2012 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 6,339 1,172 17.5 16.3-18.8 5,167 82.5 81.2-83.7
GENDER
Male 2,512 359 13.8 12.2-15.6 2,153 86.2 84.4-87.8
Female 3,827 813 20.9 19.2-22.6 3,014 79.1 77.4-80.8
RACE
White 4,600 892 18.8 17.4-20.3 3,708 81.2 79.7-82.6
African American 1,191 194 15.5 13.0-18.4 997 84.5 81.6-87.0
Other minorities 491 80 13.4 10.1-17.4 411 86.6 82.6-89.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 413 56 13.0 9.7-17.1 357 87.0 82.9-90.3
Non-Hispanic 5,904 1,113 17.9 16.6-19.2 4,791 82.1 80.8-83.4
AGE
18-34 1,163 193 16.3 13.9-19.0 970 83.7 81.0-86.1
35-54 2,090 440 19.3 17.3-21.4 1,650 80.7 78.6-82.7
55-64 1,181 277 21.6 18.8-24.7 904 78.4 75.3-81.2
65-74 1,038 174 15.1 12.6-18.0 864 84.9 82.0-87.4
75+ 799 84 9.7 7.4-12.5 715 90.3 87.5-92.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 773 180 25.0 21.0-29.4 593 75.0 70.6-79.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,741 336 17.7 15.6-20.0 1,405 82.3 80.0-84.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,704 352 17.9 15.8-20.3 1,352 82.1 79.7-84.2
College Graduate 2,099 302 12.4 10.8-14.2 1,797 87.6 85.8-89.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 699 257 34.7 30.3-39.3 442 65.3 60.7-69.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,055 223 20.1 17.1-23.4 832 79.9 76.6-82.9
$25,000- 34,999 651 120 15.9 12.8-19.5 531 84.1 80.5-87.2
$35,000- 49,999 763 131 16.5 13.4-20.1 632 83.5 79.9-86.6
$50,000+ 2,076 260 11.6 9.9-13.6 1,816 88.4 86.4-90.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,576 608 40.6 37.4-43.9 968 59.4 56.1-62.6
No 4,701 552 11.6 10.5-12.9 4,149 88.4 87.1-89.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 772 116 14.4 11.6-17.7 656 85.6 82.3-88.4
Non-Veteran 5,564 1,055 17.9 16.6-19.2 4,509 82.1 80.8-83.4

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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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