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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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%)
TOTAL 1,008 756 76.5 72.5-80.1 58 5.6 3.8- 8.0 65 6.4 4.5- 9.0 62 4.6 3.4- 6.4 67 6.9 4.9- 9.6
GENDER
Male 358 285 79.1 72.1-84.7 17 4.7 2.2- 9.8 16 5.3 2.6-10.5 18 3.5 2.0- 6.2 22 7.4 4.2-12.8
Female 650 471 74.7 69.7-79.1 41 6.2 4.2- 9.2 49 7.2 4.9-10.5 44 5.5 3.7- 8.0 45 6.4 4.2- 9.6
AGE
18-24 89 61 82.5 70.8-90.2 7 3.3 1.4- 7.7 7 5.3 2.1-12.6 9 4.2 1.8- 9.6 5 4.7 1.0-19.3
25-34 187 118 64.3 53.6-73.7 18 9.8 4.6-19.8 8 6.9 2.6-17.0 19 10.1 5.7-17.1 24 8.9 5.1-15.1
35-44 229 174 80.5 72.7-86.4 13 5.2 2.5-10.7 21 7.6 4.2-13.3 13 2.4 1.2- 4.6 8 4.4 1.7-10.9
45-54 218 167 76.2 67.2-83.4 10 6.5 3.1-13.4 16 8.6 4.1-17.0 11 3.5 1.8- 6.9 14 5.2 2.5-10.5
55-64 117 89 74.3 61.8-83.8 8 7.0 3.2-14.5 7 2.0 0.8- 5.2 4 3.8 1.2-11.1 9 12.9 5.9-26.0
65-74 89 79 85.4 71.7-93.1 1 0.6 0.1- 4.3 4 4.3 1.5-11.6 2 1.2 0.2- 6.7 3 8.5 2.6-24.2
75+ 64 56 80.3 61.6-91.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.2 0.3-14.4 3 7.1 2.1-21.3 4 10.4 2.8-31.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 189 148 74.3 63.3-82.9 5 1.1 0.4- 2.8 8 5.6 2.1-13.9 15 6.5 3.5-11.9 13 12.5 6.2-23.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 338 252 79.5 73.0-84.7 21 5.2 2.9- 9.0 20 5.5 2.8-10.8 15 2.7 1.4- 5.0 30 7.1 4.3-11.5
Some Post-H.S. 275 198 76.0 68.0-82.4 18 8.5 4.4-15.9 20 5.7 3.2-10.2 20 4.1 2.3- 7.2 19 5.7 3.0-10.4
College Graduate 200 153 74.5 65.0-82.1 13 5.3 2.5-10.9 17 10.4 5.3-19.4 12 7.6 3.7-15.0 5 2.2 0.8- 5.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 139 97 73.5 61.5-82.8 1 0.4 0.1- 3.2 11 5.6 2.1-14.4 10 5.7 2.7-11.4 20 14.7 7.8-26.1
$15,000- 24,999 230 160 74.6 65.1-82.3 22 7.4 4.1-12.9 10 5.0 1.8-13.3 16 3.7 1.9- 7.1 22 9.3 4.7-17.5
$25,000- 34,999 158 116 72.3 60.3-81.8 14 10.6 4.5-22.7 12 7.4 3.3-15.6 8 4.9 2.1-10.8 8 4.8 1.9-11.6
$35,000- 49,999 122 97 81.4 69.8-89.2 8 6.1 2.5-14.1 10 8.6 3.4-20.2 5 1.6 0.6- 4.6 2 2.3 0.6- 8.7
$50,000-74,999 63 49 79.5 63.0-89.8 4 3.3 1.1- 9.5 4 5.0 1.7-13.6 5 11.5 3.9-29.5 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2
$75,000+ 59 50 87.5 75.3-94.1 1 2.0 0.3-12.9 6 8.7 3.4-20.4 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 17 63.3 41.8-80.5 2 8.2 1.7-30.9 3 11.6 3.4-32.9 3 9.8 2.8-29.3 2 7.1 1.7-25.1
Forsyth 93 75 83.1 72.9-89.9 5 5.5 2.0-13.9 4 2.9 0.9- 8.6 3 2.0 0.6- 6.5 6 6.5 2.6-15.4
Guilford 110 84 75.6 64.5-84.2 6 5.4 2.3-12.2 9 7.0 3.3-14.0 4 3.3 1.1- 9.4 7 8.7 3.6-19.4
Henderson/Transylvania 13 10 85.3 52.5-96.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 14.7 3.2-47.5
Mecklenburg 133 95 73.0 63.7-80.5 9 5.2 2.5-10.5 8 8.7 4.2-17.1 10 6.4 3.1-12.6 11 6.7 3.5-12.5
Orange 40 27 67.9 48.7-82.5 2 5.5 1.4-19.8 5 12.5 3.7-34.8 3 8.6 2.7-23.9 3 5.6 1.7-16.8
Pitt 105 81 73.6 61.8-82.8 7 11.8 5.4-24.2 7 7.4 2.8-17.9 5 4.0 1.6- 9.9 5 3.1 1.2- 7.7
Randolph 16 14 90.8 65.3-98.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.5 0.3-16.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.7 0.9-36.1
Robeson 88 67 76.7 64.0-86.0 4 3.7 1.3-10.3 2 1.6 0.4- 6.4 8 11.0 4.8-23.3 7 7.0 3.1-15.0
Wake 71 50 67.4 51.5-80.1 3 2.9 0.8- 9.5 8 16.0 6.9-32.7 6 7.4 2.6-19.8 4 6.3 2.0-18.3
Western NC 21 11 48.8 26.8-71.3 3 16.4 4.8-43.3 3 14.0 4.4-36.3 3 18.3 4.9-49.2 1 2.5 0.3-16.4
Piedmont NC 110 88 82.6 73.4-89.0 5 4.5 1.8-11.0 5 3.6 1.3- 9.5 6 4.1 1.8- 9.3 6 5.2 2.1-12.4
Eastern NC 181 137 77.7 69.4-84.3 12 6.2 2.9-12.9 10 4.8 2.0-10.8 11 3.1 1.6- 5.9 11 8.1 4.3-14.8

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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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