2014 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 7,254 1,430 19.0 17.9-20.2 5,824 81.0 79.8-82.1
-Piedmont NC 3,988 756 18.4 17.0-19.9 3,232 81.6 80.1-83.0
GENDER
Male 1,728 225 13.2 11.4-15.3 1,503 86.8 84.7-88.6
Female 2,260 531 23.4 21.3-25.6 1,729 76.6 74.4-78.7
RACE
White 2,785 583 21.0 19.2-22.9 2,202 79.0 77.1-80.8
African American 817 118 12.9 10.5-15.8 699 87.1 84.2-89.5
Other minorities 331 49 14.1 10.1-19.2 282 85.9 80.8-89.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 324 45 13.1 9.6-17.7 279 86.9 82.3-90.4
Non-Hispanic 3,634 708 19.1 17.6-20.7 2,926 80.9 79.3-82.4
AGE
18-34 745 121 16.8 13.9-20.2 624 83.2 79.8-86.1
35-54 1,200 236 19.1 16.7-21.7 964 80.9 78.3-83.3
55-64 765 171 21.0 18.0-24.3 594 79.0 75.7-82.0
65-74 702 150 22.1 18.6-26.0 552 77.9 74.0-81.4
75+ 505 74 13.7 10.7-17.3 431 86.3 82.7-89.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 492 112 22.0 17.9-26.8 380 78.0 73.2-82.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,006 200 17.3 14.8-20.1 806 82.7 79.9-85.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,010 213 21.5 18.7-24.7 797 78.5 75.3-81.3
College Graduate 1,461 230 14.2 12.3-16.3 1,231 85.8 83.7-87.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 444 151 33.6 28.6-39.1 293 66.4 60.9-71.4
$15,000- 24,999 623 146 21.7 18.1-25.7 477 78.3 74.3-81.9
$25,000- 34,999 356 69 19.9 15.2-25.5 287 80.1 74.5-84.8
$35,000- 49,999 434 76 16.0 12.2-20.7 358 84.0 79.3-87.8
$50,000+ 1,340 190 14.5 12.3-17.0 1,150 85.5 83.0-87.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 974 372 40.2 36.5-44.1 602 59.8 55.9-63.5
No 2,868 359 12.6 11.2-14.1 2,509 87.4 85.9-88.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 471 77 17.5 13.7-22.1 394 82.5 77.9-86.3
Non-Veteran 3,507 677 18.6 17.1-20.2 2,830 81.4 79.8-82.9
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,518 299 19.2 16.9-21.7 1,219 80.8 78.3-83.1
No 2,470 457 18.0 16.2-19.9 2,013 82.0 80.1-83.8

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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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