2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 2

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 4,309 970 22.5 21.0-24.0 3,339 77.5 76.0-79.0
Medicaid Region 2 615 151 25.3 21.3-29.8 464 74.7 70.2-78.7
GENDER
Male 278 47 15.9 11.8-21.2 231 84.1 78.8-88.2
Female 337 104 33.8 27.7-40.6 233 66.2 59.4-72.3
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 398 112 31.1 25.8-37.0 286 68.9 63.0-74.2
Non-Hispanic Black 103 22 14.0 8.8-21.5 81 86.0 78.5-91.2
Other 111 16 15.2 8.2-26.4 95 84.8 73.6-91.8
AGE
18-44 214 64 29.9 23.2-37.6 150 70.1 62.4-76.8
45-64 202 51 26.3 19.6-34.3 151 73.7 65.7-80.4
65+ 185 35 18.4 12.6-26.0 150 81.6 74.0-87.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 207 55 27.3 20.4-35.4 152 72.7 64.6-79.6
Some Post-H.S. 167 46 25.9 18.9-34.2 121 74.1 65.8-81.1
College Graduate 235 50 22.6 17.0-29.4 185 77.4 70.6-83.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 206 60 31.3 24.0-39.6 146 68.7 60.4-76.0
$50,000+ 244 47 20.5 14.8-27.6 197 79.5 72.4-85.2
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 156 43 27.2 19.8-36.2 113 72.8 63.8-80.2

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2024 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2024 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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