2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions-Non-Hispanic Black

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
-Non-Hispanic Black 1,305 210 15.8 13.6-18.3 1,095 84.2 81.7-86.4
GENDER
Male 488 66 13.2 10.1-17.1 422 86.8 82.9-89.9
Female 817 144 18.0 15.0-21.4 673 82.0 78.6-85.0
AGE
18-34 251 34 12.6 8.8-17.7 217 87.4 82.3-91.2
35-44 217 39 16.7 11.9-22.8 178 83.3 77.2-88.1
45-54 258 53 19.5 14.6-25.6 205 80.5 74.4-85.4
55-64 282 55 23.9 17.7-31.5 227 76.1 68.5-82.3
65-74 182 21 11.4 7.2-17.6 161 88.6 82.4-92.8
75+ 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 162 38 22.5 15.5-31.5 124 77.5 68.5-84.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 477 74 14.7 11.4-18.7 403 85.3 81.3-88.6
Some Post-H.S. 355 68 17.4 13.4-22.2 287 82.6 77.8-86.6
College Graduate 310 30 9.3 6.2-13.8 280 90.7 86.2-93.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 199 55 28.0 20.5-36.9 144 72.0 63.1-79.5
$15,000- 24,999 300 61 19.2 14.6-24.8 239 80.8 75.2-85.4
$25,000- 34,999 130 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 142 15 11.0 6.3-18.6 127 89.0 81.4-93.7
$50,000- 74,999 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 356 119 35.1 29.2-41.5 237 64.9 58.5-70.8
No 907 87 9.8 7.8-12.4 820 90.2 87.6-92.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 164 29 18.6 12.7-26.5 135 81.4 73.5-87.3
Non-Veteran 1,139 181 15.4 13.1-18.1 958 84.6 81.9-86.9
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 492 79 16.8 13.2-21.1 413 83.2 78.9-86.8
Regional City or Suburban 219 38 15.6 10.9-21.8 181 84.4 78.2-89.1
Rural 594 93 14.8 11.6-18.6 501 85.2 81.4-88.4

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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.

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