2018 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 529 113 21.7 17.4-26.7 416 78.3 73.3-82.6
GENDER
Male 254 47 19.7 13.4-28.0 207 80.3 72.0-86.6
Female 275 66 23.6 18.2-30.0 209 76.4 70.0-81.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 360 76 18.3 14.3-23.0 284 81.7 77.0-85.7
Non-Hispanic Black 68 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 101 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 183 39 23.7 16.4-32.9 144 76.3 67.1-83.6
45-64 163 44 24.9 18.4-32.8 119 75.1 67.2-81.6
65+ 174 30 14.5 9.9-20.9 144 85.5 79.1-90.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 210 47 20.2 14.6-27.1 163 79.8 72.9-85.4
Some Post-H.S. 164 43 29.2 20.4-40.0 121 70.8 60.0-79.6
College Graduate 154 23 12.9 8.3-19.6 131 87.1 80.4-91.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 265 71 25.3 19.7-31.9 194 74.7 68.1-80.3
$50,000+ 161 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not Sure 91 16 16.2 9.3-27.0 75 83.8 73.0-90.7

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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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