2011 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 6,414 1,163 17.6 16.2-19.1 5,251 82.4 80.9-83.8
GENDER
Male 2,454 319 13.3 11.3-15.6 2,135 86.7 84.4-88.7
Female 3,960 844 21.7 19.7-23.7 3,116 78.3 76.3-80.3
RACE
White 4,895 948 19.8 18.1-21.7 3,947 80.2 78.3-81.9
African American 1,072 153 13.5 10.8-16.8 919 86.5 83.2-89.2
Other minorities 397 59 12.0 8.4-16.9 338 88.0 83.1-91.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 314 49 14.5 9.3-21.7 265 85.5 78.3-90.7
Non-Hispanic 6,082 1,113 18.0 16.5-19.5 4,969 82.0 80.5-83.5
AGE
18-34 791 109 14.4 11.4-17.9 682 85.6 82.1-88.6
35-54 2,139 451 19.9 17.7-22.4 1,688 80.1 77.6-82.3
55-64 1,314 319 22.4 19.4-25.8 995 77.6 74.2-80.6
65-74 1,158 178 15.9 12.6-19.8 980 84.1 80.2-87.4
75+ 929 100 12.7 9.7-16.6 829 87.3 83.4-90.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 731 180 23.1 18.8-28.0 551 76.9 72.0-81.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,736 305 17.7 14.9-20.8 1,431 82.3 79.2-85.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,530 303 17.6 14.9-20.5 1,227 82.4 79.5-85.1
College Graduate 2,394 371 14.6 12.7-16.8 2,023 85.4 83.2-87.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 647 208 30.0 24.9-35.7 439 70.0 64.3-75.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,052 229 22.7 18.8-27.2 823 77.3 72.8-81.2
$25,000- 34,999 577 121 17.9 14.1-22.5 456 82.1 77.5-85.9
$35,000- 49,999 751 122 15.3 12.1-19.3 629 84.7 80.7-87.9
$50,000+ 2,253 309 12.4 10.6-14.6 1,944 87.6 85.4-89.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,743 570 36.3 32.6-40.1 1,173 63.7 59.9-67.4
No 4,353 541 12.1 10.7-13.7 3,812 87.9 86.3-89.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 807 121 19.1 15.0-24.0 686 80.9 76.0-85.0
Non-Veteran 5,604 1,042 17.5 16.0-19.1 4,562 82.5 80.9-84.0

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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).

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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