2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 5

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 5 811 176 20.9 17.6-24.5 635 79.1 75.5-82.4
GENDER
Male 379 60 13.8 10.4-18.0 319 86.2 82.0-89.6
Female 432 116 27.4 22.4-33.0 316 72.6 67.0-77.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 499 115 22.8 18.6-27.6 384 77.2 72.4-81.4
Non-Hispanic Black 162 31 15.3 10.2-22.4 131 84.7 77.6-89.8
Other 150 30 21.5 13.7-32.0 120 78.5 68.0-86.3
AGE
18-44 292 59 20.6 15.6-26.6 233 79.4 73.4-84.4
45-64 257 68 25.0 19.1-32.1 189 75.0 67.9-80.9
65+ 243 47 16.5 12.1-22.0 196 83.5 78.0-87.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 308 71 21.8 16.5-28.2 237 78.2 71.8-83.5
Some Post-H.S. 248 62 23.5 18.0-30.2 186 76.5 69.8-82.0
College Graduate 254 43 15.3 11.1-20.6 211 84.7 79.4-88.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 405 108 24.1 19.6-29.4 297 75.9 70.6-80.4
$50,000+ 254 39 16.9 12.0-23.3 215 83.1 76.7-88.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 142 28 19.9 12.4-30.3 114 80.1 69.7-87.6

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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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