2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 1,008 224 23.9 20.4-27.8 784 76.1 72.2-79.6
Region 3 608 135 20.8 17.3-24.8 473 79.2 75.2-82.7
Region 4 1,216 222 17.8 15.5-20.4 994 82.2 79.6-84.5
Region 5 824 157 18.6 15.8-21.8 667 81.4 78.2-84.2
Region 6 513 91 16.6 13.3-20.6 422 83.4 79.4-86.7
Region 7 906 149 15.9 13.3-18.7 757 84.1 81.3-86.7
Region 8 665 121 18.5 15.2-22.2 544 81.5 77.8-84.8
Region 9 & 10 933 184 20.5 17.3-24.2 749 79.5 75.8-82.7
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,195 420 19.1 17.2-21.3 1,775 80.9 78.7-82.8
Piedmont 3,348 606 17.5 16.0-19.0 2,742 82.5 81.0-84.0
Western NC 1,130 257 24.0 20.7-27.6 873 76.0 72.4-79.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 845 179 22.6 18.8-26.9 666 77.4 73.1-81.2
Northwest 993 205 19.9 17.1-23.1 788 80.1 76.9-82.9
Charlotte 1,014 197 18.7 16.1-21.6 817 81.3 78.4-83.9
Greensboro 614 120 18.5 15.3-22.2 494 81.5 77.8-84.7
Southern Regional 599 115 18.1 14.8-21.8 484 81.9 78.2-85.2
Southeast 381 68 19.8 15.3-25.2 313 80.2 74.8-84.7
Wake 1,020 167 15.7 13.4-18.4 853 84.3 81.6-86.6
Area L & Eastern 1,207 232 19.5 16.8-22.6 975 80.5 77.4-83.2

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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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