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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for North Carolina

Quality of Life+

During the past 30 days, for about how many days have you felt WORRIED, TENSE, or ANXIOUS?

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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%)
TOTAL 2,946 1,356 47.7 45.0-50.5 568 19.9 17.8-22.2 501 16.8 14.8-19.0 321 9.8 8.3-11.6 200 5.8 4.6- 7.1
GENDER
Male 1,136 607 55.9 51.7-60.1 210 19.4 16.2-22.9 162 12.9 10.4-15.9 93 6.9 5.2- 9.1 64 5.0 3.4- 7.2
Female 1,810 749 40.2 36.8-43.7 358 20.4 17.7-23.4 339 20.4 17.6-23.6 228 12.5 10.2-15.2 136 6.5 5.0- 8.4
RACE
White 2,215 1,006 48.0 44.8-51.1 423 18.7 16.5-21.1 393 17.9 15.6-20.5 244 9.9 8.1-12.0 149 5.6 4.3- 7.2
African American 544 274 49.4 43.0-55.8 104 23.9 18.3-30.6 78 12.1 8.6-16.8 55 9.1 6.2-13.1 33 5.5 3.3- 9.1
Other Minorities 143 57 40.5 28.4-53.9 34 22.1 13.9-33.3 20 16.9 9.3-28.8 16 11.3 6.1-19.9 16 9.1 4.3-18.3
HISPANIC
Yes 84 35 45.6 31.0-61.0 22 25.2 14.6-39.9 12 16.5 7.6-32.0 9 8.9 3.7-19.8 6 3.9 1.5- 9.7
No 2,856 1,318 47.8 45.0-50.6 545 19.7 17.6-22.0 488 16.8 14.8-19.0 312 9.9 8.3-11.7 193 5.8 4.7- 7.2
AGE
18-24 277 86 37.5 28.4-47.6 63 22.0 15.4-30.5 66 23.5 17.0-31.5 39 11.4 6.5-19.1 23 5.6 3.1- 9.8
25-34 558 212 36.7 30.8-42.9 117 19.1 14.8-24.3 120 23.4 18.1-29.7 78 15.6 11.5-20.8 31 5.2 3.1- 8.6
35-44 623 244 40.9 35.4-46.7 151 26.8 22.0-32.3 104 16.0 12.2-20.6 76 10.2 7.5-13.7 48 6.1 4.0- 9.3
45-54 558 218 41.3 35.3-47.6 126 24.3 19.4-30.0 101 17.0 12.7-22.2 63 7.4 5.0-10.8 50 10.0 6.5-15.2
55-64 362 207 63.4 56.3-70.0 57 14.3 9.9-20.3 49 10.8 7.5-15.4 33 9.3 5.8-14.7 16 2.1 1.2- 3.6
65+ 543 375 72.2 66.6-77.2 52 10.3 7.3-14.5 56 8.8 6.1-12.5 29 4.5 2.6- 7.7 31 4.2 2.4- 7.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 353 201 64.6 57.1-71.4 39 10.7 6.6-16.9 42 9.3 6.0-14.2 38 8.6 5.5-13.4 33 6.8 4.1-11.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 853 415 47.5 42.3-52.8 142 19.1 15.3-23.6 141 16.3 13.0-20.2 89 10.3 7.3-14.3 66 6.7 4.5-10.0
Some Post-H.S. 775 331 42.8 37.8-48.0 148 21.3 17.3-26.0 145 18.7 14.7-23.5 94 10.2 7.6-13.6 57 6.9 4.7- 9.9
College Graduate 955 403 43.8 39.1-48.6 239 24.4 20.7-28.4 172 19.4 15.7-23.8 99 9.5 7.2-12.3 42 3.0 1.9- 4.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 249 98 39.6 30.3-49.7 40 20.1 13.0-29.7 41 14.1 8.9-21.5 30 11.0 6.6-18.0 40 15.2 9.5-23.6
$15,000- 24,999 463 201 48.0 40.8-55.2 73 16.7 11.4-23.8 81 16.8 12.2-22.7 66 9.8 6.9-13.8 42 8.7 5.5-13.3
$25,000- 34,999 458 213 46.6 40.1-53.3 95 23.4 18.2-29.6 75 15.8 11.5-21.4 49 10.7 7.3-15.5 26 3.5 1.9- 6.2
$35,000- 49,999 478 214 44.1 37.8-50.5 110 23.2 18.3-28.9 83 17.6 12.9-23.5 43 8.0 5.2-11.9 28 7.2 4.0-12.8
$50,000+ 782 340 48.7 43.4-54.0 177 22.0 18.2-26.3 145 17.1 13.4-21.5 80 8.6 6.3-11.8 40 3.6 2.3- 5.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 204 92 46.0 38.3-53.8 42 18.2 13.2-24.5 35 19.3 13.4-27.1 19 10.0 5.9-16.2 16 6.6 3.9-10.9
Cumberland 202 101 50.6 42.8-58.4 29 13.6 9.1-19.9 33 16.8 11.8-23.5 16 6.9 4.0-11.6 23 12.1 7.7-18.6
Durham 202 93 43.6 34.8-52.8 46 21.9 15.9-29.4 35 21.3 13.2-32.5 19 8.3 4.9-13.6 9 5.0 2.5- 9.9
Forsyth 217 95 44.8 37.3-52.5 41 18.8 13.8-25.0 34 16.2 11.2-22.9 21 9.8 6.2-15.1 26 10.5 6.9-15.6
Gaston 226 94 45.0 37.7-52.5 31 13.0 9.0-18.5 45 20.1 14.6-27.0 35 14.2 9.9-19.8 21 7.8 4.8-12.2
Guilford 183 89 52.2 43.9-60.3 32 17.4 12.0-24.7 30 14.2 9.7-20.4 23 12.3 7.9-18.7 9 3.9 2.0- 7.6
Mecklenburg 206 87 43.8 36.3-51.6 42 20.0 14.8-26.6 40 18.3 13.1-24.9 24 12.6 8.1-19.2 13 5.3 2.8- 9.7
New Hanover 188 72 41.9 31.2-53.5 36 17.8 12.3-25.1 43 24.4 17.5-33.1 26 10.9 7.1-16.4 11 4.9 2.6- 9.0
Onslow 209 106 51.6 41.8-61.3 34 18.5 11.4-28.7 29 12.5 8.2-18.5 29 12.3 8.1-18.1 11 5.1 2.6- 9.9
Wake 204 82 41.6 33.8-49.8 55 25.9 19.8-33.3 37 17.9 12.6-24.9 22 10.4 6.7-15.8 8 4.2 1.8- 9.5
Western NC 289 148 52.7 46.1-59.1 55 19.4 14.7-25.1 42 15.4 11.2-20.8 27 8.0 5.4-11.8 17 4.5 2.7- 7.6
Piedmont NC 312 159 52.6 45.8-59.2 51 14.2 10.5-18.9 51 16.7 12.3-22.3 31 10.8 7.1-16.1 20 5.8 3.4- 9.7
Eastern NC 304 138 43.3 36.7-50.1 74 27.3 21.4-34.1 47 15.9 11.4-21.6 29 7.9 5.2-11.9 16 5.7 3.2- 9.8

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#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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