2014 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 7,254 1,430 19.0 17.9-20.2 5,824 81.0 79.8-82.1
GENDER
Male 3,093 436 14.0 12.6-15.6 2,657 86.0 84.4-87.4
Female 4,161 994 23.6 22.1-25.3 3,167 76.4 74.7-77.9
RACE/ETHNICITY
Non-Hispanic White 4,927 1,066 21.7 20.3-23.1 3,861 78.3 76.9-79.7
Non-Hispanic Black 1,377 202 12.6 10.8-14.7 1,175 87.4 85.3-89.2
Non-Hispanic Am Indian 114 27 22.1 14.5-32.1 87 77.9 67.9-85.5
Non-Hispanic Other 251 54 21.1 14.9-28.9 197 78.9 71.1-85.1
Hispanic 501 68 12.6 9.7-16.1 433 87.4 83.9-90.3
AGE
18-34 1,263 211 17.2 14.9-19.7 1,052 82.8 80.3-85.1
35-44 953 172 17.4 14.9-20.2 781 82.6 79.8-85.1
45-54 1,099 237 21.2 18.6-24.1 862 78.8 75.9-81.4
55-64 1,509 375 23.3 21.0-25.7 1,134 76.7 74.3-79.0
65-74 1,369 282 21.3 18.8-24.1 1,087 78.7 75.9-81.2
75+ 958 142 14.0 11.7-16.6 816 86.0 83.4-88.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 919 209 22.6 19.4-26.1 710 77.4 73.9-80.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,992 417 18.7 16.8-20.7 1,575 81.3 79.3-83.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,914 397 20.5 18.4-22.7 1,517 79.5 77.3-81.6
College Graduate 2,394 406 15.5 13.9-17.2 1,988 84.5 82.8-86.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 846 281 32.2 28.5-36.1 565 67.8 63.9-71.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,187 294 22.7 20.0-25.6 893 77.3 74.4-80.0
$25,000- 34,999 702 144 20.4 16.9-24.3 558 79.6 75.7-83.1
$35,000- 49,999 845 148 16.9 14.0-20.3 697 83.1 79.7-86.0
$50,000-74,999 789 132 16.8 13.7-20.4 657 83.2 79.6-86.3
$75,000+ 1,451 198 13.7 11.7-16.0 1,253 86.3 84.0-88.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,934 742 39.8 37.2-42.6 1,192 60.2 57.4-62.8
No 5,068 639 12.6 11.6-13.8 4,429 87.4 86.2-88.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 993 164 17.8 15.1-21.0 829 82.2 79.0-84.9
Non-Veteran 6,247 1,262 19.2 18.0-20.4 4,985 80.8 79.6-82.0
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 4,228 852 19.5 18.1-21.0 3,376 80.5 79.0-81.9
No 3,026 578 18.4 16.8-20.2 2,448 81.6 79.8-83.2

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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.

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