2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 954 215 21.9 18.7-25.5 739 78.1 74.5-81.3
GENDER
Male 437 79 19.2 14.7-24.6 358 80.8 75.4-85.3
Female 517 136 24.4 20.1-29.3 381 75.6 70.7-79.9
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 568 141 23.8 19.8-28.4 427 76.2 71.6-80.2
Non-Hispanic Black 183 32 20.8 13.6-30.7 151 79.2 69.3-86.4
Other 188 40 18.1 12.5-25.3 148 81.9 74.7-87.5
AGE
18-44 378 93 25.6 20.4-31.7 285 74.4 68.3-79.6
45-64 311 75 19.5 15.2-24.8 236 80.5 75.2-84.8
65+ 254 46 17.6 12.2-24.7 208 82.4 75.3-87.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 233 44 21.1 14.9-29.0 189 78.9 71.0-85.1
Some Post-H.S. 212 55 24.1 17.9-31.7 157 75.9 68.3-82.1
College Graduate 505 116 21.2 17.5-25.5 389 78.8 74.5-82.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 244 73 30.0 23.3-37.8 171 70.0 62.2-76.7
$50,000+ 525 120 21.4 17.3-26.3 405 78.6 73.7-82.7
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 176 21 13.9 8.3-22.2 155 86.1 77.8-91.7

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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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