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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Anxiety & Depression

Has a doctor or other healthcare provider EVER told you that you have an anxiety disorder
(including acute stress disorder, anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic attacks,
panic disorder, phobia, post-traumatic stress disorder, or social anxiety disorder)?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,792 870 11.8 10.6-13.1 5,922 88.2 86.9-89.4
-Western NC 1,306 181 13.8 11.5-16.4 1,125 86.2 83.6-88.5
GENDER
Male 483 48 10.9 7.8-15.1 435 89.1 84.9-92.2
Female 823 133 16.5 13.4-20.0 690 83.5 80.0-86.6
RACE
White 1,222 174 14.5 12.1-17.3 1,048 85.5 82.7-87.9
African American 40 1 2.8 0.4-17.9 39 97.2 82.1-99.6
Other Minorities 41 6 9.6 3.6-23.2 35 90.4 76.8-96.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 23 4 10.1 3.1-28.5 19 89.9 71.5-96.9
Non-Hispanic 1,282 177 13.9 11.6-16.6 1,105 86.1 83.4-88.4
AGE
18-24 36 6 14.1 5.3-32.7 30 85.9 67.3-94.7
25-34 94 20 23.5 14.4-36.0 74 76.5 64.0-85.6
35-44 194 26 11.9 7.7-17.8 168 88.1 82.2-92.3
45-54 244 45 16.7 12.2-22.4 199 83.3 77.6-87.8
55-64 303 43 12.5 9.1-16.8 260 87.5 83.2-90.9
65-74 241 28 10.0 6.7-14.6 213 90.0 85.4-93.3
75+ 187 13 7.9 4.3-14.3 174 92.1 85.7-95.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 193 29 14.9 9.5-22.4 164 85.1 77.6-90.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 413 56 14.3 10.2-19.7 357 85.7 80.3-89.8
Some Post-H.S. 329 54 15.0 10.8-20.5 275 85.0 79.5-89.2
College Graduate 368 42 11.7 8.2-16.5 326 88.3 83.5-91.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 150 38 25.2 17.7-34.6 112 74.8 65.4-82.3
$15,000- 24,999 230 46 20.6 14.2-28.9 184 79.4 71.1-85.8
$25,000- 34,999 153 17 12.2 6.6-21.5 136 87.8 78.5-93.4
$35,000- 49,999 203 19 10.5 6.1-17.5 184 89.5 82.5-93.9
$50,000-74,999 185 26 13.3 8.4-20.2 159 86.7 79.8-91.6
$75,000+ 219 15 6.0 3.5-10.2 204 94.0 89.8-96.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 484 115 25.7 20.8-31.3 369 74.3 68.7-79.2
No 810 64 7.9 5.9-10.6 746 92.1 89.4-94.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 192 25 12.1 7.4-19.0 167 87.9 81.0-92.6
Non-Veteran 1,114 156 14.1 11.6-17.0 958 85.9 83.0-88.4

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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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