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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 1,181 124 10.5 8.4-13.0 1,057 89.5 87.0-91.6
GENDER
Male 436 34 8.7 5.8-12.7 402 91.3 87.3-94.2
Female 745 90 12.1 9.4-15.5 655 87.9 84.5-90.6
RACE
White 1,104 119 11.0 8.8-13.7 985 89.0 86.3-91.2
African American 37 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 36 99.2 94.3-99.9
Other Minorities 37 4 9.1 2.8-25.8 33 90.9 74.2-97.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 20 4 11.5 3.5-31.6 16 88.5 68.4-96.5
Non-Hispanic 1,161 120 10.5 8.4-13.0 1,041 89.5 87.0-91.6
AGE
18-24 34 3 11.7 3.5-32.8 31 88.3 67.2-96.5
25-34 88 11 11.3 5.7-21.1 77 88.7 78.9-94.3
35-44 180 19 9.9 5.8-16.5 161 90.1 83.5-94.2
45-54 228 30 12.8 8.4-19.1 198 87.2 80.9-91.6
55-64 282 40 13.4 9.5-18.6 242 86.6 81.4-90.5
65-74 215 15 7.5 4.4-12.7 200 92.5 87.3-95.6
75+ 149 6 3.8 1.6- 8.8 143 96.2 91.2-98.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 152 28 19.7 12.8-29.2 124 80.3 70.8-87.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 372 42 13.4 9.0-19.4 330 86.6 80.6-91.0
Some Post-H.S. 299 32 7.8 5.1-11.7 267 92.2 88.3-94.9
College Graduate 355 22 5.9 3.8- 9.1 333 94.1 90.9-96.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 123 37 35.3 24.1-48.3 86 64.7 51.7-75.9
$15,000- 24,999 212 31 13.6 9.0-20.2 181 86.4 79.8-91.0
$25,000- 34,999 134 11 11.1 5.4-21.6 123 88.9 78.4-94.6
$35,000- 49,999 190 17 9.4 5.2-16.4 173 90.6 83.6-94.8
$50,000-74,999 175 9 5.2 2.5-10.7 166 94.8 89.3-97.5
$75,000+ 217 8 4.4 1.9- 9.8 209 95.6 90.2-98.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 406 99 25.4 20.2-31.3 307 74.6 68.7-79.8
No 765 22 3.7 2.2- 6.2 743 96.3 93.8-97.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 174 15 9.4 5.0-17.1 159 90.6 82.9-95.0
Non-Veteran 1,007 109 10.7 8.5-13.4 898 89.3 86.6-91.5

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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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