2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 3

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 3 885 187 20.7 17.8-24.1 698 79.3 75.9-82.2
GENDER
Male 415 56 13.6 10.1-18.0 359 86.4 82.0-89.9
Female 470 131 27.4 22.9-32.4 339 72.6 67.6-77.1
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 499 112 22.3 18.4-26.9 387 77.7 73.1-81.6
Non-Hispanic Black 178 32 15.1 10.2-21.9 146 84.9 78.1-89.8
Other 199 42 22.7 16.1-30.9 157 77.3 69.1-83.9
AGE
18-44 366 80 22.0 17.4-27.3 286 78.0 72.7-82.6
45-64 285 70 23.6 18.4-29.8 215 76.4 70.2-81.6
65+ 212 35 15.0 10.3-21.4 177 85.0 78.6-89.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 256 48 20.6 15.2-27.3 208 79.4 72.7-84.8
Some Post-H.S. 221 56 24.7 18.9-31.7 165 75.3 68.3-81.1
College Graduate 402 83 17.9 14.3-22.3 319 82.1 77.7-85.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 245 64 25.9 19.6-33.2 181 74.1 66.8-80.4
$50,000+ 429 83 19.0 15.1-23.6 346 81.0 76.4-84.9
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 201 39 18.4 13.1-25.2 162 81.6 74.8-86.9

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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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