2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Regions 1 & 2 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 6,505 1,252 18.3 17.1-19.5 5,253 81.7 80.5-82.9
Regions 1 & 2 1,064 229 22.1 18.6-26.0 835 77.9 74.0-81.4
GENDER
Male 464 72 13.2 10.0-17.3 392 86.8 82.7-90.0
Female 600 157 30.2 24.7-36.4 443 69.8 63.6-75.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 917 202 22.6 18.8-26.9 715 77.4 73.1-81.2
Non-Hispanic Black 41 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 98 17 15.2 8.5-25.6 81 84.8 74.4-91.5
AGE
18-44 276 68 26.5 19.4-35.0 208 73.5 65.0-80.6
45-64 374 102 24.5 19.5-30.2 272 75.5 69.8-80.5
65+ 397 59 14.7 10.8-19.7 338 85.3 80.3-89.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 435 111 27.9 21.8-34.8 324 72.1 65.2-78.2
Some College + 630 118 16.9 13.6-20.8 512 83.1 79.2-86.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 542 146 26.4 21.2-32.4 396 73.6 67.6-78.8
$50,000+ 325 54 17.1 12.2-23.4 271 82.9 76.6-87.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2016 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2016 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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