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2016 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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
Region 8 587 114 19.0 15.5-23.0 473 81.0 77.0-84.5
GENDER
Male 276 44 14.2 10.3-19.3 232 85.8 80.7-89.7
Female 311 70 23.6 18.3-29.8 241 76.4 70.2-81.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 364 74 20.9 16.5-26.1 290 79.1 73.9-83.5
Non-Hispanic Black 119 24 17.7 10.7-28.0 95 82.3 72.0-89.3
Other 98 14 11.2 6.3-19.2 84 88.8 80.8-93.7
AGE
18-44 190 35 18.0 12.8-24.8 155 82.0 75.2-87.2
45-64 215 53 23.8 18.0-30.7 162 76.2 69.3-82.0
65+ 179 26 14.3 9.4-21.2 153 85.7 78.8-90.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 269 53 19.7 14.7-26.0 216 80.3 74.0-85.3
Some College + 317 61 18.3 14.0-23.6 256 81.7 76.4-86.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 303 68 21.6 16.6-27.6 235 78.4 72.4-83.4
$50,000+ 166 19 10.6 6.5-16.8 147 89.4 83.2-93.5

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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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