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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Anxiety & Depression

Has a doctor or other healthcare provider EVER told you that you have an anxiety disorder
(including acute stress disorder, anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic attacks,
panic disorder, phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder, or social anxiety disorder)?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,792 870 11.8 10.6-13.1 5,922 88.2 86.9-89.4
-Piedmont NC 3,296 423 11.9 10.2-13.9 2,873 88.1 86.1-89.8
GENDER
Male 1,238 116 10.2 7.5-13.7 1,122 89.8 86.3-92.5
Female 2,058 307 13.6 11.6-15.8 1,751 86.4 84.2-88.4
RACE
White 2,684 375 14.1 12.0-16.5 2,309 85.9 83.5-88.0
African American 410 35 5.6 3.7- 8.5 375 94.4 91.5-96.3
Other Minorities 189 12 8.6 3.2-21.0 177 91.4 79.0-96.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 133 6 3.4 0.9-12.1 127 96.6 87.9-99.1
Non-Hispanic 3,158 417 12.7 10.9-14.8 2,741 87.3 85.2-89.1
AGE
18-24 109 17 20.2 11.4-33.3 92 79.8 66.7-88.6
25-34 299 39 7.2 4.9-10.6 260 92.8 89.4-95.1
35-44 551 72 12.1 9.2-15.7 479 87.9 84.3-90.8
45-54 688 114 15.6 12.5-19.3 574 84.4 80.7-87.5
55-64 692 100 11.2 8.8-14.2 592 88.8 85.8-91.2
65-74 514 48 8.8 6.2-12.3 466 91.2 87.7-93.8
75+ 421 30 4.5 2.9- 6.9 391 95.5 93.1-97.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 427 70 19.3 12.9-28.0 357 80.7 72.0-87.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 901 116 10.5 7.9-13.8 785 89.5 86.2-92.1
Some Post-H.S. 814 109 11.7 8.9-15.2 705 88.3 84.8-91.1
College Graduate 1,150 127 10.2 7.6-13.6 1,023 89.8 86.4-92.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 314 74 20.1 14.7-26.8 240 79.9 73.2-85.3
$15,000- 24,999 445 67 16.0 9.8-25.0 378 84.0 75.0-90.2
$25,000- 34,999 299 39 9.8 6.4-14.7 260 90.2 85.3-93.6
$35,000- 49,999 480 56 11.0 7.2-16.5 424 89.0 83.5-92.8
$50,000-74,999 480 58 11.7 8.2-16.3 422 88.3 83.7-91.8
$75,000+ 813 67 8.8 5.8-13.1 746 91.2 86.9-94.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,094 262 24.0 20.0-28.5 832 76.0 71.5-80.0
No 2,179 161 7.3 5.6- 9.5 2,018 92.7 90.5-94.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 455 45 7.7 5.3-11.0 410 92.3 89.0-94.7
Non-Veteran 2,840 378 12.4 10.5-14.7 2,462 87.6 85.3-89.5

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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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