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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Anxiety & Depression

Over the last 2 weeks, how many days have you moved or spoken so slowly that other people
could have noticed? Or the opposite - being so fidgety or restless that you were moving around
a lot more than usual?

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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 6,693 6,032 88.6 87.4-89.8 243 4.5 3.7- 5.4 236 4.1 3.4- 5.0 39 0.7 0.5- 1.2 143 2.0 1.6- 2.5
-Piedmont NC 3,253 2,956 89.2 87.4-90.8 99 3.8 2.8- 5.0 100 4.0 3.0- 5.3 22 0.7 0.4- 1.2 76 2.3 1.7- 3.1
GENDER
Male 1,220 1,115 89.5 86.5-92.0 38 4.5 2.9- 7.0 34 3.4 2.0- 5.5 5 0.4 0.1- 1.3 28 2.2 1.3- 3.6
Female 2,033 1,841 88.9 86.7-90.8 61 3.1 2.2- 4.2 66 4.6 3.3- 6.5 17 1.0 0.6- 1.8 48 2.4 1.7- 3.5
RACE
White 2,652 2,420 89.1 87.0-90.9 70 3.4 2.4- 4.8 85 4.6 3.3- 6.4 19 0.8 0.5- 1.4 58 2.0 1.5- 2.9
African American 401 354 89.4 84.5-92.9 23 5.6 3.0-10.2 8 1.5 0.7- 3.2 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 15 3.4 1.8- 6.5
Other Minorities 187 169 89.2 82.1-93.7 6 3.2 1.2- 8.2 7 4.3 1.8-10.1 2 1.1 0.2- 5.4 3 2.1 0.6- 7.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 134 122 89.9 81.2-94.8 6 3.9 1.4-10.3 4 3.8 1.2-11.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.5 0.6- 9.7
Non-Hispanic 3,114 2,829 89.1 87.3-90.8 93 3.8 2.8- 5.1 96 4.0 3.0- 5.4 22 0.8 0.4- 1.3 74 2.3 1.7- 3.1
AGE
18-24 105 88 84.2 74.7-90.6 5 5.4 2.0-13.5 9 8.4 4.1-16.5 2 1.4 0.3- 5.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2
25-34 297 265 91.5 86.6-94.7 11 2.7 1.4- 5.2 14 4.3 1.9- 9.4 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4 4 1.0 0.3- 3.1
35-44 547 490 88.1 83.9-91.4 23 4.8 2.8- 8.2 19 3.6 2.0- 6.3 5 1.2 0.4- 3.3 10 2.2 1.0- 4.8
45-54 684 595 84.8 80.4-88.3 26 5.1 2.9- 9.0 27 4.5 2.9- 7.1 6 0.6 0.2- 1.3 30 5.0 3.2- 7.8
55-64 679 631 92.7 89.6-94.9 13 1.7 0.9- 3.1 17 2.9 1.4- 5.7 5 0.7 0.2- 2.2 13 2.0 1.1- 3.8
65-74 508 474 92.8 89.4-95.2 15 4.1 2.3- 7.3 9 1.8 0.8- 3.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 9 1.2 0.6- 2.5
75+ 411 392 94.9 89.3-97.7 5 0.8 0.3- 2.0 5 0.8 0.3- 1.9 0 0.0 . - . 9 3.5 1.2-10.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 409 340 82.4 76.1-87.4 19 4.3 2.4- 7.6 24 8.1 4.5-14.0 6 1.7 0.6- 4.7 20 3.6 2.0- 6.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 894 806 86.2 81.6-89.8 25 4.8 2.6- 8.6 24 4.0 2.1- 7.6 8 1.3 0.5- 3.0 31 3.7 2.3- 5.9
Some Post-H.S. 805 733 88.9 85.0-91.9 21 3.2 1.7- 6.1 30 5.0 3.0- 8.0 6 0.4 0.2- 0.9 15 2.5 1.3- 4.8
College Graduate 1,141 1,073 94.2 92.2-95.7 34 3.2 2.1- 4.9 22 1.8 1.0- 3.0 2 0.2 0.0- 0.6 10 0.6 0.3- 1.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 302 235 71.7 61.6-80.0 11 4.1 1.8- 8.8 23 12.6 6.2-23.8 6 1.5 0.6- 3.8 27 10.1 5.9-16.8
$15,000- 24,999 439 378 81.8 74.8-87.2 20 6.1 2.9-12.3 22 6.8 3.9-11.6 5 1.4 0.4- 4.8 14 3.9 1.9- 7.8
$25,000- 34,999 298 277 91.5 85.9-95.0 5 1.3 0.5- 3.2 5 3.3 1.2- 9.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 10 3.6 1.7- 7.4
$35,000- 49,999 475 439 89.6 83.7-93.5 17 4.2 1.9- 9.0 10 4.1 1.7- 9.3 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 7 1.8 0.7- 4.6
$50,000-74,999 479 449 93.7 90.4-95.9 11 2.2 1.2- 4.3 11 2.2 1.1- 4.6 5 1.6 0.6- 4.3 3 0.2 0.1- 0.7
$75,000+ 809 771 94.9 92.6-96.6 21 3.4 2.1- 5.7 13 1.3 0.6- 2.6 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 3 0.2 0.1- 0.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,064 869 77.2 72.9-81.1 41 3.8 2.6- 5.7 71 9.7 6.9-13.5 17 2.1 1.1- 3.9 66 7.2 5.2- 9.9
No 2,169 2,068 93.8 91.9-95.3 58 3.8 2.6- 5.4 29 1.8 1.1- 3.1 5 0.2 0.1- 0.5 9 0.4 0.2- 1.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 448 412 89.6 83.5-93.6 12 5.0 2.2-11.2 13 2.5 1.2- 5.2 2 0.3 0.1- 1.5 9 2.5 1.0- 6.5
Non-Veteran 2,803 2,542 89.2 87.2-90.8 87 3.6 2.7- 4.9 87 4.2 3.1- 5.7 20 0.8 0.4- 1.3 67 2.3 1.6- 3.1

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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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