2024 BRFSS Survey Results: Medicaid region 4

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 4 1,136 216 18.6 16.1-21.3 920 81.4 78.7-83.9
GENDER
Male 509 60 11.4 8.6-14.8 449 88.6 85.2-91.4
Female 627 156 25.3 21.4-29.6 471 74.7 70.4-78.6
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 645 150 22.8 19.3-26.8 495 77.2 73.2-80.7
Non-Hispanic Black 212 33 14.5 10.0-20.4 179 85.5 79.6-90.0
Other 267 32 11.6 7.5-17.3 235 88.4 82.7-92.5
AGE
18-44 491 106 24.0 19.7-28.8 385 76.0 71.2-80.3
45-64 367 74 16.7 13.1-21.1 293 83.3 78.9-86.9
65+ 255 34 9.7 6.7-13.9 221 90.3 86.1-93.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 317 42 12.3 8.6-17.2 275 87.7 82.8-91.4
Some Post-H.S. 270 67 24.2 19.0-30.3 203 75.8 69.7-81.0
College Graduate 545 106 19.3 15.9-23.2 439 80.7 76.8-84.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 308 65 21.1 16.1-27.2 243 78.9 72.8-83.9
$50,000+ 544 99 17.3 14.0-21.1 445 82.7 78.9-86.0
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 274 50 18.6 13.6-24.7 224 81.4 75.3-86.4

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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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