2013 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,
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
-Piedmont NC 5,149 1,019 18.1 16.7-19.5 4,130 81.9 80.5-83.3
GENDER
Male 2,030 267 11.8 10.2-13.6 1,763 88.2 86.4-89.8
Female 3,119 752 23.7 21.7-25.9 2,367 76.3 74.1-78.3
RACE
White 3,718 782 20.2 18.6-22.0 2,936 79.8 78.0-81.4
African American 1,004 182 15.0 12.4-18.0 822 85.0 82.0-87.6
Other minorities 351 43 9.9 6.9-13.9 308 90.1 86.1-93.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 318 42 11.6 8.3-16.1 276 88.4 83.9-91.7
Non-Hispanic 4,800 967 18.5 17.1-20.0 3,833 81.5 80.0-82.9
AGE
18-34 831 120 15.1 12.5-18.1 711 84.9 81.9-87.5
35-54 1,604 339 19.0 16.8-21.4 1,265 81.0 78.6-83.2
55-64 1,011 272 23.5 20.5-26.9 739 76.5 73.1-79.5
65-74 902 168 18.6 15.2-22.6 734 81.4 77.4-84.8
75+ 751 113 14.9 12.0-18.5 638 85.1 81.5-88.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 667 150 21.6 17.8-25.9 517 78.4 74.1-82.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,381 284 17.1 14.7-19.7 1,097 82.9 80.3-85.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,350 332 22.4 19.7-25.4 1,018 77.6 74.6-80.3
College Graduate 1,745 252 12.1 10.3-14.1 1,493 87.9 85.9-89.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 561 212 35.8 30.5-41.4 349 64.2 58.6-69.5
$15,000- 24,999 883 233 24.2 20.7-28.0 650 75.8 72.0-79.3
$25,000- 34,999 475 90 17.3 13.4-22.0 385 82.7 78.0-86.6
$35,000- 49,999 600 108 17.9 14.3-22.3 492 82.1 77.7-85.7
$50,000+ 1,608 212 11.7 9.9-13.7 1,396 88.3 86.3-90.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,350 540 42.4 38.8-46.2 810 57.6 53.8-61.2
No 3,727 460 11.5 10.2-12.9 3,267 88.5 87.1-89.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 576 94 16.5 12.9-20.7 482 83.5 79.3-87.1
Non-Veteran 4,570 925 18.3 16.8-19.8 3,645 81.7 80.2-83.2
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,865 363 19.3 17.0-22.0 1,502 80.7 78.0-83.0
No 3,284 656 17.6 16.0-19.3 2,628 82.4 80.7-84.0

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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.

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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