2017 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 4,890 957 19.9 18.5-21.5 3,933 80.1 78.5-81.5
Region 8 718 141 19.8 16.4-23.7 577 80.2 76.3-83.6
GENDER
Male 314 48 17.1 12.5-23.0 266 82.9 77.0-87.5
Female 404 93 22.4 17.6-28.0 311 77.6 72.0-82.4
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 406 88 21.4 17.0-26.6 318 78.6 73.4-83.0
Non-Hispanic Black 137 26 18.4 11.5-28.2 111 81.6 71.8-88.5
Other 175 27 14.2 8.8-22.3 148 85.8 77.7-91.2
AGE
18-44 230 41 18.6 13.4-25.4 189 81.4 74.6-86.6
45-64 253 53 21.4 15.8-28.3 200 78.6 71.7-84.2
65+ 232 46 19.8 14.1-27.2 186 80.2 72.8-85.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 309 66 18.6 13.8-24.7 243 81.4 75.3-86.2
Some College + 408 75 20.8 16.2-26.2 333 79.2 73.8-83.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 373 75 19.5 14.9-25.1 298 80.5 74.9-85.1
$50,000+ 204 34 19.6 13.6-27.3 170 80.4 72.7-86.4

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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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