2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 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 4,697 969 19.8 18.4-21.3 3,728 80.2 78.7-81.6
Region 5 555 125 23.0 19.1-27.3 430 77.0 72.7-80.9
GENDER
Male 239 45 19.2 14.2-25.5 194 80.8 74.5-85.8
Female 316 80 26.4 20.9-32.6 236 73.6 67.4-79.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 339 83 23.5 18.8-29.0 256 76.5 71.0-81.2
Non-Hispanic Black 146 32 25.6 17.8-35.5 114 74.4 64.5-82.2
Other 70 *** *** *** 60 84.2 72.1-91.7
AGE
18-44 209 45 23.6 17.7-30.7 164 76.4 69.3-82.3
45-64 182 47 25.0 18.7-32.5 135 75.0 67.5-81.3
65+ 153 30 16.6 10.9-24.4 123 83.4 75.6-89.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 37 21.4 15.2-29.3 145 78.6 70.7-84.8
Some Post-H.S. 149 43 30.4 22.7-39.3 106 69.6 60.7-77.3
College Graduate 222 45 17.8 13.1-23.7 177 82.2 76.3-86.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 229 58 29.0 22.4-36.7 171 71.0 63.3-77.6
$50,000+ 223 48 19.3 14.3-25.5 175 80.7 74.5-85.7
Don't know/Not Sure 100 18 17.8 10.6-28.1 82 82.2 71.9-89.4

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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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