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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Anxiety & Depression

Over the last 2 weeks, how many days have you moved or spoken so slowly that other people
could have noticed? Or the opposite - being so fidgety or restless that you were moving around
a lot more than usual?

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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 6,693 6,032 88.6 87.4-89.8 243 4.5 3.7- 5.4 236 4.1 3.4- 5.0 39 0.7 0.5- 1.2 143 2.0 1.6- 2.5
-Western NC 1,280 1,154 88.8 86.1-91.0 48 4.0 2.8- 5.8 46 4.8 3.3- 6.9 10 1.1 0.5- 2.7 22 1.2 0.8- 2.0
GENDER
Male 471 431 89.6 85.0-92.9 14 3.8 2.0- 7.0 16 5.1 2.7- 9.2 3 0.7 0.2- 2.5 7 0.9 0.4- 1.9
Female 809 723 88.0 84.6-90.7 34 4.3 2.9- 6.4 30 4.6 3.0- 7.0 7 1.5 0.5- 4.5 15 1.6 0.9- 2.8
RACE
White 1,196 1,081 89.0 86.4-91.2 41 4.1 2.8- 5.9 42 4.3 3.0- 6.2 10 1.3 0.5- 2.9 22 1.4 0.8- 2.2
African American 40 37 95.7 86.1-98.8 3 4.3 1.2-13.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 41 33 75.8 49.6-90.9 4 3.7 1.2-10.7 4 20.6 6.5-49.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 22 15 82.7 63.1-93.0 3 6.3 1.8-19.9 2 7.5 1.7-27.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.5 0.8-14.0
Non-Hispanic 1,257 1,138 88.9 86.2-91.1 45 4.0 2.7- 5.8 44 4.8 3.2- 6.9 10 1.2 0.5- 2.7 20 1.2 0.7- 1.9
AGE
18-24 36 26 69.9 48.5-85.2 5 10.8 4.0-26.1 4 17.7 5.9-42.6 1 1.5 0.2-10.3 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 92 77 82.4 71.1-89.9 6 7.4 2.9-17.5 6 9.0 4.0-18.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 1.3 0.4- 4.2
35-44 191 170 89.1 82.4-93.5 7 3.0 1.2- 7.2 8 4.0 1.8- 8.8 3 2.7 0.7- 9.7 3 1.1 0.3- 4.0
45-54 244 216 88.9 83.6-92.7 10 4.2 2.0- 8.8 9 3.4 1.7- 6.6 4 1.9 0.6- 5.3 5 1.6 0.6- 4.1
55-64 300 269 90.8 86.5-93.8 12 4.0 2.1- 7.6 13 3.8 2.0- 7.1 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6
65-74 237 225 95.5 91.7-97.5 3 1.0 0.3- 3.3 4 1.8 0.6- 5.1 0 0.0 . - . 5 1.7 0.7- 4.4
75+ 174 165 94.3 88.3-97.3 5 2.2 0.9- 5.5 2 2.2 0.5- 9.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 181 157 81.6 70.8-89.0 11 5.2 2.5-10.6 6 9.0 3.4-21.8 2 1.5 0.4- 6.1 5 2.6 0.9- 7.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 406 361 86.7 81.3-90.8 15 4.7 2.5- 8.5 19 5.2 3.0- 9.0 6 2.5 0.8- 7.6 5 0.8 0.3- 2.1
Some Post-H.S. 324 292 89.8 84.5-93.5 10 3.6 1.5- 8.6 13 4.9 2.6- 9.0 0 0.0 . - . 9 1.7 0.8- 3.4
College Graduate 366 341 93.4 90.0-95.7 12 3.2 1.7- 6.1 8 2.3 1.1- 4.9 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 142 113 77.7 65.0-86.7 6 4.0 1.7- 9.0 11 6.2 3.1-11.8 3 6.6 1.3-27.2 9 5.6 2.4-12.5
$15,000- 24,999 228 201 82.6 73.5-89.1 13 8.2 4.4-14.6 9 7.5 3.1-17.1 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 4 1.3 0.5- 3.6
$25,000- 34,999 151 136 87.0 77.4-92.9 5 2.2 0.7- 6.4 7 8.7 3.9-18.5 2 1.7 0.4- 6.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9
$35,000- 49,999 201 184 91.6 85.9-95.1 5 2.4 0.9- 6.5 8 4.3 1.9- 9.4 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 3 1.4 0.5- 4.4
$50,000-74,999 182 169 91.1 83.9-95.3 6 3.6 1.3- 9.6 5 4.5 1.7-11.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4
$75,000+ 218 207 96.0 92.4-98.0 7 2.0 0.8- 4.6 4 2.0 0.7- 5.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 466 385 79.2 73.6-83.9 23 6.6 3.9-11.0 32 7.8 5.1-11.6 9 3.3 1.4- 7.9 17 3.1 1.8- 5.3
No 802 759 93.3 90.2-95.4 24 2.8 1.7- 4.6 14 3.5 1.8- 6.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 4 0.3 0.1- 0.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 187 171 92.3 87.3-95.5 5 2.5 0.9- 6.3 8 4.3 2.0- 8.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0
Non-Veteran 1,093 983 88.1 85.1-90.6 43 4.3 2.9- 6.3 38 4.9 3.3- 7.4 9 1.3 0.5- 3.1 20 1.3 0.8- 2.2

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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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