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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Anxiety & Depression

Has a doctor or other healthcare provider EVER told you that you have an anxiety disorder
(including acute stress disorder, anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic attacks,
panic disorder, phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder, or social anxiety disorder)?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,792 870 11.8 10.6-13.1 5,922 88.2 86.9-89.4
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 156 22 13.8 8.4-21.9 134 86.2 78.1-91.6
Buncombe 159 24 14.2 8.8-22.0 135 85.8 78.0-91.2
Cabarrus 168 20 10.1 5.6-17.4 148 89.9 82.6-94.4
Catawba 189 31 14.8 9.1-23.2 158 85.2 76.8-90.9
Cumberland 161 19 12.6 7.5-20.4 142 87.4 79.6-92.5
Davidson 169 27 14.3 8.6-23.0 142 85.7 77.0-91.4
Durham 156 21 9.6 5.8-15.6 135 90.4 84.4-94.2
Forsyth 173 16 8.8 4.9-15.3 157 91.2 84.7-95.1
Gaston 174 32 21.4 13.8-31.8 142 78.6 68.2-86.2
Guilford 173 15 5.4 2.9-10.0 158 94.6 90.0-97.1
Iredell 186 23 14.8 8.3-24.8 163 85.2 75.2-91.7
Johnston 202 27 11.2 6.7-18.3 175 88.8 81.7-93.3
Mecklenburg 324 31 10.7 6.6-17.0 293 89.3 83.0-93.4
New Hanover 182 18 9.4 4.9-17.2 164 90.6 82.8-95.1
Onslow 179 25 10.1 6.4-15.7 154 89.9 84.3-93.6
Orange 170 19 11.4 5.5-22.3 151 88.6 77.7-94.5
Pitt 163 21 14.6 9.0-22.9 142 85.4 77.1-91.0
Randolph 181 22 10.3 6.2-16.7 159 89.7 83.3-93.8
Robeson 186 24 10.5 6.5-16.4 162 89.5 83.6-93.5
Rowan 201 32 17.5 10.9-27.0 169 82.5 73.0-89.1
Union 175 20 8.1 4.7-13.6 155 91.9 86.4-95.3
Wake 285 32 11.2 6.5-18.7 253 88.8 81.3-93.5
Wayne 169 25 8.4 5.2-13.4 144 91.6 86.6-94.8
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,190 266 10.6 9.1-12.4 1,924 89.4 87.6-90.9
Piedmont 3,296 423 11.9 10.2-13.9 2,873 88.1 86.1-89.8
Western NC 1,306 181 13.8 11.5-16.4 1,125 86.2 83.6-88.5
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 810 110 13.1 10.4-16.3 700 86.9 83.7-89.6
Northwest 1,472 208 14.0 11.7-16.8 1,264 86.0 83.2-88.3
Charlotte 954 121 12.2 9.4-15.6 833 87.8 84.4-90.6
Greensboro 795 91 8.7 6.6-11.4 704 91.3 88.6-93.4
Southern Regional 607 77 10.8 8.1-14.3 530 89.2 85.7-91.9
Coastal 333 36 9.4 6.2-14.0 297 90.6 86.0-93.8
Wake 729 93 12.4 8.5-17.8 636 87.6 82.2-91.5
Area L 163 19 12.4 7.3-20.2 144 87.6 79.8-92.7
Eastern 929 115 10.7 8.3-13.8 814 89.3 86.2-91.7

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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.

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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