2017 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 4,890 957 19.9 18.5-21.5 3,933 80.1 78.5-81.5
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 816 187 24.5 20.2-29.3 629 75.5 70.7-79.8
Region 3 & 5 926 171 17.9 15.1-21.1 755 82.1 78.9-84.9
Region 4 683 131 19.0 15.8-22.8 552 81.0 77.2-84.2
Region 6 & 7 1,006 202 22.0 18.7-25.7 804 78.0 74.3-81.3
Region 8 718 141 19.8 16.4-23.7 577 80.2 76.3-83.6
Region 9 & 10 743 125 18.1 14.8-21.9 618 81.9 78.1-85.2
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,942 362 20.1 17.6-22.9 1,580 79.9 77.1-82.4
Piedmont 2,000 384 19.0 17.0-21.2 1,616 81.0 78.8-83.0
Western NC 950 211 24.2 20.4-28.5 739 75.8 71.5-79.6
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 730 170 23.9 19.6-28.8 560 76.1 71.2-80.4
Northwest 626 129 21.9 17.9-26.6 497 78.1 73.4-82.1
Charlotte 560 101 17.7 14.3-21.7 459 82.3 78.3-85.7
Greensboro 384 70 16.1 12.3-20.8 314 83.9 79.2-87.7
Southern Regional 696 141 20.7 15.9-26.5 555 79.3 73.5-84.1
Southeast 307 57 20.0 15.2-25.8 250 80.0 74.2-84.8
Wake 632 117 19.4 15.8-23.6 515 80.6 76.4-84.2
Area L & Eastern 957 172 20.1 16.5-24.1 785 79.9 75.9-83.5

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2017 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2017 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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