2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 6,289 1,214 18.5 17.3-19.7 5,075 81.5 80.3-82.7
No 941 213 22.0 19.1-25.3 728 78.0 74.7-80.9
Body Mass Index
Underweight 104 31 24.2 15.6-35.5 73 75.8 64.5-84.4
Recommended Range 2,136 361 16.5 14.6-18.6 1,775 83.5 81.4-85.4
Overweight 2,383 429 17.8 16.0-19.8 1,954 82.2 80.2-84.0
Obese 1,974 504 23.7 21.5-26.0 1,470 76.3 74.0-78.5
Current Smoker
Yes 1,160 350 28.9 25.9-32.1 810 71.1 67.9-74.1
No 5,795 1,038 16.9 15.7-18.1 4,757 83.1 81.9-84.3
History of CVD**
Yes 956 270 29.6 26.1-33.4 686 70.4 66.6-73.9
No 6,230 1,138 17.8 16.6-19.0 5,092 82.2 81.0-83.4
Binge Drinker
Yes 697 143 18.6 15.4-22.2 554 81.4 77.8-84.6
No 6,073 1,206 19.1 17.9-20.3 4,867 80.9 79.7-82.1
Heavy Drinker
Yes 310 72 20.7 15.8-26.7 238 79.3 73.3-84.2
No 6,467 1,282 19.0 17.9-20.2 5,185 81.0 79.8-82.1
COPD
Yes 644 259 41.0 36.4-45.8 385 59.0 54.2-63.6
No 6,578 1,163 17.2 16.1-18.3 5,415 82.8 81.7-83.9
Current Asthma
Yes 566 215 37.1 32.2-42.4 351 62.9 57.6-67.8
No 6,652 1,202 17.4 16.3-18.5 5,450 82.6 81.5-83.7
Diabetes
Yes 978 279 29.6 26.2-33.3 699 70.4 66.7-73.8
No 6,267 1,148 17.7 16.6-18.9 5,119 82.3 81.1-83.4
Disability
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
Has two or more chronic diseases
Yes 2,412 1,034 46.6 44.1-49.1 1,378 53.4 50.9-55.9
No 4,842 396 9.2 8.2-10.2 4,446 90.8 89.8-91.8

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

#Chronic diseases include heart disease (heart attack/stoke/angina), current asthma, skin cancer, other cancer, COPD, arthritis, depression, kidney disease and diabetes.

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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