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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Anxiety & Depression

Over the last 2 weeks, how many days have you had trouble concentrating on things, such as
reading the newspaper or watching TV?

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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 6,754 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
-Piedmont NC 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
GENDER
Male 1,232 1,068 83.0 78.7-86.6 69 7.8 5.3-11.3 45 3.4 2.2- 5.3 9 1.2 0.4- 3.1 41 4.6 2.6- 7.9
Female 2,048 1,723 82.5 79.8-84.9 114 6.3 5.0- 8.0 102 5.6 4.0- 7.6 20 0.9 0.5- 1.5 89 4.8 3.6- 6.3
RACE
White 2,676 2,280 82.0 79.3-84.5 147 6.5 5.2- 8.2 116 4.9 3.6- 6.6 24 1.1 0.6- 1.9 109 5.4 3.9- 7.6
African American 404 345 84.8 77.3-90.2 22 8.8 4.4-16.9 21 3.0 1.7- 5.2 5 1.6 0.4- 6.4 11 1.8 0.8- 3.8
Other Minorities 187 153 83.1 74.9-89.0 14 7.5 3.7-14.4 10 4.8 2.1-10.7 0 0.0 . - . 10 4.6 2.2- 9.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 133 117 85.8 76.2-92.0 7 6.4 2.7-14.2 7 5.3 2.0-13.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.4 0.6- 9.4
Non-Hispanic 3,142 2,669 82.4 79.9-84.7 176 7.1 5.6- 9.0 140 4.5 3.4- 5.8 29 1.1 0.6- 2.0 128 4.9 3.6- 6.6
AGE
18-24 109 84 75.2 63.2-84.3 9 9.1 4.4-17.7 5 5.7 2.1-14.3 1 1.4 0.2- 9.0 10 8.7 3.4-20.5
25-34 299 239 79.7 71.9-85.8 27 10.0 5.6-17.4 15 5.0 2.4-10.3 3 0.5 0.1- 1.6 15 4.7 2.3- 9.7
35-44 550 456 80.9 76.0-85.0 40 7.7 5.2-11.2 26 4.5 2.8- 7.2 7 1.7 0.5- 5.6 21 5.2 3.1- 8.6
45-54 686 558 80.9 76.5-84.6 48 7.5 5.0-11.1 38 4.9 3.2- 7.3 10 1.7 0.7- 3.6 32 5.1 3.3- 7.8
55-64 686 587 86.9 83.4-89.8 30 3.9 2.5- 6.0 36 5.3 3.5- 8.0 5 0.6 0.2- 1.6 28 3.3 2.0- 5.4
65-74 513 464 91.2 87.8-93.7 20 4.5 2.7- 7.4 17 2.9 1.6- 5.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 11 1.4 0.7- 2.6
75+ 415 384 95.7 93.7-97.1 6 1.2 0.5- 2.8 10 1.2 0.6- 2.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 13 1.6 0.9- 2.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 421 336 72.6 63.5-80.2 22 7.3 4.1-12.8 29 6.4 3.6-11.1 5 3.5 1.1-10.1 29 10.2 4.9-19.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 898 753 82.3 77.6-86.2 43 6.0 3.9- 9.1 49 5.0 3.0- 8.2 7 0.5 0.2- 1.0 46 6.3 4.0- 9.9
Some Post-H.S. 811 693 79.9 74.1-84.7 40 9.1 5.4-14.8 37 5.9 3.5- 9.7 7 0.8 0.3- 2.1 34 4.4 2.8- 6.8
College Graduate 1,146 1,005 89.1 86.6-91.2 78 6.2 4.6- 8.3 32 2.5 1.6- 3.7 10 0.7 0.3- 1.4 21 1.5 0.9- 2.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 309 218 61.1 51.3-70.2 19 10.2 5.9-17.3 26 8.4 4.1-16.1 7 2.0 0.9- 4.4 39 18.3 11.0-28.9
$15,000- 24,999 438 353 73.5 62.8-81.9 19 10.5 4.7-21.9 33 6.1 3.9- 9.4 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 30 9.5 4.2-20.1
$25,000- 34,999 300 261 88.1 82.4-92.1 21 8.1 4.6-13.7 10 2.0 1.0- 3.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 7 1.5 0.6- 3.7
$35,000- 49,999 480 422 83.5 75.9-89.0 24 6.2 3.3-11.4 17 7.0 3.1-14.9 4 1.0 0.3- 3.7 13 2.4 1.1- 5.1
$50,000-74,999 480 421 86.4 81.2-90.4 25 4.0 2.3- 6.7 23 5.0 2.9- 8.5 2 1.5 0.3- 8.0 9 3.1 1.5- 6.0
$75,000+ 813 722 89.0 85.9-91.5 52 6.3 4.4- 9.0 20 2.3 1.3- 4.0 7 0.6 0.2- 1.4 12 1.8 0.9- 3.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,087 782 66.5 61.4-71.2 79 10.0 6.7-14.7 95 8.6 6.4-11.5 24 2.5 1.4- 4.7 107 12.4 9.4-16.2
No 2,171 1,989 89.0 86.2-91.2 103 5.9 4.4- 7.8 51 3.0 1.9- 4.6 5 0.5 0.1- 1.7 23 1.7 0.7- 3.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 452 401 85.7 79.7-90.2 17 6.6 3.4-12.4 16 4.2 2.1- 8.3 4 0.5 0.2- 1.5 14 2.9 1.4- 5.9
Non-Veteran 2,826 2,388 82.3 79.7-84.7 166 7.1 5.5- 9.0 131 4.6 3.4- 6.0 25 1.1 0.6- 2.0 116 4.9 3.6- 6.7

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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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