2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions-WHITES

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
-WHITES 8,776 1,738 19.2 18.0-20.6 7,038 80.8 79.4-82.0
GENDER
Male 3,349 475 13.8 12.1-15.7 2,874 86.2 84.3-87.9
Female 5,427 1,263 24.2 22.4-26.2 4,164 75.8 73.8-77.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 158 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 8,607 1,701 19.0 17.7-20.3 6,906 81.0 79.7-82.3
AGE
18-34 877 152 16.6 13.6-20.2 725 83.4 79.8-86.4
35-44 1,088 232 22.0 18.7-25.6 856 78.0 74.4-81.3
45-54 1,535 401 23.3 20.5-26.4 1,134 76.7 73.6-79.5
55-64 1,945 488 22.2 19.7-24.8 1,457 77.8 75.2-80.3
65-74 1,767 284 16.2 13.7-19.0 1,483 83.8 81.0-86.3
75+ 1,481 175 12.4 10.1-15.1 1,306 87.6 84.9-89.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 916 242 26.1 21.8-30.9 674 73.9 69.1-78.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,441 463 17.9 15.7-20.5 1,978 82.1 79.5-84.3
Some Post-H.S. 2,253 495 20.7 18.3-23.4 1,758 79.3 76.6-81.7
College Graduate 3,146 535 15.3 13.6-17.2 2,611 84.7 82.8-86.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 853 306 34.3 29.4-39.4 547 65.7 60.6-70.6
$15,000- 24,999 1,319 311 27.1 23.0-31.5 1,008 72.9 68.5-77.0
$25,000- 34,999 838 178 19.8 16.2-23.9 660 80.2 76.1-83.8
$35,000- 49,999 1,100 200 17.0 14.2-20.4 900 83.0 79.6-85.8
$50,000- 74,999 1,147 207 17.0 13.7-20.8 940 83.0 79.2-86.3
$75,000+ 1,947 258 11.8 10.0-13.8 1,689 88.2 86.2-90.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,676 921 38.4 35.4-41.5 1,755 61.6 58.5-64.6
No 5,717 752 12.6 11.3-14.0 4,965 87.4 86.0-88.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,304 191 16.7 13.6-20.2 1,113 83.3 79.8-86.4
Non-Veteran 7,471 1,547 19.6 18.2-21.1 5,924 80.4 78.9-81.8

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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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