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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Anxiety & Depression

Current Depression*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,235 584 9.3 8.3-10.4 5,651 90.7 89.6-91.7
-Piedmont NC 3,034 269 8.9 7.5-10.6 2,765 91.1 89.4-92.5
GENDER
Male 1,136 75 7.0 5.0- 9.7 1,061 93.0 90.3-95.0
Female 1,898 194 10.8 8.9-12.9 1,704 89.2 87.1-91.1
RACE
White 2,472 216 9.4 7.8-11.4 2,256 90.6 88.6-92.2
African American 383 36 7.9 5.0-12.3 347 92.1 87.7-95.0
Other Minorities 168 17 7.9 4.3-13.8 151 92.1 86.2-95.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 118 9 6.4 2.8-13.8 109 93.6 86.2-97.2
Non-Hispanic 2,913 260 9.2 7.7-10.9 2,653 90.8 89.1-92.3
AGE
18-24 102 11 9.0 4.7-16.8 91 91.0 83.2-95.3
25-34 288 30 8.6 5.3-13.6 258 91.4 86.4-94.7
35-44 522 50 10.8 7.5-15.1 472 89.2 84.9-92.5
45-54 653 81 11.7 8.9-15.1 572 88.3 84.9-91.1
55-64 646 60 8.0 5.8-10.9 586 92.0 89.1-94.2
65-74 462 20 3.8 2.2- 6.4 442 96.2 93.6-97.8
75+ 341 17 5.5 2.4-12.1 324 94.5 87.9-97.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 356 65 19.5 13.8-26.8 291 80.5 73.2-86.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 824 93 11.9 8.8-15.8 731 88.1 84.2-91.2
Some Post-H.S. 751 66 8.8 6.2-12.3 685 91.2 87.7-93.8
College Graduate 1,099 45 3.3 2.3- 4.7 1,054 96.7 95.3-97.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 259 75 32.5 23.3-43.2 184 67.5 56.8-76.7
$15,000- 24,999 394 57 14.0 9.7-19.6 337 86.0 80.4-90.3
$25,000- 34,999 281 27 9.5 6.0-15.0 254 90.5 85.0-94.0
$35,000- 49,999 448 28 8.0 4.7-13.3 420 92.0 86.7-95.3
$50,000-74,999 464 28 7.0 4.2-11.6 436 93.0 88.4-95.8
$75,000+ 787 20 2.1 1.3- 3.6 767 97.9 96.4-98.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 949 213 25.1 21.0-29.8 736 74.9 70.2-79.0
No 2,070 55 3.0 2.1- 4.4 2,015 97.0 95.6-97.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 411 29 7.4 4.4-12.2 382 92.6 87.8-95.6
Non-Veteran 2,622 240 9.1 7.6-10.9 2,382 90.9 89.1-92.4

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*Includes those with moderate or higher levels of depression severity, as defined by researchers at the CDC.

^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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