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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 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
GENDER
Male 1,228 1,066 84.8 80.9-88.1 74 5.0 3.7- 6.7 44 6.0 3.6- 9.9 7 0.7 0.3- 1.8 37 3.4 2.1- 5.6
Female 2,043 1,638 78.0 75.1-80.7 182 9.6 7.8-11.8 109 6.6 5.0- 8.8 17 0.8 0.4- 1.5 97 4.9 3.7- 6.5
RACE
White 2,669 2,210 81.2 78.5-83.6 211 7.8 6.5- 9.5 119 5.8 4.2- 8.0 18 0.6 0.3- 1.2 111 4.6 3.4- 6.1
African American 406 334 84.8 79.4-88.9 32 5.9 3.7- 9.3 20 5.2 2.7- 9.9 5 1.2 0.4- 3.4 15 2.8 1.4- 5.6
Other Minorities 184 148 75.9 64.9-84.3 13 7.1 3.6-13.7 14 11.7 5.3-23.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 8 4.3 1.9- 9.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 131 106 78.8 67.8-86.7 11 8.4 4.0-17.0 10 9.1 4.1-19.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 3.7 1.2-10.6
Non-Hispanic 3,135 2,593 81.5 79.1-83.7 245 7.3 6.1- 8.7 143 6.1 4.5- 8.2 24 0.8 0.5- 1.4 130 4.3 3.3- 5.5
AGE
18-24 109 79 69.7 57.1-79.8 13 8.7 4.3-16.8 14 19.0 10.4-32.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 2 1.8 0.4- 8.2
25-34 299 239 84.9 79.3-89.2 26 6.7 4.1-10.6 15 3.2 1.7- 5.6 5 0.8 0.3- 2.2 14 4.4 2.0- 9.5
35-44 548 433 78.4 73.6-82.6 60 10.5 7.8-14.1 31 5.4 3.3- 8.7 5 1.0 0.3- 2.9 19 4.7 2.7- 7.9
45-54 684 537 78.3 73.8-82.2 53 6.7 4.8- 9.4 46 7.6 5.0-11.3 9 1.3 0.5- 3.2 39 6.1 4.1- 9.0
55-64 684 566 84.3 80.6-87.5 49 6.3 4.5- 8.9 25 3.6 2.2- 5.8 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3 41 5.4 3.5- 8.1
65-74 512 458 91.4 88.2-93.8 28 4.6 2.9- 7.2 14 2.4 1.2- 4.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 11 1.6 0.8- 3.0
75+ 413 372 90.4 85.1-93.9 26 5.2 3.3- 8.2 7 1.7 0.6- 4.4 0 0.0 . - . 8 2.7 0.8- 9.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 415 310 72.2 64.6-78.7 32 7.6 4.5-12.7 32 9.6 5.8-15.5 2 1.4 0.3- 5.3 39 9.2 5.7-14.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 896 748 80.6 75.1-85.2 61 5.4 3.9- 7.5 40 7.7 4.2-13.5 7 0.8 0.3- 2.4 40 5.5 3.3- 9.0
Some Post-H.S. 813 674 82.5 78.2-86.1 60 7.0 5.0- 9.8 40 6.2 3.9- 9.8 7 0.6 0.3- 1.3 32 3.7 2.3- 6.0
College Graduate 1,143 969 84.5 80.6-87.7 102 9.0 6.8-11.8 41 4.2 2.2- 7.9 8 0.6 0.2- 1.4 23 1.7 1.0- 2.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 306 196 57.6 47.9-66.8 28 7.6 4.7-12.1 31 13.8 8.0-22.7 7 1.8 0.8- 4.0 44 19.2 11.7-29.7
$15,000- 24,999 440 342 77.0 69.8-82.9 37 6.9 4.0-11.7 33 8.4 4.9-14.2 4 2.1 0.7- 5.9 24 5.6 3.1- 9.7
$25,000- 34,999 299 242 79.9 72.7-85.6 30 11.3 7.1-17.5 12 4.5 2.3- 8.7 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 14 4.1 1.9- 9.0
$35,000- 49,999 478 402 84.4 78.4-89.0 40 5.8 4.0- 8.4 18 6.0 2.8-12.6 5 0.9 0.3- 2.7 13 2.8 1.3- 6.0
$50,000-74,999 478 414 83.3 77.3-88.0 35 9.5 5.9-14.9 16 4.6 2.4- 8.8 3 0.8 0.2- 3.9 10 1.8 0.9- 3.7
$75,000+ 812 721 86.6 81.2-90.7 57 6.7 4.8- 9.4 25 5.8 2.7-12.2 2 0.1 0.0- 0.3 7 0.8 0.3- 1.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,079 763 66.8 61.9-71.4 102 8.3 6.3-10.7 92 11.4 8.0-15.9 16 1.9 1.0- 3.8 106 11.6 8.7-15.3
No 2,171 1,925 86.9 84.2-89.1 152 7.1 5.7- 8.8 61 4.5 2.9- 6.8 7 0.2 0.1- 0.6 26 1.4 0.8- 2.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 452 400 86.6 80.7-90.9 27 4.7 2.9- 7.3 12 5.0 2.2-11.0 3 0.9 0.2- 3.3 10 2.9 1.2- 6.9
Non-Veteran 2,817 2,302 80.6 78.0-83.0 229 7.7 6.4- 9.3 141 6.5 4.9- 8.7 21 0.7 0.4- 1.3 124 4.4 3.3- 5.7

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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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