2021 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 4,916 1,018 21.3 19.9-22.8 3,898 78.7 77.2-80.1
Medicaid Region 6 664 121 17.8 14.5-21.7 543 82.2 78.3-85.5
GENDER
Male 296 34 11.8 7.9-17.4 262 88.2 82.6-92.1
Female 368 87 23.7 18.8-29.5 281 76.3 70.5-81.2
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 410 79 20.1 15.6-25.4 331 79.9 74.6-84.4
Non-Hispanic Black 147 22 13.8 8.4-21.7 125 86.2 78.3-91.6
Other 90 19 20.8 12.7-32.2 71 79.2 67.8-87.3
AGE
18-44 218 45 20.3 14.6-27.5 173 79.7 72.5-85.4
45-64 217 43 18.2 13.1-24.7 174 81.8 75.3-86.9
65+ 209 31 13.3 9.1-19.2 178 86.7 80.8-90.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 239 43 16.5 11.7-22.8 196 83.5 77.2-88.3
Some Post-H.S. 183 42 21.4 15.2-29.4 141 78.6 70.6-84.8
College Graduate 235 36 15.2 10.5-21.3 199 84.8 78.7-89.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 251 57 23.1 17.2-30.3 194 76.9 69.7-82.8
$50,000+ 252 37 12.8 8.7-18.6 215 87.2 81.4-91.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 158 27 17.5 11.5-25.7 131 82.5 74.3-88.5

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2021 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2021 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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