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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Anxiety & Depression

Over the last 2 weeks, how many days have you had trouble falling asleep or staying asleep
or sleeping too much?

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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 6,747 3,699 53.6 51.7-55.5 934 14.6 13.2-16.0 997 15.4 14.1-16.7 237 4.0 3.1- 5.1 880 12.5 11.3-13.9
-Western NC 1,297 694 53.5 50.0-57.0 162 12.3 10.1-14.7 200 16.4 13.9-19.2 58 4.3 3.1- 6.1 183 13.5 11.3-16.1
GENDER
Male 477 286 55.9 50.1-61.4 60 13.5 10.0-18.1 56 13.9 10.3-18.5 17 3.9 2.2- 6.8 58 12.8 9.5-17.1
Female 820 408 51.4 47.1-55.6 102 11.1 9.0-13.7 144 18.7 15.5-22.4 41 4.7 3.0- 7.1 125 14.1 11.4-17.4
RACE
White 1,212 637 52.1 48.5-55.6 155 12.4 10.3-14.8 192 17.2 14.6-20.1 55 4.6 3.3- 6.5 173 13.8 11.5-16.5
African American 40 29 73.2 52.5-87.2 4 7.9 2.6-21.6 2 8.2 1.6-32.6 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 4 9.9 3.2-27.0
Other Minorities 42 25 63.5 41.4-81.1 3 14.5 3.1-47.2 6 8.9 3.5-21.1 2 1.3 0.3- 5.4 6 11.8 4.4-27.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 23 13 70.2 46.4-86.5 3 10.5 2.5-35.2 3 9.8 2.8-28.9 1 1.2 0.2- 8.8 3 8.3 2.2-26.7
Non-Hispanic 1,273 680 53.1 49.5-56.6 159 12.3 10.2-14.8 197 16.6 14.1-19.5 57 4.4 3.1- 6.2 180 13.7 11.4-16.2
AGE
18-24 37 17 42.1 25.0-61.4 4 14.4 4.0-40.2 9 27.9 14.1-47.8 2 2.2 0.5- 9.4 5 13.4 4.7-32.6
25-34 94 53 59.4 47.3-70.5 12 11.0 5.6-20.5 15 16.6 9.6-27.0 4 4.7 1.5-13.4 10 8.4 3.9-16.9
35-44 195 99 48.1 40.1-56.3 25 12.8 8.4-19.1 36 19.1 13.4-26.3 7 4.8 2.0-11.0 28 15.2 10.1-22.3
45-54 242 115 48.2 40.9-55.5 32 12.0 8.3-17.2 41 18.4 13.2-25.2 15 4.9 2.7- 8.6 39 16.5 11.6-23.1
55-64 299 149 50.6 44.2-56.9 44 15.6 11.4-21.0 42 14.2 10.4-19.0 15 4.9 2.7- 8.8 49 14.7 10.9-19.6
65-74 242 143 63.6 56.6-70.1 25 8.4 5.5-12.5 31 11.9 8.1-17.1 12 4.2 2.3- 7.5 31 12.0 8.2-17.3
75+ 181 114 66.7 58.4-74.1 19 11.1 6.6-18.2 25 9.1 5.9-13.8 3 1.9 0.6- 6.0 20 11.2 6.9-17.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 188 95 44.9 36.1-54.1 8 6.8 2.3-18.3 32 19.8 13.4-28.4 8 2.8 1.2- 6.3 45 25.6 18.3-34.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 412 218 50.7 44.5-56.9 50 12.3 8.9-16.7 66 18.4 13.9-23.9 20 5.6 3.1-10.0 58 13.0 9.2-18.0
Some Post-H.S. 325 182 61.9 54.8-68.5 41 9.9 6.6-14.5 48 14.0 9.7-19.6 15 4.7 2.6- 8.4 39 9.6 6.5-13.8
College Graduate 369 196 52.9 46.7-59.1 63 17.2 13.0-22.5 54 14.8 10.8-20.0 15 3.3 1.6- 6.7 41 11.8 8.2-16.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 146 65 41.6 31.9-52.0 9 5.9 2.5-13.3 21 11.6 6.8-19.2 11 13.7 6.1-27.7 40 27.2 19.1-37.1
$15,000- 24,999 232 113 49.4 40.6-58.2 23 10.1 5.3-18.3 40 20.2 14.1-28.1 10 2.5 1.3- 5.0 46 17.7 12.2-25.0
$25,000- 34,999 151 83 55.3 44.5-65.7 21 12.5 7.7-19.7 21 14.4 8.6-23.1 7 7.2 2.8-16.9 19 10.6 5.8-18.6
$35,000- 49,999 204 114 56.6 48.2-64.6 21 9.3 5.7-14.8 33 17.7 12.1-25.2 8 2.7 1.2- 6.0 28 13.7 8.6-21.0
$50,000-74,999 184 104 56.6 47.8-65.0 32 15.9 10.8-22.8 25 14.1 8.7-22.0 10 4.6 2.1- 9.6 13 8.8 4.5-16.3
$75,000+ 219 126 56.7 48.5-64.5 37 16.9 11.7-23.8 30 13.8 9.2-20.4 5 1.8 0.6- 5.0 21 10.9 6.6-17.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 476 193 39.8 34.3-45.5 51 10.2 7.2-14.3 73 14.7 11.3-19.0 31 6.8 4.2-10.7 128 28.5 23.6-34.1
No 809 496 60.2 55.7-64.4 110 13.3 10.6-16.6 125 17.2 14.0-21.0 27 3.2 1.9- 5.2 51 6.1 4.3- 8.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 190 120 64.8 56.2-72.5 19 8.3 5.1-13.2 20 9.4 5.8-15.0 7 3.2 1.5- 7.1 24 14.3 8.8-22.4
Non-Veteran 1,107 574 51.5 47.7-55.3 143 13.0 10.6-15.8 180 17.6 14.9-20.8 51 4.5 3.1- 6.5 159 13.4 11.1-16.1

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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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