2014 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 7,254 1,430 19.0 17.9-20.2 5,824 81.0 79.8-82.1
-Eastern NC 2,261 451 19.0 17.1-21.0 1,810 81.0 79.0-82.9
GENDER
Male 939 146 15.4 12.7-18.5 793 84.6 81.5-87.3
Female 1,322 305 22.2 19.6-25.0 1,017 77.8 75.0-80.4
RACE
White 1,465 314 21.5 19.0-24.3 1,151 78.5 75.7-81.0
African American 576 93 13.1 10.4-16.5 483 86.9 83.5-89.6
Other minorities 194 37 18.6 12.2-27.3 157 81.4 72.7-87.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 128 20 13.9 8.6-21.8 108 86.1 78.2-91.4
Non-Hispanic 2,122 427 19.2 17.2-21.4 1,695 80.8 78.6-82.8
AGE
18-34 398 67 17.1 13.3-21.7 331 82.9 78.3-86.7
35-54 614 119 18.7 15.4-22.6 495 81.3 77.4-84.6
55-64 522 135 23.9 20.1-28.3 387 76.1 71.7-79.9
65-74 423 78 19.2 14.9-24.5 345 80.8 75.5-85.1
75+ 283 48 17.1 12.6-22.7 235 82.9 77.3-87.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 292 59 20.6 15.4-27.0 233 79.4 73.0-84.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 692 148 19.5 16.2-23.2 544 80.5 76.8-83.8
Some Post-H.S. 641 127 18.5 15.2-22.2 514 81.5 77.8-84.8
College Graduate 627 117 18.0 14.7-21.8 510 82.0 78.2-85.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 284 83 26.8 21.0-33.4 201 73.2 66.6-79.0
$15,000- 24,999 375 87 20.7 16.3-25.9 288 79.3 74.1-83.7
$25,000- 34,999 247 51 20.3 14.7-27.4 196 79.7 72.6-85.3
$35,000- 49,999 267 51 19.0 13.9-25.5 216 81.0 74.5-86.1
$50,000+ 648 103 15.8 12.5-19.7 545 84.2 80.3-87.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 654 242 38.0 33.4-42.8 412 62.0 57.2-66.6
No 1,522 192 12.5 10.5-14.7 1,330 87.5 85.3-89.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 374 67 19.7 15.0-25.3 307 80.3 74.7-85.0
Non-Veteran 1,884 383 18.8 16.7-21.1 1,501 81.2 78.9-83.3
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,887 372 18.8 16.7-21.1 1,515 81.2 78.9-83.3
No 374 79 19.9 15.6-25.0 295 80.1 75.0-84.4

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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