2017 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 6 & 7 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 6 & 7 1,006 202 22.0 18.7-25.7 804 78.0 74.3-81.3
GENDER
Male 482 67 13.0 9.8-17.2 415 87.0 82.8-90.2
Female 524 135 30.4 25.1-36.3 389 69.6 63.7-74.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 577 128 23.6 19.6-28.2 449 76.4 71.8-80.4
Non-Hispanic Black 277 49 19.4 13.5-27.3 228 80.6 72.7-86.5
Other 152 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 386 82 24.5 19.1-30.9 304 75.5 69.1-80.9
45-64 396 83 20.9 16.4-26.3 313 79.1 73.7-83.6
65+ 215 36 17.4 11.5-25.5 179 82.6 74.5-88.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 340 78 25.9 20.0-32.8 262 74.1 67.2-80.0
Some College + 663 124 19.6 15.8-24.0 539 80.4 76.0-84.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 443 121 29.1 23.4-35.5 322 70.9 64.5-76.6
$50,000+ 378 52 14.4 10.6-19.2 326 85.6 80.8-89.4

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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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