2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 4,065 931 23.1 21.3-24.9 3,134 76.9 75.1-78.7
Medicaid Region 2 578 148 24.5 20.4-29.1 430 75.5 70.9-79.6
GENDER
Male 249 39 15.3 10.9-21.0 210 84.7 79.0-89.1
Female 329 109 32.8 26.4-39.9 220 67.2 60.1-73.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 409 121 30.0 24.7-35.9 288 70.0 64.1-75.3
Non-Hispanic Black 85 *** *** *** 75 88.2 76.9-94.3
Other 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 184 59 29.3 22.5-37.3 125 70.7 62.7-77.5
45-64 203 55 22.6 16.5-30.1 148 77.4 69.9-83.5
65+ 180 34 19.5 12.3-29.6 146 80.5 70.4-87.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 187 55 26.1 19.3-34.4 132 73.9 65.6-80.7
Some Post-H.S. 142 43 26.6 19.1-35.7 99 73.4 64.3-80.9
College Graduate 245 50 20.1 14.7-26.8 195 79.9 73.2-85.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 186 62 29.2 22.2-37.4 124 70.8 62.6-77.8
$50,000+ 245 50 22.8 16.8-30.1 195 77.2 69.9-83.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 139 35 21.9 14.3-32.1 104 78.1 67.9-85.7

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 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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