2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 3 & 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 4,890 957 19.9 18.5-21.5 3,933 80.1 78.5-81.5
Region 3 & 5 926 171 17.9 15.1-21.1 755 82.1 78.9-84.9
GENDER
Male 394 53 14.2 10.4-19.0 341 85.8 81.0-89.6
Female 532 118 21.3 17.5-25.6 414 78.7 74.4-82.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 628 128 19.8 16.4-23.7 500 80.2 76.3-83.6
Non-Hispanic Black 177 22 10.0 5.9-16.7 155 90.0 83.3-94.1
Other 121 21 18.8 11.2-29.8 100 81.2 70.2-88.8
AGE
18-44 330 60 17.7 13.4-23.0 270 82.3 77.0-86.6
45-64 333 72 19.5 15.1-24.9 261 80.5 75.1-84.9
65+ 255 38 16.2 11.1-23.1 217 83.8 76.9-88.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 308 62 19.9 15.2-25.7 246 80.1 74.3-84.8
Some College + 614 108 16.7 13.5-20.4 506 83.3 79.6-86.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 394 96 23.5 18.8-28.8 298 76.5 71.2-81.2
$50,000+ 374 50 12.7 9.2-17.3 324 87.3 82.7-90.8

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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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