2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 5

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 5 974 216 25.4 21.3-30.0 758 74.6 70.0-78.7
GENDER
Male 409 69 20.8 15.0-28.1 340 79.2 71.9-85.0
Female 565 147 29.8 24.3-36.1 418 70.2 63.9-75.7
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 411 107 26.3 21.1-32.1 304 73.7 67.9-78.9
Non-Hispanic Black 164 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 385 68 20.9 12.8-32.2 317 79.1 67.8-87.2
AGE
18-44 320 91 30.2 23.8-37.5 229 69.8 62.5-76.2
45-64 346 83 23.1 17.0-30.7 263 76.9 69.3-83.0
65+ 294 40 20.6 12.8-31.4 254 79.4 68.6-87.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 319 65 25.1 17.7-34.1 254 74.9 65.9-82.3
Some Post-H.S. 302 75 27.8 21.1-35.6 227 72.2 64.4-78.9
College Graduate 350 76 23.2 17.5-30.0 274 76.8 70.0-82.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 360 91 31.3 24.0-39.7 269 68.7 60.3-76.0
$50,000+ 393 83 23.0 17.7-29.3 310 77.0 70.7-82.3
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 212 42 21.6 13.5-32.8 170 78.4 67.2-86.5

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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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