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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

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
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
GENDER
Male 189 163 87.7 81.8-91.9 12 6.2 3.3-11.5 6 2.5 1.1- 5.7 5 2.2 0.9- 5.7 3 1.3 0.4- 4.0
Female 284 244 88.2 83.4-91.8 10 3.1 1.5- 6.2 12 3.4 1.8- 6.0 10 3.2 1.6- 6.5 8 2.1 0.9- 4.8
RACE
White 432 372 87.3 83.4-90.5 20 5.2 3.1- 8.5 16 3.1 1.8- 5.1 14 2.8 1.5- 5.0 10 1.6 0.8- 3.2
Other 36 30 90.4 77.4-96.3 2 2.3 0.5- 9.8 2 2.5 0.6-10.1 1 2.4 0.3-16.0 1 2.4 0.3-15.8
AGE
18-44 163 136 86.8 80.2-91.4 10 6.6 3.4-12.5 9 3.6 1.8- 7.1 7 2.5 1.0- 5.9 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9
45+ 307 268 88.8 84.3-92.2 12 3.2 1.6- 6.3 9 2.4 1.2- 4.8 8 2.9 1.3- 6.2 10 2.6 1.3- 5.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 165 89.1 83.5-92.9 6 2.2 0.8- 5.7 8 3.2 1.5- 6.6 7 3.1 1.3- 7.2 7 2.4 1.0- 5.7
Some College + 279 241 87.0 81.8-90.9 16 6.8 3.9-11.6 10 2.7 1.4- 5.2 8 2.4 1.1- 5.0 4 1.2 0.4- 3.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 256 210 84.2 78.3-88.7 14 5.9 3.2-10.7 14 4.2 2.4- 7.3 11 3.5 1.8- 6.8 7 2.2 1.0- 5.0
$50,000+ 98 90 92.8 85.6-96.6 5 5.1 2.1-12.2 2 1.0 0.2- 4.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 7.1
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
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
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

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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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