2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 8 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 8 699 127 20.0 15.8-25.0 572 80.0 75.0-84.2
GENDER
Male 291 37 16.7 11.2-24.2 254 83.3 75.8-88.8
Female 408 90 23.3 17.4-30.5 318 76.7 69.5-82.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 292 61 20.1 15.1-26.2 231 79.9 73.8-84.9
Non-Hispanic Black 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 315 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 212 48 25.0 17.8-33.9 164 75.0 66.1-82.2
45-64 255 54 20.9 14.0-30.0 201 79.1 70.0-86.0
65+ 224 25 10.6 6.1-17.6 199 89.4 82.4-93.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 250 41 19.3 12.9-27.9 209 80.7 72.1-87.1
Some Post-H.S. 210 40 20.8 13.5-30.7 170 79.2 69.3-86.5
College Graduate 236 46 20.2 13.8-28.5 190 79.8 71.5-86.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 266 53 23.1 15.8-32.4 213 76.9 67.6-84.2
$50,000+ 269 47 21.7 15.2-30.0 222 78.3 70.0-84.8
Don't know/Not Sure 157 27 14.5 7.9-25.0 130 85.5 75.0-92.1

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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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