2013 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 8,829 1,766 18.7 17.6-19.8 7,063 81.3 80.2-82.4
-FEMALES 5,384 1,289 24.1 22.6-25.8 4,095 75.9 74.2-77.4
RACE
White 3,727 973 27.5 25.5-29.5 2,754 72.5 70.5-74.5
African American 1,107 208 17.0 14.2-20.2 899 83.0 79.8-85.8
Other Minorities 475 96 16.4 12.0-22.0 379 83.6 78.0-88.0
AGE
18-34 761 155 20.6 17.4-24.3 606 79.4 75.7-82.6
35-44 656 164 25.9 22.0-30.3 492 74.1 69.7-78.0
45-54 894 265 28.0 24.3-32.1 629 72.0 67.9-75.7
55-64 1,097 332 29.7 26.3-33.4 765 70.3 66.6-73.7
65-74 1,025 232 23.9 20.3-27.9 793 76.1 72.1-79.7
75+ 889 130 15.1 12.2-18.4 759 84.9 81.6-87.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 682 187 30.3 25.6-35.5 495 69.7 64.5-74.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,494 349 22.4 19.7-25.3 1,145 77.6 74.7-80.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,549 448 27.8 24.9-30.9 1,101 72.2 69.1-75.1
College Graduate 1,654 305 17.0 14.7-19.4 1,349 83.0 80.6-85.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 733 283 40.0 34.9-45.3 450 60.0 54.7-65.1
$15,000- 24,999 969 282 30.0 26.1-34.2 687 70.0 65.8-73.9
$25,000- 34,999 536 135 28.1 23.0-33.8 401 71.9 66.2-77.0
$35,000- 49,999 626 131 21.4 17.4-26.0 495 78.6 74.0-82.6
$50,000- 74,999 537 101 18.2 14.5-22.7 436 81.8 77.3-85.5
$75,000+ 841 143 16.2 13.3-19.7 698 83.8 80.3-86.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,596 686 46.7 43.2-50.4 910 53.3 49.6-56.8
No 3,715 584 16.9 15.3-18.6 3,131 83.1 81.4-84.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 5,259 1,252 23.9 22.3-25.5 4,007 76.1 74.5-77.7
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 2,832 674 25.0 22.8-27.3 2,158 75.0 72.7-77.2
No 2,552 615 23.2 21.1-25.6 1,937 76.8 74.4-78.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 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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