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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Gaston 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
Gaston County 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
GENDER
Male 177 145 82.9 76.1-88.2 9 5.7 2.7-11.6 7 3.0 1.4- 6.5 3 2.0 0.6- 6.7 13 6.3 3.6-10.9
Female 284 218 77.4 71.3-82.5 19 6.5 4.1-10.3 17 7.5 4.2-12.9 16 4.9 2.8- 8.4 14 3.8 2.1- 6.5
RACE
White 387 297 77.3 72.2-81.7 25 7.0 4.5-10.8 22 6.4 3.9-10.2 17 3.2 1.9- 5.2 26 6.2 4.1- 9.2
Other 72 65 91.4 81.0-96.4 2 2.1 0.5- 8.6 2 1.2 0.3- 4.9 2 4.7 1.2-16.9 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1
AGE
18-44 216 167 80.6 73.9-85.9 21 9.9 6.1-15.6 14 5.5 2.8-10.5 7 2.4 1.1- 5.2 7 1.7 0.8- 3.6
45+ 241 192 79.3 73.0-84.5 7 2.3 1.0- 5.2 10 5.2 2.7- 9.7 12 4.6 2.3- 9.0 20 8.6 5.4-13.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 242 185 78.1 71.6-83.4 14 6.4 3.4-11.9 7 2.4 1.1- 5.2 15 5.0 2.8- 8.8 21 8.0 5.1-12.5
Some College + 219 178 82.1 75.6-87.1 14 5.8 3.4- 9.9 17 8.1 4.7-13.8 4 1.9 0.6- 6.1 6 2.1 0.9- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 262 195 76.0 69.5-81.4 20 8.0 4.8-13.1 10 4.1 1.9- 8.9 17 4.8 2.8- 8.2 20 7.0 4.4-11.1
$50,000+ 103 90 89.1 81.6-93.8 3 2.9 0.9- 8.8 10 8.0 4.2-14.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
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
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
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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