2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 2

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 4,697 969 19.8 18.4-21.3 3,728 80.2 78.7-81.6
Medicaid Region 2 658 152 24.6 20.9-28.8 506 75.4 71.2-79.1
GENDER
Male 301 54 16.4 12.1-22.0 247 83.6 78.0-87.9
Female 357 98 32.0 26.5-38.0 259 68.0 62.0-73.5
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 480 115 24.6 20.3-29.5 365 75.4 70.5-79.7
Non-Hispanic Black 111 22 25.4 16.7-36.7 89 74.6 63.3-83.3
Other 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 215 49 27.1 20.6-34.7 166 72.9 65.3-79.4
45-64 230 63 26.2 20.5-33.0 167 73.8 67.0-79.5
65+ 202 38 16.5 11.6-22.9 164 83.5 77.1-88.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 236 55 23.1 17.4-29.9 181 76.9 70.1-82.6
Some Post-H.S. 195 57 32.4 25.1-40.6 138 67.6 59.4-74.9
College Graduate 224 40 17.2 12.4-23.3 184 82.8 76.7-87.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 273 85 32.7 26.4-39.7 188 67.3 60.3-73.6
$50,000+ 247 42 17.3 12.4-23.6 205 82.7 76.4-87.6
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 132 24 22.9 15.1-33.1 108 77.1 66.9-84.9

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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