2023 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 4,065 931 23.1 21.3-24.9 3,134 76.9 75.1-78.7
Medicaid Region 6 531 108 22.2 17.8-27.2 423 77.8 72.8-82.2
GENDER
Male 236 31 16.0 10.4-23.7 205 84.0 76.3-89.6
Female 295 77 28.2 21.9-35.4 218 71.8 64.6-78.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 328 71 24.0 18.5-30.6 257 76.0 69.4-81.5
Non-Hispanic Black 122 23 16.4 10.3-25.2 99 83.6 74.8-89.7
Other 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 178 47 27.4 20.0-36.2 131 72.6 63.8-80.0
45-64 179 36 19.0 12.9-27.0 143 81.0 73.0-87.1
65+ 173 25 16.2 10.2-24.7 148 83.8 75.3-89.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 177 31 18.7 12.2-27.8 146 81.3 72.2-87.8
Some Post-H.S. 168 45 28.9 21.2-38.1 123 71.1 61.9-78.8
College Graduate 183 30 15.8 10.6-22.8 153 84.2 77.2-89.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 188 46 23.9 16.6-33.2 142 76.1 66.8-83.4
$50,000+ 234 35 17.9 12.6-24.9 199 82.1 75.1-87.4
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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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