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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Forsyth County

Health Status

During the past 30 days, for about how many days did poor physical or mental health keep you from doing your usual activities, such as self-care, work, or recreation?*

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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
Forsyth County 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
GENDER
Male 177 154 86.1 79.3-90.9 7 4.2 2.0- 8.6 4 2.4 0.8- 6.6 9 6.3 3.1-12.3 3 1.0 0.3- 3.4
Female 278 220 81.2 75.8-85.7 18 5.9 3.7- 9.5 18 6.5 3.9-10.6 13 3.9 2.2- 7.0 9 2.4 1.2- 4.7
RACE
White 317 252 80.8 75.4-85.2 20 5.6 3.5- 8.9 20 5.7 3.5- 9.1 17 6.2 3.6-10.5 8 1.7 0.8- 3.7
Other 131 115 89.2 82.1-93.7 5 4.0 1.6- 9.8 2 2.0 0.5- 7.9 5 3.0 1.1- 8.1 4 1.7 0.6- 4.6
AGE
18-44 193 160 84.3 77.8-89.2 15 6.3 3.7-10.7 11 5.4 2.8-10.0 6 3.8 1.5- 9.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5
45+ 257 209 82.8 77.2-87.3 10 3.9 2.0- 7.4 11 3.6 1.9- 6.8 16 6.5 3.7-11.1 11 3.2 1.7- 5.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 148 80.4 72.6-86.3 5 3.2 1.3- 7.9 5 3.0 1.2- 7.5 14 9.6 5.3-16.8 10 3.8 2.0- 7.3
Some College + 271 224 85.7 80.7-89.5 20 6.3 3.9- 9.9 17 5.4 3.1- 9.1 8 2.3 1.1- 4.9 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 251 199 81.1 75.0-86.1 14 5.1 2.9- 8.9 13 4.2 2.3- 7.5 18 7.8 4.5-13.1 7 1.8 0.8- 3.9
$50,000+ 121 101 84.8 76.8-90.4 11 7.8 4.2-14.0 7 6.0 2.7-12.9 1 1.1 0.2- 7.3 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 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
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
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

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* 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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