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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Anxiety & Depression

Over the last 2 weeks, how many days have you felt bad about yourself -
or that you were a failure or had let yourself or your family down?

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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 6,756 5,579 81.3 79.7-82.8 516 7.7 6.8- 8.7 336 6.1 5.1- 7.4 61 0.9 0.6- 1.2 264 4.0 3.3- 4.8
-Western NC 1,304 1,054 79.0 75.8-81.9 101 8.0 6.3-10.1 81 8.1 6.0-10.8 17 1.1 0.6- 1.8 51 3.9 2.7- 5.5
GENDER
Male 480 396 79.6 74.1-84.2 37 7.5 5.1-11.0 29 9.6 6.1-14.8 4 0.7 0.2- 1.9 14 2.6 1.4- 4.7
Female 824 658 78.5 74.6-82.0 64 8.4 6.3-11.1 52 6.7 4.7- 9.4 13 1.4 0.8- 2.6 37 5.0 3.2- 7.7
RACE
White 1,220 986 79.0 75.7-81.9 96 8.4 6.6-10.6 75 7.7 5.8-10.3 15 1.0 0.6- 1.8 48 3.9 2.7- 5.7
African American 40 34 74.6 42.7-92.0 3 6.2 1.7-20.0 2 18.5 3.6-57.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 41 31 83.8 67.8-92.8 2 1.8 0.3- 9.3 4 5.7 1.7-17.4 1 2.9 0.4-18.1 3 5.8 1.4-21.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 22 17 86.9 68.0-95.4 1 2.4 0.3-15.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.9 0.7-28.5 3 5.8 1.6-18.4
Non-Hispanic 1,281 1,036 78.8 75.5-81.8 100 8.1 6.4-10.3 81 8.3 6.1-11.1 16 1.0 0.6- 1.7 48 3.8 2.6- 5.5
AGE
18-24 37 28 77.2 58.6-89.0 4 8.2 2.9-21.3 3 10.5 3.0-30.7 1 1.1 0.2- 7.9 1 3.0 0.4-18.5
25-34 94 67 64.6 51.2-76.0 14 15.2 8.6-25.5 9 17.6 8.5-33.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 2.7 0.9- 7.9
35-44 193 144 76.0 68.3-82.3 21 9.3 5.7-14.9 19 9.8 5.9-15.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 8 4.4 1.9- 9.8
45-54 244 175 74.9 68.2-80.7 29 8.7 5.8-12.8 20 7.7 4.7-12.3 6 2.7 1.1- 6.3 14 6.1 3.0-11.8
55-64 304 251 83.0 77.7-87.2 21 7.1 4.5-10.9 14 4.1 2.4- 7.2 7 2.1 0.9- 4.7 11 3.7 1.8- 7.5
65-74 241 214 89.7 84.8-93.2 7 2.2 1.0- 5.0 8 3.4 1.5- 7.4 2 0.7 0.2- 3.2 10 3.9 2.0- 7.4
75+ 184 168 93.2 88.5-96.1 5 2.8 1.1- 7.0 8 3.0 1.4- 6.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 0.9 0.3- 3.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 189 143 74.6 66.0-81.7 10 5.7 2.6-11.9 17 9.2 5.1-16.1 3 1.7 0.5- 5.7 16 8.8 5.0-15.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 415 336 77.2 71.0-82.4 35 9.7 6.6-14.2 23 7.9 4.6-13.2 6 0.9 0.3- 2.2 15 4.3 2.1- 8.4
Some Post-H.S. 327 256 75.9 68.3-82.2 28 8.5 5.5-13.1 23 10.4 5.6-18.5 3 0.8 0.2- 2.7 17 4.3 2.4- 7.7
College Graduate 370 316 85.8 80.8-89.6 28 6.7 4.3-10.5 18 5.6 3.2- 9.8 5 1.2 0.5- 3.1 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 151 97 64.5 54.4-73.5 13 8.6 4.6-15.3 18 11.9 6.9-19.8 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2 20 14.0 8.2-22.7
$15,000- 24,999 231 175 72.4 63.6-79.8 16 6.9 3.8-12.3 22 12.0 6.9-20.0 5 2.0 0.8- 4.9 13 6.6 3.2-13.3
$25,000- 34,999 152 123 73.5 60.5-83.3 17 13.1 7.2-22.8 5 9.0 2.6-26.4 2 1.4 0.3- 6.2 5 3.0 1.1- 7.9
$35,000- 49,999 204 170 80.6 72.3-86.8 19 8.6 5.1-14.1 10 8.7 4.2-17.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 4 1.9 0.7- 5.3
$50,000-74,999 186 157 83.2 75.3-89.0 15 10.7 5.9-18.5 11 3.9 2.1- 7.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.2 0.6- 7.7
$75,000+ 219 193 88.1 81.6-92.5 15 4.8 2.7- 8.2 9 5.1 2.4-10.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 1 1.5 0.2- 9.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 480 327 65.3 59.6-70.7 47 9.5 6.8-13.0 50 13.1 9.2-18.4 12 2.2 1.1- 4.1 44 9.9 6.8-14.1
No 812 718 85.7 81.7-88.9 53 7.2 5.2-10.0 31 5.7 3.4- 9.2 4 0.5 0.2- 1.4 6 0.9 0.4- 2.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 192 165 87.3 80.3-92.0 8 2.4 1.1- 5.0 13 7.8 3.9-14.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 5 2.1 0.7- 5.6
Non-Veteran 1,112 889 77.6 73.9-80.8 93 9.0 7.0-11.4 68 8.1 5.8-11.2 16 1.2 0.7- 2.1 46 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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