2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Chronic Health Conditions-Females

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
-FEMALES 3,814 870 23.2 21.6-24.9 2,944 76.8 75.1-78.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 2,544 644 26.1 24.0-28.3 1,900 73.9 71.7-76.0
Non-Hispanic Black 817 144 18.0 15.0-21.4 673 82.0 78.6-85.0
Other 411 78 18.6 14.3-23.7 333 81.4 76.3-85.7
AGE
18-34 656 133 20.1 16.8-23.8 523 79.9 76.2-83.2
35-44 521 138 25.0 21.1-29.5 383 75.0 70.5-78.9
45-54 645 168 26.2 22.4-30.5 477 73.8 69.5-77.6
55-64 736 219 32.1 28.1-36.5 517 67.9 63.5-71.9
65-74 692 138 20.6 17.1-24.7 554 79.4 75.3-82.9
75+ 503 66 13.8 10.6-17.8 437 86.2 82.2-89.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 392 115 30.5 25.1-36.5 277 69.5 63.5-74.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,031 247 23.0 20.1-26.3 784 77.0 73.7-79.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,119 279 25.0 22.2-28.1 840 75.0 71.9-77.8
College Graduate 1,262 228 17.1 14.8-19.6 1,034 82.9 80.4-85.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 425 136 33.5 28.0-39.5 289 66.5 60.5-72.0
$15,000- 24,999 639 186 29.0 24.9-33.6 453 71.0 66.4-75.1
$25,000- 34,999 330 79 23.1 18.1-28.9 251 76.9 71.1-81.9
$35,000- 49,999 401 92 22.2 17.7-27.4 309 77.8 72.6-82.3
$50,000- 74,999 408 85 20.0 15.8-25.1 323 80.0 74.9-84.2
$75,000+ 719 117 17.2 14.1-20.7 602 82.8 79.3-85.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,070 454 46.3 42.6-50.0 616 53.7 50.0-57.4
No 2,670 405 15.6 14.0-17.3 2,265 84.4 82.7-86.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 127 25 18.5 12.1-27.3 102 81.5 72.7-87.9
Non-Veteran 3,679 845 23.4 21.8-25.2 2,834 76.6 74.8-78.2
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 1,118 234 21.3 18.6-24.3 884 78.7 75.7-81.4
Regional City or Suburban 806 175 23.0 19.7-26.8 631 77.0 73.2-80.3
Rural 1,890 461 24.9 22.4-27.5 1,429 75.1 72.5-77.6

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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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