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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Anxiety & Depression

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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 6,754 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
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 155 133 80.8 70.0-88.3 10 7.6 3.4-16.3 5 2.2 0.8- 5.5 2 1.1 0.3- 4.7 5 8.3 3.3-19.3
Buncombe 159 127 77.6 67.7-85.2 11 5.6 2.9-10.5 10 9.0 3.9-19.4 2 0.7 0.2- 3.1 9 7.1 3.4-14.2
Cabarrus 166 147 93.1 88.5-95.9 7 2.5 1.1- 5.6 7 2.6 1.2- 5.5 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.9 0.7- 5.1
Catawba 188 154 72.6 58.4-83.3 12 16.4 7.1-33.5 11 4.5 2.3- 8.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 10 6.1 2.7-13.4
Cumberland 159 124 76.4 66.7-83.9 14 6.4 3.6-11.3 13 10.5 5.4-19.5 4 4.1 1.3-12.3 4 2.6 0.9- 6.9
Davidson 168 141 84.3 74.6-90.8 6 5.4 1.8-15.6 5 2.2 0.8- 5.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 15 7.7 3.7-15.2
Durham 158 139 90.8 85.2-94.5 5 2.4 1.0- 5.9 10 5.4 2.7-10.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 3 1.0 0.3- 3.3
Forsyth 170 148 84.4 74.7-90.8 5 2.8 1.1- 7.3 8 7.4 2.9-17.4 4 1.8 0.6- 5.1 5 3.5 1.1-10.8
Gaston 175 139 72.8 61.4-81.9 5 5.2 1.4-17.3 17 11.7 5.9-21.7 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 12 9.4 4.7-18.0
Guilford 173 154 89.4 82.3-93.8 9 5.5 2.6-11.5 6 4.2 1.7-10.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 3 0.7 0.2- 2.5
Iredell 185 156 87.6 81.2-92.1 14 7.5 4.0-13.7 9 2.8 1.4- 5.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 5 1.5 0.6- 4.2
Johnston 201 160 74.4 61.4-84.2 16 13.3 5.9-27.1 13 5.7 2.8-11.0 1 3.2 0.5-19.5 11 3.3 1.6- 7.1
Mecklenburg 323 283 83.0 75.5-88.6 21 6.5 3.9-10.6 11 6.1 2.8-13.0 4 3.0 0.9- 9.8 4 1.4 0.4- 5.0
New Hanover 181 158 84.6 74.5-91.2 11 7.8 3.5-16.5 9 6.4 2.8-13.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.3 0.4- 4.5
Onslow 175 150 87.9 81.0-92.5 7 2.9 1.1- 7.3 8 5.0 2.2-10.8 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3 8 3.6 1.6- 8.2
Orange 169 146 86.1 75.9-92.4 8 6.7 2.4-17.2 9 5.2 2.0-13.1 3 1.1 0.4- 3.6 3 0.8 0.2- 2.8
Pitt 163 134 75.2 65.1-83.1 15 11.8 6.7-19.9 5 4.1 1.7- 9.9 3 4.0 1.1-13.4 6 4.9 1.7-13.2
Randolph 181 156 83.8 74.7-90.1 10 7.3 3.1-16.0 8 4.7 2.2- 9.8 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 6 3.9 1.3-11.1
Robeson 182 143 80.6 73.1-86.5 5 1.9 0.6- 5.5 17 9.1 5.3-15.1 6 2.6 1.1- 6.3 11 5.8 2.9-11.3
Rowan 200 172 84.5 75.9-90.4 11 6.2 3.2-11.5 10 3.7 1.9- 7.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 6 5.3 1.7-15.5
Union 171 144 86.1 78.5-91.3 11 6.2 3.1-12.0 5 1.5 0.6- 3.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 10 5.8 2.5-12.9
Wake 285 246 86.0 78.0-91.4 23 10.4 5.5-18.8 7 1.5 0.6- 3.4 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 7 1.7 0.7- 3.8
Wayne 169 147 89.4 82.1-94.0 7 2.6 1.0- 6.2 8 4.6 1.7-11.7 0 0.0 . - . 7 3.4 1.5- 7.7
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,175 1,826 82.6 80.2-84.8 121 6.4 5.0- 8.2 120 5.9 4.7- 7.4 24 1.5 0.9- 2.6 84 3.5 2.6- 4.7
Piedmont 3,280 2,791 82.7 80.3-84.9 183 7.0 5.6- 8.8 147 4.5 3.5- 5.9 29 1.0 0.6- 1.9 130 4.7 3.5- 6.3
Western NC 1,299 1,082 81.8 78.7-84.5 62 4.8 3.6- 6.4 71 7.0 5.1- 9.5 16 1.3 0.6- 2.7 68 5.1 3.8- 6.9
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 806 676 82.6 78.7-85.9 41 4.5 3.2- 6.3 36 6.2 4.0- 9.7 7 0.6 0.2- 1.3 46 6.1 4.3- 8.7
Northwest 1,460 1,216 79.2 75.3-82.5 72 6.7 4.7- 9.4 82 6.2 4.5- 8.5 19 1.8 1.0- 3.2 71 6.2 4.1- 9.3
Charlotte 946 805 82.9 78.5-86.5 47 5.1 3.5- 7.5 45 6.3 3.8-10.2 7 1.6 0.5- 4.9 42 4.1 2.8- 6.1
Greensboro 794 687 84.2 79.6-88.0 45 7.9 5.0-12.3 33 4.2 2.7- 6.7 8 0.6 0.3- 1.2 21 3.1 1.8- 5.3
Southern Regional 598 488 81.6 76.9-85.6 28 4.5 2.7- 7.3 45 6.7 4.6- 9.8 13 2.4 1.2- 4.7 24 4.8 2.8- 8.1
Coastal 332 290 84.6 78.0-89.5 18 7.4 4.1-13.2 14 5.8 3.2-10.5 0 0.0 . - . 10 2.1 1.0- 4.4
Wake 729 612 83.1 77.5-87.6 52 9.1 5.8-14.0 33 2.9 1.8- 4.4 4 0.8 0.2- 2.5 28 4.2 1.8- 9.2
Area L 165 130 76.3 67.1-83.6 13 10.1 5.4-18.1 12 5.5 2.9-10.2 4 3.4 1.0-10.5 6 4.8 2.0-10.8
Eastern 924 795 86.2 82.9-89.0 50 5.1 3.5- 7.2 38 4.8 3.2- 7.2 7 0.7 0.3- 1.7 34 3.2 1.9- 5.3

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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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