2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 4

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 4 882 150 15.4 12.9-18.2 732 84.6 81.8-87.1
GENDER
Male 421 57 12.8 9.5-16.9 364 87.2 83.1-90.5
Female 461 93 17.7 14.2-21.9 368 82.3 78.1-85.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 535 105 17.0 13.8-20.8 430 83.0 79.2-86.2
Non-Hispanic Black 202 32 15.5 10.5-22.4 170 84.5 77.6-89.5
Other 145 13 7.8 4.3-13.7 132 92.2 86.3-95.7
AGE
18-44 362 58 15.1 11.5-19.7 304 84.9 80.3-88.5
45-64 291 56 17.1 12.9-22.4 235 82.9 77.6-87.1
65+ 212 34 13.1 8.7-19.3 178 86.9 80.7-91.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 277 37 12.8 9.0-18.0 240 87.2 82.0-91.0
Some Post-H.S. 189 37 16.9 11.8-23.5 152 83.1 76.5-88.2
College Graduate 415 76 16.9 13.2-21.3 339 83.1 78.7-86.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 309 69 22.8 17.7-28.8 240 77.2 71.2-82.3
$50,000+ 393 61 12.7 9.7-16.6 332 87.3 83.4-90.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 172 19 9.5 5.5-16.1 153 90.5 83.9-94.5

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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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