2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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
Region 5 575 141 23.0 19.1-27.5 434 77.0 72.5-80.9
GENDER
Male 254 43 16.3 11.6-22.4 211 83.7 77.6-88.4
Female 321 98 29.1 23.2-35.7 223 70.9 64.3-76.8
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 361 98 26.0 21.0-31.8 263 74.0 68.2-79.0
Non-Hispanic Black 107 17 14.4 8.3-23.9 90 85.6 76.1-91.7
Other 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 209 58 27.2 20.7-34.8 151 72.8 65.2-79.3
45-64 192 58 25.8 19.4-33.6 134 74.2 66.4-80.6
65+ 161 25 12.7 7.4-21.0 136 87.3 79.0-92.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 160 39 21.1 14.8-29.3 121 78.9 70.7-85.2
Some Post-H.S. 130 38 27.4 19.4-37.2 92 72.6 62.8-80.6
College Graduate 281 64 21.7 16.7-27.8 217 78.3 72.2-83.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 159 55 29.8 22.4-38.5 104 70.2 61.5-77.6
$50,000+ 282 65 23.9 18.3-30.7 217 76.1 69.3-81.7
Don't know/Not Sure 125 20 14.1 8.0-23.6 105 85.9 76.4-92.0

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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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