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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 a depressive disorder
(including depression, major depression, dysthymia, or minor depression)?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,799 1,242 16.1 14.8-17.4 5,557 83.9 82.6-85.2
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 156 28 17.8 11.5-26.6 128 82.2 73.4-88.5
Buncombe 159 39 22.7 15.9-31.2 120 77.3 68.8-84.1
Cabarrus 167 34 16.1 10.3-24.3 133 83.9 75.7-89.7
Catawba 187 38 21.5 13.8-32.1 149 78.5 67.9-86.2
Cumberland 163 37 21.2 14.6-29.7 126 78.8 70.3-85.4
Davidson 169 38 17.0 11.1-25.0 131 83.0 75.0-88.9
Durham 157 34 15.6 10.7-22.1 123 84.4 77.9-89.3
Forsyth 172 26 15.9 9.7-25.0 146 84.1 75.0-90.3
Gaston 174 40 23.1 15.4-33.2 134 76.9 66.8-84.6
Guilford 173 21 6.9 4.2-11.2 152 93.1 88.8-95.8
Iredell 186 31 13.6 8.8-20.5 155 86.4 79.5-91.2
Johnston 202 32 12.3 7.5-19.4 170 87.7 80.6-92.5
Mecklenburg 324 58 16.7 11.9-23.0 266 83.3 77.0-88.1
New Hanover 181 26 11.7 6.8-19.5 155 88.3 80.5-93.2
Onslow 179 32 12.8 8.4-19.0 147 87.2 81.0-91.6
Orange 170 26 14.2 7.9-24.2 144 85.8 75.8-92.1
Pitt 165 40 23.0 16.0-31.8 125 77.0 68.2-84.0
Randolph 182 32 15.1 10.0-22.2 150 84.9 77.8-90.0
Robeson 185 32 11.4 7.5-16.8 153 88.6 83.2-92.5
Rowan 201 41 21.3 14.1-30.7 160 78.7 69.3-85.9
Union 175 32 15.1 9.8-22.6 143 84.9 77.4-90.2
Wake 285 47 14.2 9.2-21.5 238 85.8 78.5-90.8
Wayne 168 26 9.5 6.0-15.0 142 90.5 85.0-94.0
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,193 362 13.8 12.0-15.8 1,831 86.2 84.2-88.0
Piedmont 3,294 607 16.5 14.6-18.5 2,687 83.5 81.5-85.4
Western NC 1,312 273 19.2 16.8-22.0 1,039 80.8 78.0-83.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 814 170 20.1 16.9-23.8 644 79.9 76.2-83.1
Northwest 1,471 289 19.2 16.1-22.6 1,182 80.8 77.4-83.9
Charlotte 953 189 18.5 15.1-22.5 764 81.5 77.5-84.9
Greensboro 796 119 11.4 8.9-14.5 677 88.6 85.5-91.1
Southern Regional 608 104 14.6 11.4-18.6 504 85.4 81.4-88.6
Coastal 332 42 10.8 7.2-15.9 290 89.2 84.1-92.8
Wake 730 135 14.8 11.3-19.1 595 85.2 80.9-88.7
Area L 164 32 18.4 12.5-26.4 132 81.6 73.6-87.5
Eastern 931 162 14.3 11.5-17.6 769 85.7 82.4-88.5

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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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