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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg County

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
Mecklenburg County 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
GENDER
Male 160 143 91.8 86.0-95.4 7 3.7 1.4- 9.2 5 2.7 1.0- 6.9 3 1.1 0.4- 3.5 2 0.6 0.1- 2.6
Female 287 247 86.6 81.2-90.7 13 5.7 2.9-10.8 13 4.0 2.1- 7.5 12 3.2 1.8- 5.8 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6
RACE
White 269 233 89.1 84.4-92.5 15 4.8 2.7- 8.4 11 3.3 1.6- 6.7 8 2.4 1.1- 4.8 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6
Other 174 153 89.3 82.2-93.7 5 4.6 1.6-12.4 7 3.5 1.5- 7.7 7 2.0 0.9- 4.4 2 0.6 0.1- 2.9
AGE
18-44 239 205 88.0 82.4-92.0 12 5.5 2.7-10.6 12 4.2 2.2- 7.8 8 1.9 0.9- 3.9 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1
45+ 204 182 91.9 87.5-94.8 8 3.3 1.6- 6.7 6 1.9 0.8- 4.6 6 2.4 1.0- 5.4 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 144 130 91.3 83.1-95.7 5 5.1 1.7-14.1 3 1.7 0.4- 6.6 3 0.9 0.2- 2.9 3 1.1 0.3- 3.6
Some College + 302 259 88.0 83.5-91.4 15 4.5 2.5- 7.8 15 4.4 2.4- 7.7 12 3.0 1.6- 5.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 197 173 88.5 81.5-93.1 9 6.2 2.8-13.4 5 1.9 0.6- 5.8 8 2.7 1.3- 5.5 2 0.6 0.1- 2.8
$50,000+ 148 134 92.1 86.2-95.6 7 3.7 1.6- 8.3 7 4.2 1.9- 9.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
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
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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