2011 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that you had any of the following?

(Ever told) you have a depressive disorder, including depression, major depression,
dysth ymia, or minor depression?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,486 2,151 17.5 16.4-18.6 9,335 82.5 81.4-83.6
-Eastern NC 3,124 570 15.3 13.5-17.3 2,554 84.7 82.7-86.5
GENDER
Male 1,093 133 9.2 7.3-11.7 960 90.8 88.3-92.7
Female 2,031 437 21.0 18.2-24.1 1,594 79.0 75.9-81.8
RACE
White 2,090 417 16.9 14.6-19.5 1,673 83.1 80.5-85.4
African American 694 95 10.3 7.5-13.9 599 89.7 86.1-92.5
Other minorities 319 53 16.8 10.8-25.1 266 83.2 74.9-89.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 163 28 12.6 7.0-21.7 135 87.4 78.3-93.0
Non-Hispanic 2,951 540 15.4 13.5-17.5 2,411 84.6 82.5-86.5
AGE
18-34 469 70 10.6 7.6-14.7 399 89.4 85.3-92.4
35-54 941 192 17.8 14.5-21.6 749 82.2 78.4-85.5
55-64 690 164 22.2 17.9-27.2 526 77.8 72.8-82.1
65-74 540 87 15.3 11.2-20.4 453 84.7 79.6-88.8
75+ 451 54 11.1 7.5-16.0 397 88.9 84.0-92.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 440 91 15.0 11.0-20.2 349 85.0 79.8-89.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 975 176 14.9 11.8-18.7 799 85.1 81.3-88.2
Some Post-H.S. 844 183 19.1 15.5-23.3 661 80.9 76.7-84.5
College Graduate 860 119 9.2 7.2-11.7 741 90.8 88.3-92.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 433 122 24.3 18.7-30.9 311 75.7 69.1-81.3
$15,000- 24,999 523 100 17.7 13.2-23.4 423 82.3 76.6-86.8
$25,000- 34,999 301 49 11.2 7.4-16.7 252 88.8 83.3-92.6
$35,000- 49,999 428 62 13.4 9.3-18.9 366 86.6 81.1-90.7
$50,000+ 881 124 11.9 9.1-15.3 757 88.1 84.7-90.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 968 322 32.2 27.6-37.2 646 67.8 62.8-72.4
No 2,005 220 9.6 7.8-11.7 1,785 90.4 88.3-92.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 505 72 13.0 9.3-17.8 433 87.0 82.2-90.7
Non-Veteran 2,617 498 15.8 13.8-18.0 2,119 84.2 82.0-86.2

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).

**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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