2012 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Chronic Health Conditions

Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional EVER told you that -

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 11,848 2,212 17.5 16.7-18.5 9,636 82.5 81.5-83.3
-Eastern NC 3,902 727 16.8 15.4-18.4 3,175 83.2 81.6-84.6
GENDER
Male 1,495 210 12.9 10.9-15.2 1,285 87.1 84.8-89.1
Female 2,407 517 20.6 18.5-22.8 1,890 79.4 77.2-81.5
RACE
White 2,438 485 18.8 16.9-20.8 1,953 81.2 79.2-83.1
African American 870 133 12.7 10.1-15.8 737 87.3 84.2-89.9
Other minorities 560 100 14.9 10.8-20.3 460 85.1 79.7-89.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 206 25 10.2 6.3-16.3 181 89.8 83.7-93.7
Non-Hispanic 3,685 699 17.3 15.8-19.0 2,986 82.7 81.0-84.2
AGE
18-34 630 93 15.6 12.5-19.4 537 84.4 80.6-87.5
35-54 1,166 233 17.2 14.7-19.9 933 82.8 80.1-85.3
55-64 823 193 20.3 17.2-23.7 630 79.7 76.3-82.8
65-74 719 129 16.4 13.1-20.3 590 83.6 79.7-86.9
75+ 518 72 13.9 10.6-17.9 446 86.1 82.1-89.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 506 109 21.5 17.0-26.8 397 78.5 73.2-83.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,185 231 17.1 14.6-19.9 954 82.9 80.1-85.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,087 205 16.0 13.4-18.9 882 84.0 81.1-86.6
College Graduate 1,110 179 13.9 11.6-16.5 931 86.1 83.5-88.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 515 164 26.5 21.7-31.9 351 73.5 68.1-78.3
$15,000- 24,999 686 151 21.3 17.6-25.6 535 78.7 74.4-82.4
$25,000- 34,999 440 84 14.8 11.1-19.3 356 85.2 80.7-88.9
$35,000- 49,999 494 93 17.6 13.8-22.2 401 82.4 77.8-86.2
$50,000+ 1,084 125 10.9 8.8-13.3 959 89.1 86.7-91.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,136 417 37.0 33.3-40.9 719 63.0 59.1-66.7
No 2,712 298 10.5 9.1-12.1 2,414 89.5 87.9-90.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 585 98 14.0 11.0-17.6 487 86.0 82.4-89.0
Non-Veteran 3,315 629 17.4 15.7-19.1 2,686 82.6 80.9-84.3

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 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.

**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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