2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions-FEMALES

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,
dysthymia, 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
-FEMALES 7,195 1,573 21.8 20.3-23.4 5,622 78.2 76.6-79.7
RACE
White 5,427 1,263 24.2 22.4-26.2 4,164 75.8 73.8-77.6
African American 1,233 207 16.0 13.1-19.3 1,026 84.0 80.7-86.9
Other Minorities 484 100 17.2 12.8-22.7 384 82.8 77.3-87.2
AGE
18-34 837 149 18.0 14.7-21.8 688 82.0 78.2-85.3
35-44 959 220 23.7 20.1-27.8 739 76.3 72.2-79.9
45-54 1,298 360 27.6 24.2-31.3 938 72.4 68.7-75.8
55-64 1,525 435 28.3 25.1-31.8 1,090 71.7 68.2-74.9
65-74 1,321 249 18.1 15.3-21.2 1,072 81.9 78.8-84.7
75+ 1,153 154 13.6 11.0-16.8 999 86.4 83.2-89.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 889 247 28.3 23.7-33.4 642 71.7 66.6-76.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,071 438 20.6 18.0-23.6 1,633 79.4 76.4-82.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,903 461 23.7 20.9-26.7 1,442 76.3 73.3-79.1
College Graduate 2,318 425 16.7 14.7-19.1 1,893 83.3 80.9-85.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 968 328 31.1 26.7-35.9 640 68.9 64.1-73.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,250 301 27.9 23.8-32.3 949 72.1 67.7-76.2
$25,000- 34,999 680 150 20.2 16.3-24.7 530 79.8 75.3-83.7
$35,000- 49,999 829 169 20.4 16.5-24.8 660 79.6 75.2-83.5
$50,000- 74,999 758 149 19.0 15.0-23.7 609 81.0 76.3-85.0
$75,000+ 1,232 195 14.2 11.7-17.1 1,037 85.8 82.9-88.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,225 820 40.2 36.9-43.6 1,405 59.8 56.4-63.1
No 4,635 679 14.8 13.3-16.5 3,956 85.2 83.5-86.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 148 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 7,045 1,526 21.5 20.0-23.1 5,519 78.5 76.9-80.0

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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).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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