2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 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 4,890 957 19.9 18.5-21.5 3,933 80.1 78.5-81.5
Region 1 & 2 816 187 24.5 20.2-29.3 629 75.5 70.7-79.8
GENDER
Male 360 57 17.6 11.9-25.2 303 82.4 74.8-88.1
Female 456 130 30.9 24.9-37.6 326 69.1 62.4-75.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 716 170 24.9 20.3-30.1 546 75.1 69.9-79.7
Non-Hispanic Black 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 203 48 25.7 18.5-34.6 155 74.3 65.4-81.5
45-64 280 82 30.3 22.5-39.5 198 69.7 60.5-77.5
65+ 324 56 16.9 11.8-23.6 268 83.1 76.4-88.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 288 79 29.9 22.7-38.1 209 70.1 61.9-77.3
Some College + 525 107 19.6 15.0-25.2 418 80.4 74.8-85.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 385 112 27.2 21.3-34.1 273 72.8 65.9-78.7
$50,000+ 274 42 19.8 12.5-30.1 232 80.2 69.9-87.5

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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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