2014 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions-Whites

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
-Whites 5,162 1,108 21.5 20.1-22.9 4,054 78.5 77.1-79.9
GENDER
Male 2,226 331 15.4 13.6-17.4 1,895 84.6 82.6-86.4
Female 2,936 777 27.1 25.2-29.2 2,159 72.9 70.8-74.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 181 28 14.8 9.8-21.8 153 85.2 78.2-90.2
Non-Hispanic 4,968 1,078 21.8 20.4-23.2 3,890 78.2 76.8-79.6
AGE
18-34 752 149 21.0 17.8-24.5 603 79.0 75.5-82.2
35-44 587 130 21.4 18.0-25.4 457 78.6 74.6-82.0
45-54 743 174 22.0 18.8-25.6 569 78.0 74.4-81.2
55-64 1,113 298 25.7 22.9-28.6 815 74.3 71.4-77.1
65-74 1,108 229 21.9 19.1-25.0 879 78.1 75.0-80.9
75+ 804 124 15.1 12.6-18.1 680 84.9 81.9-87.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 512 149 29.4 24.8-34.5 363 70.6 65.5-75.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,359 310 21.0 18.6-23.7 1,049 79.0 76.3-81.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,382 308 22.6 20.1-25.4 1,074 77.4 74.6-79.9
College Graduate 1,894 340 17.1 15.2-19.1 1,554 82.9 80.9-84.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 461 178 39.6 34.2-45.2 283 60.4 54.8-65.8
$15,000- 24,999 725 221 28.9 25.2-33.1 504 71.1 66.9-74.8
$25,000- 34,999 474 113 24.2 19.7-29.4 361 75.8 70.6-80.3
$35,000- 49,999 624 118 19.3 15.6-23.6 506 80.7 76.4-84.4
$50,000- 74,999 625 111 18.6 14.9-22.9 514 81.4 77.1-85.1
$75,000+ 1,229 185 14.9 12.7-17.5 1,044 85.1 82.5-87.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,438 555 40.6 37.5-43.8 883 59.4 56.2-62.5
No 3,580 522 15.0 13.6-16.5 3,058 85.0 83.5-86.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 778 118 17.2 14.1-20.9 660 82.8 79.1-85.9
Non-Veteran 4,380 986 22.1 20.7-23.7 3,394 77.9 76.3-79.3
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 3,084 683 22.2 20.4-24.1 2,401 77.8 75.9-79.6
No 2,078 425 20.5 18.4-22.7 1,653 79.5 77.3-81.6

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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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