2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 5 824 157 18.6 15.8-21.8 667 81.4 78.2-84.2
GENDER
Male 352 54 14.5 10.8-19.1 298 85.5 80.9-89.2
Female 472 103 22.3 18.3-27.0 369 77.7 73.0-81.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 495 109 20.7 17.0-25.0 386 79.3 75.0-83.0
Non-Hispanic Black 190 31 17.9 12.3-25.2 159 82.1 74.8-87.7
Other 123 16 12.0 6.9-20.0 107 88.0 80.0-93.1
AGE
18-44 314 60 17.0 13.0-21.9 254 83.0 78.1-87.0
44-64 287 62 23.6 18.3-29.8 225 76.4 70.2-81.7
65+ 209 33 14.7 10.1-20.9 176 85.3 79.1-89.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 292 60 20.0 15.3-25.7 232 80.0 74.3-84.7
Some College + 527 96 17.6 14.3-21.6 431 82.4 78.4-85.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 350 86 24.4 19.6-29.9 264 75.6 70.1-80.4
$50,000+ 299 43 13.6 9.8-18.6 256 86.4 81.4-90.2

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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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