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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Guilford 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
Guilford County 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
GENDER
Male 149 119 78.4 69.3-85.4 6 3.0 1.3- 7.1 8 7.6 3.4-16.2 8 5.1 2.4-10.6 8 5.9 2.6-12.7
Female 257 194 73.1 65.8-79.3 16 5.8 3.4- 9.7 23 10.1 6.4-15.5 16 7.9 4.3-13.9 8 3.1 1.4- 6.8
RACE
White 273 211 76.6 70.1-82.1 15 4.3 2.5- 7.4 20 9.2 5.5-15.0 19 7.4 4.5-11.9 8 2.5 1.1- 5.6
Other 129 99 74.2 63.3-82.8 7 4.8 2.1-10.3 10 8.1 3.7-16.9 5 5.2 1.7-14.4 8 7.8 3.5-16.5
AGE
18-44 173 122 71.3 62.5-78.8 15 5.7 3.2- 9.9 16 9.8 5.5-16.7 15 8.8 4.8-15.6 5 4.5 1.7-11.2
45+ 228 186 80.0 72.8-85.7 7 3.2 1.5- 6.8 15 8.1 4.2-15.0 9 4.2 2.1- 8.1 11 4.6 2.3- 8.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 165 129 74.7 65.0-82.5 7 4.0 1.7- 8.7 11 10.4 5.1-19.9 6 2.1 0.9- 4.8 12 8.8 4.5-16.7
Some College + 241 184 76.4 69.5-82.2 15 4.8 2.8- 8.2 20 7.8 4.7-12.6 18 9.6 5.7-15.8 4 1.4 0.5- 3.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 194 139 69.7 61.1-77.1 8 3.9 1.8- 8.1 18 11.0 6.4-18.4 17 9.4 5.3-16.1 12 6.0 3.2-11.3
$50,000+ 124 98 81.1 72.0-87.7 8 4.5 2.1- 9.5 9 6.0 2.9-12.2 7 6.5 2.9-14.2 2 1.9 0.4- 9.3
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
Forsyth 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
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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