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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Healthy Days

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 6,687 5,515 83.4 82.0-84.7 379 5.6 4.8- 6.5 337 4.5 3.8- 5.3 251 3.6 3.0- 4.2 205 3.0 2.4- 3.6
Eastern NC 794 638 80.1 76.6-83.2 42 5.9 4.1- 8.4 38 5.0 3.5- 7.1 42 4.5 3.2- 6.3 34 4.5 3.1- 6.5
GENDER
Male 283 244 85.7 80.4-89.8 11 4.9 2.6- 9.1 11 3.8 1.9- 7.4 7 2.0 0.9- 4.3 10 3.6 1.9- 6.7
Female 511 394 75.4 70.6-79.6 31 6.8 4.4-10.2 27 6.0 3.9- 9.0 35 6.6 4.5- 9.6 24 5.2 3.3- 8.2
RACE
White 547 447 81.9 77.8-85.4 28 5.0 3.1- 7.7 23 4.5 2.8- 7.0 28 4.8 3.2- 7.3 21 3.9 2.4- 6.2
Other 242 187 76.4 69.3-82.3 14 8.0 4.5-13.8 14 5.7 3.1-10.3 14 3.9 2.2- 7.0 13 5.9 3.2-10.5
AGE
18-44 354 282 80.5 75.3-84.8 28 7.7 5.0-11.7 19 5.4 3.2- 8.9 17 3.9 2.3- 6.5 8 2.5 1.2- 5.1
45+ 434 350 79.4 74.5-83.5 14 3.7 2.0- 6.9 19 4.5 2.8- 7.2 25 5.4 3.4- 8.4 26 7.0 4.5-10.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 422 331 77.4 72.3-81.8 22 6.5 4.1-10.3 14 3.3 1.9- 5.9 27 5.5 3.6- 8.5 28 7.2 4.8-10.7
Some College + 369 305 83.5 78.5-87.5 19 4.9 2.8- 8.5 24 7.1 4.5-11.0 15 3.3 1.9- 5.8 6 1.3 0.5- 3.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 449 354 78.2 73.3-82.4 30 7.9 5.2-11.8 21 4.6 2.8- 7.5 27 5.3 3.4- 8.0 17 4.0 2.4- 6.7
$50,000+ 138 120 85.3 76.6-91.1 3 2.6 0.7- 9.6 9 9.0 4.5-17.1 4 1.8 0.6- 5.5 2 1.3 0.3- 5.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 414 330 80.9 76.3-84.8 26 6.3 4.1- 9.6 33 7.3 5.0-10.6 17 3.5 2.0- 6.0 8 1.9 0.9- 4.2
Forsyth 458 367 80.3 75.7-84.2 32 7.7 5.2-11.4 30 6.2 4.1- 9.2 13 2.3 1.3- 4.1 16 3.4 2.0- 5.8
Guilford 423 353 84.2 79.5-88.0 29 6.6 4.4- 9.8 19 4.6 2.5- 8.3 14 2.9 1.5- 5.7 8 1.6 0.7- 3.6
Henderson/Transylvania 473 407 88.0 84.3-90.8 22 4.7 2.9- 7.6 18 2.9 1.8- 4.8 15 2.7 1.5- 4.8 11 1.7 0.9- 3.3
Mecklenburg 447 390 89.2 85.4-92.1 20 4.7 2.7- 8.0 18 3.4 2.0- 5.7 15 2.2 1.3- 3.7 4 0.5 0.2- 1.4
Orange 438 367 85.8 81.4-89.3 36 7.3 4.9-10.8 19 4.0 2.3- 6.9 11 2.0 1.0- 3.7 5 0.9 0.4- 2.1
Pitt 417 333 81.6 76.9-85.5 28 6.8 4.4-10.4 25 4.7 3.1- 7.2 21 4.8 2.9- 8.0 10 2.1 1.1- 4.0
Randolph 427 364 87.2 83.2-90.4 18 4.3 2.5- 7.1 19 3.9 2.3- 6.3 11 2.1 0.9- 4.8 15 2.5 1.4- 4.6
Robeson 438 352 82.4 78.0-86.1 21 5.1 3.1- 8.1 22 4.6 2.8- 7.3 17 2.9 1.7- 4.9 26 5.1 3.3- 7.8
Wake 430 370 87.2 83.1-90.4 25 5.4 3.4- 8.3 19 4.6 2.7- 7.8 7 1.3 0.5- 3.3 9 1.5 0.7- 3.0
Western NC 649 528 83.7 80.4-86.5 31 4.4 3.0- 6.4 27 3.8 2.5- 5.8 31 4.0 2.7- 6.0 32 4.1 2.8- 6.0
Piedmont NC 879 716 83.4 80.3-86.1 49 5.6 4.0- 7.9 50 4.2 3.0- 6.0 37 4.0 2.8- 5.7 27 2.7 1.8- 4.0

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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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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