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| Total Respond.# |
None | 1-2 days | 3-7 days | 8-29 days | 30 days | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,156 | 5,003 | 82.0 | 80.4-83.4 | 349 | 5.8 | 5.0- 6.9 | 306 | 4.6 | 3.9- 5.4 | 234 | 3.5 | 2.9- 4.2 | 264 | 4.1 | 3.4- 4.9 |
| Buncombe County | 421 | 327 | 78.1 | 73.2-82.4 | 20 | 4.7 | 2.9- 7.5 | 36 | 8.7 | 5.8-12.9 | 20 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.1 | 18 | 4.1 | 2.5- 6.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 165 | 140 | 83.9 | 76.7-89.2 | 7 | 4.9 | 2.3-10.2 | 10 | 5.9 | 3.0-11.6 | 6 | 3.9 | 1.7- 8.5 | 2 | 1.4 | 0.3- 5.4 |
| Female | 256 | 187 | 72.3 | 65.2-78.5 | 13 | 4.4 | 2.5- 7.7 | 26 | 11.5 | 7.0-18.5 | 14 | 4.9 | 2.6- 8.9 | 16 | 6.8 | 4.0-11.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 375 | 291 | 78.3 | 73.0-82.8 | 19 | 4.9 | 3.0- 7.9 | 32 | 8.5 | 5.5-12.9 | 17 | 4.3 | 2.5- 7.4 | 16 | 4.0 | 2.3- 6.7 |
| Other | 42 | 32 | 75.5 | 57.6-87.5 | 1 | 3.5 | 0.5-20.8 | 4 | 10.8 | 3.2-30.6 | 3 | 5.2 | 1.6-15.4 | 2 | 5.0 | 1.2-18.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 181 | 143 | 79.4 | 71.3-85.6 | 11 | 6.3 | 3.3-11.6 | 16 | 9.2 | 4.8-16.8 | 8 | 3.6 | 1.6- 7.8 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.5- 5.0 |
| 45+ | 238 | 183 | 77.1 | 70.5-82.5 | 9 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.4 | 20 | 8.4 | 5.0-13.6 | 12 | 5.2 | 2.8- 9.4 | 14 | 6.2 | 3.5-10.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 174 | 124 | 72.2 | 63.6-79.4 | 8 | 4.1 | 1.9- 8.7 | 18 | 11.4 | 6.4-19.4 | 12 | 5.8 | 2.9-10.9 | 12 | 6.5 | 3.5-11.8 |
| Some College + | 245 | 201 | 82.5 | 76.4-87.3 | 12 | 5.1 | 2.7- 9.3 | 18 | 6.8 | 3.8-11.8 | 8 | 3.4 | 1.6- 6.9 | 6 | 2.3 | 0.9- 5.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 251 | 185 | 76.1 | 69.5-81.7 | 13 | 4.7 | 2.6- 8.3 | 26 | 10.0 | 6.1-16.0 | 14 | 4.5 | 2.5- 8.0 | 13 | 4.8 | 2.6- 8.5 |
| $50,000+ | 94 | 79 | 84.5 | 74.9-90.9 | 6 | 6.7 | 2.8-15.2 | 5 | 4.4 | 1.7-10.9 | 3 | 3.5 | 1.1-10.7 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.3 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
| Cumberland | 427 | 351 | 84.1 | 78.7-88.3 | 24 | 6.2 | 3.4-11.1 | 14 | 3.5 | 2.0- 6.2 | 16 | 2.9 | 1.7- 4.9 | 22 | 3.2 | 2.0- 5.3 |
| Durham | 393 | 321 | 85.2 | 81.1-88.6 | 30 | 7.2 | 4.9-10.6 | 19 | 3.0 | 1.8- 5.0 | 11 | 2.6 | 1.4- 5.0 | 12 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.5 |
| Forsyth | 455 | 374 | 83.7 | 79.5-87.1 | 25 | 5.1 | 3.3- 7.6 | 22 | 4.4 | 2.8- 7.0 | 22 | 5.1 | 3.1- 8.2 | 12 | 1.7 | 0.9- 3.1 |
| Gaston | 461 | 363 | 80.1 | 75.7-83.9 | 28 | 6.1 | 4.0- 9.3 | 24 | 5.3 | 3.3- 8.4 | 19 | 3.5 | 2.0- 5.8 | 27 | 5.0 | 3.3- 7.5 |
| Guilford | 415 | 346 | 84.9 | 80.8-88.3 | 22 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.6 | 20 | 5.0 | 3.1- 8.1 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.2 | 19 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.0 |
| Mecklenburg | 427 | 356 | 83.9 | 79.5-87.4 | 32 | 6.9 | 4.7-10.0 | 21 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.7 | 8 | 1.8 | 0.8- 3.6 | 10 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.2 |
| New Hanover | 402 | 323 | 81.4 | 76.7-85.4 | 25 | 5.5 | 3.6- 8.4 | 22 | 4.1 | 2.6- 6.4 | 16 | 4.6 | 2.7- 7.5 | 16 | 4.4 | 2.6- 7.4 |
| Onslow | 434 | 356 | 80.8 | 73.3-86.6 | 23 | 8.3 | 3.8-17.3 | 18 | 3.2 | 1.9- 5.5 | 20 | 3.9 | 2.3- 6.8 | 17 | 3.7 | 2.0- 6.6 |
| Wake | 427 | 356 | 83.4 | 78.8-87.2 | 26 | 5.5 | 3.6- 8.3 | 22 | 6.4 | 3.9-10.3 | 12 | 2.6 | 1.4- 4.8 | 11 | 2.0 | 1.0- 4.1 |
| Western NC | 614 | 499 | 83.3 | 80.0-86.2 | 24 | 3.7 | 2.4- 5.6 | 30 | 4.5 | 3.1- 6.6 | 25 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.9 | 36 | 5.3 | 3.7- 7.4 |
| Piedmont NC | 664 | 533 | 80.5 | 76.6-83.9 | 41 | 6.5 | 4.5- 9.2 | 27 | 4.0 | 2.6- 6.0 | 30 | 4.4 | 3.0- 6.5 | 33 | 4.7 | 3.2- 6.8 |
| Eastern NC | 616 | 498 | 81.0 | 76.8-84.6 | 29 | 6.1 | 3.9- 9.4 | 31 | 4.4 | 2.8- 6.8 | 27 | 3.6 | 2.4- 5.5 | 31 | 4.9 | 3.2- 7.5 |
* Respondents who reported no mental and physical health problems in the past month were not asked this question, however, they are included in the 'None' category here.
#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange,
Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
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