9 0.6- 1.2 264 4.0 3.3- 4.8
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 151 119 80.1 70.6-87.0 16 12.0 6.4-21.5 11 5.8 3.0-11.0 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.1 0.8- 5.5
Buncombe 160 134 77.6 67.1-85.4 8 5.2 2.3-11.4 8 9.3 4.0-20.2 3 1.5 0.4- 4.8 7 6.4 2.9-13.8
Cabarrus 166 134 75.8 59.5-86.9 13 13.8 4.6-34.5 9 6.4 2.6-15.1 3 1.2 0.3- 4.3 7 2.8 1.2- 6.3
Catawba 186 145 64.3 50.9-75.8 19 19.1 9.5-34.8 14 10.0 5.0-19.0 2 4.3 0.9-18.6 6 2.3 0.9- 5.6
Cumberland 159 125 74.2 62.6-83.2 14 13.7 6.5-26.7 12 6.2 3.3-11.4 3 3.6 1.0-12.3 5 2.2 0.8- 5.9
Davidson 168 138 84.7 75.9-90.7 13 5.8 3.1-10.5 6 5.4 1.7-16.1 3 1.2 0.4- 4.0 8 2.9 1.3- 6.2
Durham 157 134 85.1 77.2-90.6 12 9.0 4.8-16.1 6 2.5 1.0- 6.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 4 2.6 0.8- 7.9
Forsyth 172 149 86.3 78.0-91.8 10 4.6 2.1- 9.4 5 2.6 0.9- 7.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 7 6.0 2.4-14.5
Gaston 173 136 76.6 66.7-84.2 14 8.9 4.4-17.0 9 7.3 3.3-15.5 0 0.0 . - . 14 7.2 3.7-13.7
Guilford 174 146 84.7 76.7-90.4 16 9.4 4.9-17.0 8 3.7 1.7- 7.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.3 0.6- 7.6
Iredell 184 146 79.4 71.1-85.8 20 11.3 6.8-18.3 9 4.6 2.0-10.0 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 8 4.1 1.6-10.0
Johnston 202 162 76.5 64.4-85.4 19 14.8 7.2-28.1 9 3.9 1.8- 8.1 4 1.5 0.5- 4.6 8 3.3 1.5- 7.3
Mecklenburg 321 270 81.9 74.9-87.3 26 6.2 4.0- 9.4 18 9.8 5.3-17.2 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 4 1.3 0.4- 3.7
New Hanover 180 153 84.6 75.0-91.0 13 7.4 3.8-13.8 8 6.0 2.2-15.3 2 0.9 0.2- 4.3 4 1.1 0.4- 3.4
Onslow 177 148 86.5 79.4-91.5 13 5.7 2.9-10.9 7 3.8 1.6- 9.0 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 8 3.7 1.5- 8.8
Orange 169 149 85.2 72.6-92.5 11 6.1 2.2-16.0 3 3.0 0.6-13.0 2 0.6 0.2- 2.6 4 5.1 1.2-19.3
Pitt 166 133 74.1 64.0-82.2 20 14.5 8.6-23.4 10 9.7 4.7-19.1 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6
Randolph 180 156 87.7 80.8-92.3 9 5.2 2.2-11.7 7 3.1 1.4- 7.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 7 3.4 1.5- 7.6
Robeson 184 142 81.1 73.8-86.8 16 8.4 4.6-14.7 13 3.9 2.1- 7.1 0 0.0 . - . 13 6.6 3.7-11.8
Rowan 200 161 81.3 73.4-87.3 19 8.2 4.8-13.7 9 5.9 2.4-13.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 10 4.4 2.1- 8.9
Union 175 145 83.7 75.4-89.6 12 5.3 2.7-10.0 9 7.6 3.4-16.3 0 0.0 . - . 9 3.4 1.6- 7.1
Wake 283 241 82.9 73.6-89.3 21 6.3 3.8-10.4 12 9.2 3.9-20.1 2 0.2 0.1- 1.0 7 1.4 0.6- 3.3
Wayne 167 143 82.8 70.1-90.8 7 7.2 1.9-23.6 7 2.8 1.3- 6.3 3 3.0 0.7-11.7 7 4.2 1.9- 9.0
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,181 1,821 82.3 79.8-84.6 159 8.2 6.5-10.3 102 4.8 3.7- 6.1 20 1.0 0.5- 1.7 79 3.7 2.7- 5.2
Piedmont 3,271 2,704 81.3 78.9-83.5 256 7.4 6.2- 8.8 153 6.3 4.8- 8.4 24 0.8 0.4- 1.3 134 4.2 3.3- 5.4
Western NC 1,304 1,054 79.0 75.8-81.9 101 8.0 6.3-10.1 81 8.1 6.0-10.8 17 1.1 0.6- 1.8 51 3.9 2.7- 5.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 808 655 79.4 75.2-83.1 63 6.8 5.0- 9.1 50 8.5 5.8-12.2 9 1.1 0.5- 2.2 31 4.3 2.7- 6.7
Northwest 1,463 1,183 78.6 74.9-81.8 121 8.7 6.8-11.0 75 5.4 3.9- 7.3 16 1.0 0.5- 2.2 68 6.4 4.2- 9.6
Charlotte 947 772 79.6 75.2-83.3 69 6.7 4.7- 9.5 54 8.6 5.9-12.4 7 0.9 0.3- 2.2 45 4.2 2.7- 6.4
Greensboro 790 668 82.6 77.9-86.5 61 8.6 6.0-12.1 34 5.4 3.1- 9.2 3 0.2 0.1- 0.5 24 3.3 1.9- 5.8
Southern Regional 598 483 78.7 73.2-83.3 49 10.5 7.0-15.6 34 4.5 2.9- 6.9 7 2.5 1.0- 5.7 25 3.8 2.2- 6.5
Coastal 331 287 86.8 80.9-91.1 19 5.6 3.3- 9.2 12 4.5 2.0- 9.8 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4 10 2.4 1.1- 5.5
Wake 727 606 83.0 77.6-87.4 57 7.6 5.4-10.5 30 6.3 3.1-12.3 9 0.7 0.3- 1.5 25 2.5 1.5- 4.0
Area L 164 133 77.7 67.9-85.2 12 7.2 3.6-13.8 12 8.3 4.2-15.7 0 0.0 . - . 7 6.8 2.7-16.0
Eastern 928 792 86.0 82.5-88.9 65 6.5 4.7- 8.9 35 3.8 2.5- 5.8 7 0.5 0.2- 1.4 29 3.2 1.7- 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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