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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Anxiety & Depression

Over the last 2 weeks, how many days have you felt down, depressed or hopeless?

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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 6,780 4,899 71.5 69.7-73.2 894 13.6 12.3-15.0 591 9.2 8.1-10.5 119 2.0 1.5- 2.6 277 3.7 3.1- 4.5
-Western NC 1,304 935 71.2 67.8-74.3 163 12.0 9.9-14.4 132 11.4 9.1-14.3 25 1.6 1.0- 2.5 49 3.8 2.7- 5.4
GENDER
Male 483 371 74.1 68.6-79.0 48 10.0 7.1-13.7 44 11.8 8.1-17.0 4 0.9 0.3- 2.7 16 3.2 1.8- 5.7
Female 821 564 68.4 64.2-72.4 115 13.8 11.1-17.0 88 11.1 8.5-14.3 21 2.3 1.4- 3.7 33 4.4 2.8- 6.8
RACE
White 1,219 875 71.3 67.8-74.4 153 12.1 10.0-14.6 121 11.0 8.7-13.7 24 1.7 1.1- 2.7 46 4.0 2.7- 5.7
African American 40 30 65.1 38.1-85.0 5 13.5 4.5-34.3 3 19.4 4.2-57.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2
Other Minorities 42 27 73.9 56.3-86.2 5 8.2 3.2-19.5 8 14.0 5.9-29.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.9 0.8-16.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 23 16 73.4 49.3-88.7 3 12.7 3.5-36.8 2 7.2 1.6-26.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.7 1.4-26.4
Non-Hispanic 1,281 919 71.1 67.7-74.3 160 11.9 9.9-14.4 130 11.5 9.2-14.5 25 1.7 1.1- 2.6 47 3.8 2.6- 5.4
AGE
18-24 37 22 62.3 43.0-78.3 10 23.6 11.7-41.7 5 14.2 5.2-33.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 94 60 62.2 49.2-73.7 17 13.4 8.0-21.6 12 19.9 10.3-35.1 2 1.2 0.3- 5.6 3 3.3 0.9-11.3
35-44 194 136 69.9 61.8-76.9 25 13.2 8.4-20.2 19 9.7 5.8-15.6 4 1.2 0.4- 3.5 10 6.0 3.0-11.5
45-54 246 148 63.4 56.2-70.0 37 13.4 9.4-18.8 43 17.0 12.0-23.5 6 2.4 1.0- 5.9 12 3.8 2.1- 6.8
55-64 302 221 75.6 69.9-80.5 33 9.4 6.5-13.4 25 8.0 5.2-12.2 10 3.7 1.8- 7.6 13 3.3 1.8- 5.9
65-74 243 189 79.8 73.6-84.8 25 8.7 5.7-13.1 20 7.8 4.8-12.5 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 7 3.2 1.4- 7.3
75+ 181 154 86.5 79.8-91.2 15 6.4 3.6-11.0 8 3.9 1.7- 8.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 3 2.6 0.7- 8.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 192 129 65.3 56.1-73.4 18 7.9 4.3-14.1 28 17.0 11.1-25.2 2 1.4 0.3- 5.8 15 8.4 4.5-15.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 413 292 68.4 62.0-74.2 59 16.0 11.8-21.5 41 11.1 7.4-16.5 9 1.3 0.6- 2.5 12 3.2 1.4- 6.9
Some Post-H.S. 327 227 69.1 61.5-75.7 40 11.2 7.7-16.2 34 12.2 7.2-19.8 10 3.2 1.6- 6.5 16 4.3 2.4- 7.6
College Graduate 369 284 78.9 73.6-83.4 46 10.2 7.4-13.9 29 8.4 5.3-12.9 4 0.7 0.2- 1.8 6 1.9 0.8- 4.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 152 78 48.1 38.0-58.5 15 11.5 4.8-25.2 32 20.7 13.8-29.8 6 3.6 1.4- 9.4 21 16.1 9.8-25.2
$15,000- 24,999 229 149 63.2 54.3-71.4 32 13.1 8.6-19.5 33 16.8 10.9-25.0 3 0.8 0.2- 2.4 12 6.1 2.8-12.6
$25,000- 34,999 153 108 64.3 52.3-74.8 24 15.6 9.7-24.2 14 14.9 6.8-29.6 3 1.2 0.4- 3.7 4 4.0 1.2-12.2
$35,000- 49,999 205 151 71.7 63.4-78.8 34 16.6 11.2-23.9 16 9.7 5.4-16.7 2 1.0 0.2- 4.6 2 1.0 0.2- 5.2
$50,000-74,999 186 154 83.2 75.7-88.8 20 10.3 6.2-16.6 8 3.7 1.5- 9.2 3 2.3 0.7- 7.7 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0
$75,000+ 219 181 83.9 77.3-88.9 17 5.8 3.5- 9.5 16 8.1 4.4-14.4 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 2 1.1 0.2- 5.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 480 265 52.7 47.0-58.4 74 14.4 10.8-18.9 81 19.2 14.7-24.6 16 2.9 1.7- 4.9 44 10.9 7.6-15.3
No 813 664 80.2 76.1-83.7 87 10.8 8.4-13.7 51 7.8 5.2-11.3 8 1.0 0.4- 2.2 3 0.3 0.1- 1.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 193 154 81.6 74.1-87.2 15 6.0 3.4-10.4 14 8.6 4.5-15.8 4 1.8 0.6- 5.3 6 2.0 0.8- 4.7
Non-Veteran 1,111 781 69.3 65.5-72.8 148 13.0 10.7-15.7 118 11.9 9.3-15.1 21 1.6 1.0- 2.6 43 4.2 2.9- 6.0

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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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