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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 concentrating on things, such as
reading the newspaper or watching TV?

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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 6,754 5,699 82.6 81.0-84.1 366 6.6 5.6- 7.7 338 5.2 4.5- 6.1 69 1.2 0.8- 1.8 282 4.4 3.6- 5.4
-Western NC 1,299 1,082 81.8 78.7-84.5 62 4.8 3.6- 6.4 71 7.0 5.1- 9.5 16 1.3 0.6- 2.7 68 5.1 3.8- 6.9
GENDER
Male 478 404 83.4 78.4-87.4 20 3.9 2.3- 6.5 27 7.6 4.6-12.2 5 0.8 0.3- 1.9 22 4.4 2.7- 7.0
Female 821 678 80.3 76.3-83.8 42 5.6 4.0- 7.9 44 6.5 4.4- 9.4 11 1.8 0.7- 4.5 46 5.8 3.9- 8.5
RACE
White 1,214 1,007 81.9 78.9-84.6 59 5.0 3.7- 6.7 69 6.9 5.2- 9.1 14 1.3 0.6- 2.8 65 5.0 3.7- 6.7
African American 40 38 81.4 42.6-96.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 16.3 2.6-58.9 1 2.4 0.3-15.4 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 42 34 79.2 59.3-90.9 3 5.9 1.8-17.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 1 1.1 0.1- 7.7 3 13.0 4.0-35.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 23 20 86.1 61.0-96.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.2 1.0-37.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.7 1.4-26.4
Non-Hispanic 1,275 1,061 81.7 78.5-84.4 62 4.9 3.7- 6.6 70 7.0 5.1- 9.6 16 1.3 0.7- 2.7 66 5.1 3.7- 6.9
AGE
18-24 36 25 74.2 56.7-86.3 6 13.0 5.5-27.5 3 8.3 2.6-23.9 1 1.5 0.2-10.2 1 3.0 0.4-18.7
25-34 94 71 70.7 57.1-81.4 3 3.6 1.0-11.5 12 19.2 10.0-33.7 0 0.0 . - . 8 6.6 2.8-14.5
35-44 193 159 82.7 75.4-88.2 6 3.4 1.4- 8.0 12 5.7 3.0-10.4 2 2.2 0.5- 9.7 14 6.1 3.2-11.1
45-54 243 191 78.5 71.8-84.0 15 5.6 3.3- 9.5 17 7.3 4.3-12.1 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 17 7.6 4.2-13.6
55-64 304 250 83.6 78.5-87.7 20 7.0 4.3-11.2 16 4.9 2.9- 8.3 3 0.6 0.2- 2.3 15 3.9 2.2- 6.7
65-74 240 212 87.9 82.4-91.8 8 3.2 1.5- 6.9 7 2.8 1.3- 5.9 5 2.5 1.0- 6.1 8 3.6 1.6- 7.7
75+ 182 167 93.1 88.2-96.1 4 2.1 0.7- 6.0 4 1.7 0.6- 5.3 2 1.1 0.2- 4.7 5 1.9 0.7- 5.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 191 150 76.6 67.9-83.4 10 7.5 3.7-14.7 16 8.5 4.7-15.1 3 1.0 0.3- 3.3 12 6.5 3.3-12.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 412 334 78.6 72.5-83.6 25 5.2 3.2- 8.2 23 8.1 4.9-13.0 7 2.4 0.8- 7.1 23 5.8 3.3- 9.9
Some Post-H.S. 324 267 80.3 73.0-86.0 14 4.8 2.7- 8.3 19 8.5 4.3-16.2 4 1.0 0.3- 3.2 20 5.4 3.0- 9.4
College Graduate 369 328 89.1 84.7-92.4 13 3.1 1.6- 5.9 13 3.8 1.9- 7.4 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2 13 3.5 2.0- 6.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 151 104 63.3 52.0-73.4 8 6.3 2.8-13.5 15 13.0 7.4-21.8 6 7.7 2.1-24.4 18 9.7 5.4-16.6
$15,000- 24,999 229 186 77.7 69.0-84.5 10 4.1 2.0- 8.2 14 8.3 4.0-16.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 18 9.6 5.4-16.6
$25,000- 34,999 152 125 73.5 60.7-83.3 10 8.2 3.9-16.7 9 13.2 5.6-28.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 7 4.3 1.8- 9.8
$35,000- 49,999 203 174 86.3 79.8-90.9 11 4.8 2.5- 8.9 10 3.9 1.9- 7.6 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0 6 4.3 1.7-10.6
$50,000-74,999 184 158 84.8 76.9-90.3 6 3.3 1.3- 8.3 13 9.6 5.1-17.3 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 6 2.0 0.8- 4.5
$75,000+ 218 201 91.6 85.7-95.2 6 2.8 1.1- 7.0 5 2.0 0.7- 5.2 0 0.0 . - . 6 3.6 1.4- 9.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 479 340 67.0 61.1-72.3 25 5.5 3.4- 8.6 48 12.4 8.8-17.3 11 2.9 1.1- 7.2 55 12.3 8.9-16.7
No 808 732 89.0 85.4-91.7 37 4.5 3.1- 6.5 22 4.3 2.4- 7.7 5 0.6 0.2- 1.3 12 1.6 0.8- 3.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 191 163 86.5 80.4-90.9 7 2.5 1.1- 5.5 9 4.8 2.4- 9.4 2 1.1 0.3- 4.4 10 5.1 2.6- 9.7
Non-Veteran 1,108 919 80.9 77.5-84.0 55 5.2 3.8- 7.1 62 7.4 5.3-10.3 14 1.3 0.6- 3.0 58 5.1 3.7- 7.1

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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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