2015 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 6,673 1,283 18.8 17.7-19.9 5,390 81.2 80.1-82.3
-Eastern 2,195 420 19.1 17.2-21.3 1,775 80.9 78.7-82.8
GENDER
Male 931 126 13.4 10.9-16.3 805 86.6 83.7-89.1
Female 1,264 294 24.8 21.9-27.9 970 75.2 72.1-78.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 1,352 273 20.4 17.9-23.1 1,079 79.6 76.9-82.1
Non-Hispanic Black 572 95 16.6 13.1-20.8 477 83.4 79.2-86.9
Other 238 47 19.0 13.6-25.9 191 81.0 74.1-86.4
AGE
18-34 394 68 16.2 12.6-20.7 326 83.8 79.3-87.4
35-44 297 63 22.1 16.8-28.4 234 77.9 71.6-83.2
45-54 370 90 24.9 20.1-30.3 280 75.1 69.7-79.9
55-64 485 97 21.3 17.2-26.1 388 78.7 73.9-82.8
65-74 365 72 19.4 15.0-24.6 293 80.6 75.4-85.0
75+ 256 28 10.0 6.5-15.1 228 90.0 84.9-93.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 248 62 23.7 17.8-30.7 186 76.3 69.3-82.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 709 126 15.9 13.0-19.3 583 84.1 80.7-87.0
Some Post-H.S. 654 145 22.9 19.3-26.9 509 77.1 73.1-80.7
College Graduate 576 86 13.9 11.0-17.4 490 86.1 82.6-89.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 241 74 31.9 24.9-39.8 167 68.1 60.2-75.1
$15,000- 24,999 396 97 24.0 19.2-29.5 299 76.0 70.5-80.8
$25,000- 34,999 185 35 17.0 11.2-24.9 150 83.0 75.1-88.8
$35,000- 49,999 241 39 12.8 8.8-18.3 202 87.2 81.7-91.2
$50,000- 74,999 276 36 12.8 8.6-18.4 240 87.2 81.6-91.4
$75,000+ 401 55 15.9 11.9-20.9 346 84.1 79.1-88.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 658 237 38.8 34.2-43.5 421 61.2 56.5-65.8
No 1,484 175 11.8 9.9-14.0 1,309 88.2 86.0-90.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 367 56 14.8 11.0-19.7 311 85.2 80.3-89.0
Non-Veteran 1,823 364 20.1 17.9-22.4 1,459 79.9 77.6-82.1
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 166 27 16.6 10.8-24.6 139 83.4 75.4-89.2
Regional City or Suburban 295 63 19.7 15.0-25.5 232 80.3 74.5-85.0
Rural 1,734 330 19.3 17.1-21.7 1,404 80.7 78.3-82.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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