2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid Region 6

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 6 864 185 21.7 18.2-25.7 679 78.3 74.3-81.8
GENDER
Male 397 81 22.4 17.0-28.9 316 77.6 71.1-83.0
Female 467 104 21.1 16.9-25.9 363 78.9 74.1-83.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 547 128 21.8 17.9-26.1 419 78.2 73.9-82.1
Non-Hispanic Black 234 42 20.8 13.9-30.0 192 79.2 70.0-86.1
Other 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 266 64 25.4 19.3-32.7 202 74.6 67.3-80.7
45-64 316 78 21.9 17.1-27.6 238 78.1 72.4-82.9
65+ 270 41 13.5 9.5-18.8 229 86.5 81.2-90.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 352 83 20.1 15.7-25.5 269 79.9 74.5-84.3
Some Post-H.S. 257 59 26.4 19.4-34.8 198 73.6 65.2-80.6
College Graduate 254 43 16.7 11.9-23.0 211 83.3 77.0-88.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 426 105 22.8 18.3-28.1 321 77.2 71.9-81.7
$50,000+ 273 53 24.4 17.3-33.2 220 75.6 66.8-82.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 158 26 15.2 10.0-22.7 132 84.8 77.3-90.0

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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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