2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 Demographics

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
Region 3 608 135 20.8 17.3-24.8 473 79.2 75.2-82.7
GENDER
Male 271 37 12.7 8.8-17.9 234 87.3 82.1-91.2
Female 337 98 28.2 22.8-34.3 239 71.8 65.7-77.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 475 117 23.5 19.3-28.2 358 76.5 71.8-80.7
Non-Hispanic Black 73 13 14.6 7.9-25.6 60 85.4 74.4-92.1
Other 58 *** *** *** 53 90.9 78.3-96.5
AGE
18-44 182 34 15.5 10.6-22.0 148 84.5 78.0-89.4
44-64 232 63 27.9 21.7-35.0 169 72.1 65.0-78.3
65+ 188 37 20.2 14.3-27.6 151 79.8 72.4-85.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 248 62 21.9 16.7-28.2 186 78.1 71.8-83.3
Some College + 358 73 19.9 15.4-25.3 285 80.1 74.7-84.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 306 86 25.8 20.4-31.9 220 74.2 68.1-79.6
$50,000+ 191 27 13.2 8.8-19.3 164 86.8 80.7-91.2

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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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