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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Forsyth County

Healthy Days

Now thinking about your mental health, which includes stress, depression, and problems with emotions, for how many days during the past 30 days was your mental health not good?

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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 6,529 4,882 75.4 73.8-77.0 422 6.4 5.5- 7.5 511 7.9 6.9- 9.0 384 5.5 4.8- 6.3 330 4.8 4.1- 5.6
Forsyth County 454 342 76.4 71.6-80.7 42 10.4 7.4-14.4 29 5.8 3.7- 8.8 18 2.8 1.7- 4.6 23 4.6 2.9- 7.3
GENDER
Male 177 148 82.0 74.3-87.7 15 9.8 5.6-16.5 6 4.0 1.6- 9.6 3 1.2 0.3- 4.0 5 3.1 1.2- 7.5
Female 277 194 71.0 64.6-76.6 27 11.0 7.3-16.2 23 7.5 4.7-11.6 15 4.4 2.6- 7.5 18 6.1 3.7-10.1
RACE
White 337 249 75.6 69.9-80.5 34 10.9 7.5-15.6 23 6.3 3.9-10.1 15 3.3 1.9- 5.7 16 3.9 2.3- 6.6
Other 113 89 77.8 67.3-85.6 8 9.4 4.4-19.2 6 4.5 1.7-11.3 3 1.6 0.5- 5.0 7 6.8 2.9-14.9
AGE
18-44 194 134 71.8 64.0-78.5 25 12.8 8.2-19.4 18 8.1 4.7-13.8 6 2.3 0.9- 5.3 11 5.0 2.6- 9.3
45+ 256 204 80.7 74.5-85.6 17 8.1 4.8-13.5 11 3.5 1.8- 6.5 12 3.4 1.9- 6.2 12 4.3 2.2- 8.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 188 151 80.4 72.7-86.4 10 7.6 3.8-14.5 10 5.3 2.5-10.6 5 1.5 0.6- 3.6 12 5.3 2.8- 9.8
Some College + 266 191 73.1 66.7-78.7 32 12.7 8.7-18.2 19 6.2 3.6-10.3 13 3.9 2.2- 7.0 11 4.1 2.1- 7.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 158 76.7 69.5-82.6 24 12.3 7.9-18.8 14 4.5 2.3- 8.8 7 2.2 1.0- 4.7 12 4.3 2.3- 7.8
$50,000+ 140 101 73.1 64.1-80.5 13 10.9 5.9-19.3 12 7.4 4.1-12.7 8 4.6 2.1- 9.5 6 4.1 1.8- 9.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 412 306 77.3 72.6-81.5 20 3.8 2.3- 6.1 39 8.5 6.0-11.8 24 5.9 3.8- 9.1 23 4.5 2.8- 7.2
Guilford 406 313 75.7 70.1-80.6 22 4.4 2.8- 7.0 31 8.9 5.8-13.4 24 6.5 4.1-10.3 16 4.5 2.5- 7.9
Henderson/Transylvania 462 357 79.6 75.0-83.6 32 6.4 4.2- 9.5 33 5.9 3.9- 8.7 23 4.8 3.0- 7.6 17 3.3 1.9- 5.5
Mecklenburg 438 323 74.2 68.2-79.4 31 9.6 5.7-15.8 37 8.0 5.5-11.3 23 4.0 2.5- 6.3 24 4.2 2.8- 6.5
Orange 431 299 67.1 58.5-74.7 38 7.6 5.2-10.9 54 16.5 9.4-27.4 21 5.0 3.1- 8.2 19 3.7 2.2- 6.1
Pitt 407 284 70.1 63.5-75.9 33 8.5 5.6-12.6 37 11.3 6.6-18.5 30 5.7 3.8- 8.4 23 4.5 2.9- 6.9
Randolph 415 320 79.8 74.8-84.1 23 5.6 3.5- 8.7 29 5.2 3.4- 7.9 18 3.2 1.9- 5.5 25 6.2 3.6-10.4
Robeson 424 321 76.3 71.1-80.8 22 5.4 3.3- 8.5 25 5.2 3.4- 7.8 29 7.4 4.8-11.1 27 5.8 3.7- 8.9
Wake 418 311 74.0 68.7-78.6 31 7.3 5.0-10.6 34 9.3 6.3-13.6 27 6.5 4.2- 9.8 15 2.9 1.6- 5.2
Western NC 631 474 77.2 73.3-80.8 32 5.4 3.6- 7.9 37 5.4 3.7- 7.6 48 6.8 4.8- 9.4 40 5.3 3.7- 7.4
Piedmont NC 860 649 75.4 71.7-78.8 54 5.8 4.1- 8.2 68 8.6 6.5-11.4 52 5.7 4.2- 7.7 37 4.4 3.1- 6.3
Eastern NC 771 583 75.4 71.5-78.9 42 6.1 4.3- 8.7 58 7.4 5.4-10.0 47 5.1 3.7- 7.0 41 6.1 4.4- 8.4

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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, 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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