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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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%)
TOTAL 1,040 868 83.2 79.5-86.4 49 4.6 2.9- 7.2 50 5.3 3.5- 8.0 43 3.2 2.1- 4.7 30 3.7 2.3- 5.9
GENDER
Male 367 311 85.8 79.6-90.3 15 2.8 1.0- 7.3 14 5.0 2.4-10.2 14 2.7 1.3- 5.4 13 3.7 1.8- 7.6
Female 673 557 81.3 76.3-85.5 34 6.0 3.6- 9.7 36 5.5 3.4- 8.9 29 3.6 2.2- 5.7 17 3.6 1.9- 6.8
AGE
18-24 92 77 84.1 69.7-92.4 9 11.2 4.4-26.0 4 4.1 1.1-13.9 2 0.6 0.1- 3.0 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 191 158 81.7 72.0-88.6 8 3.7 1.5- 8.9 14 8.9 4.0-18.7 11 5.7 2.6-11.8 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 235 193 82.2 73.6-88.5 15 4.4 2.2- 8.5 9 6.8 2.8-15.7 9 1.9 0.8- 4.2 9 4.7 1.9-11.0
45-54 216 182 84.3 76.5-89.8 8 3.0 1.2- 7.8 8 3.1 1.4- 6.9 8 4.2 1.8- 9.4 10 5.3 2.2-12.5
55-64 127 103 84.3 73.8-91.0 5 3.5 0.8-14.2 9 3.9 1.6- 9.0 6 4.2 1.5-11.2 4 4.2 1.3-13.1
65-74 89 75 78.9 64.0-88.8 3 2.2 0.6- 7.4 4 4.6 1.4-13.7 3 2.2 0.6- 8.0 4 12.1 4.4-28.9
75+ 70 63 92.8 81.1-97.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 3 2.1 0.6- 7.0 3 4.5 1.0-18.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 196 156 72.8 61.0-82.1 12 6.3 2.3-16.5 7 7.8 2.9-19.3 10 3.5 1.6- 7.7 11 9.5 4.5-19.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 353 301 85.2 78.7-89.9 11 4.9 2.1-10.9 13 2.9 1.3- 6.5 16 3.6 1.9- 7.0 12 3.4 1.5- 7.1
Some Post-H.S. 280 225 85.3 78.8-90.0 17 3.5 1.9- 6.5 19 6.0 2.9-12.2 12 2.7 1.4- 5.3 7 2.4 1.0- 6.0
College Graduate 203 179 88.0 81.0-92.6 8 2.5 1.1- 5.9 11 6.7 3.5-12.7 5 2.8 0.8- 8.7 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 145 102 68.9 56.1-79.3 4 1.3 0.4- 4.6 13 9.3 4.2-19.3 11 6.8 3.0-14.5 15 13.8 6.8-26.0
$15,000- 24,999 233 189 83.2 74.5-89.3 13 7.6 3.2-16.8 13 4.4 2.2- 8.7 15 4.0 1.9- 8.1 3 0.8 0.2- 3.4
$25,000- 34,999 163 142 84.8 73.8-91.7 12 8.1 3.1-19.2 4 2.7 0.9- 7.8 4 2.6 0.8- 8.5 1 1.8 0.3-11.8
$35,000- 49,999 122 104 83.6 69.7-91.9 8 4.1 1.8- 9.1 7 11.3 4.2-27.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 2 0.6 0.1- 2.7
$50,000-74,999 63 55 83.9 61.3-94.5 3 1.7 0.5- 5.6 3 9.9 1.9-38.5 1 2.1 0.3-13.8 1 2.4 0.3-15.3
$75,000+ 59 54 92.6 81.1-97.4 2 3.6 0.7-15.6 3 3.8 1.0-13.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 27 22 84.6 65.4-94.1 2 5.3 1.3-19.7 2 4.7 1.1-17.4 1 5.5 0.8-30.3 0 0.0 . - .
Forsyth 93 78 82.4 71.0-90.0 5 6.4 2.3-16.5 5 5.0 1.8-13.1 2 2.0 0.4- 8.4 3 4.2 1.2-14.4
Guilford 117 96 84.7 75.5-90.9 6 4.5 1.8-10.6 8 4.4 2.1- 9.0 5 5.1 1.7-14.8 2 1.3 0.3- 5.0
Henderson/Transylvania 13 11 94.7 74.8-99.1 1 1.9 0.2-14.7 1 3.5 0.4-24.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Mecklenburg 132 114 87.2 78.7-92.6 4 4.4 1.3-13.6 6 4.9 2.0-11.3 6 2.5 1.0- 5.7 2 1.0 0.2- 4.5
Orange 40 37 94.0 81.0-98.3 3 6.0 1.7-19.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Pitt 110 91 85.0 76.7-90.7 6 5.9 2.5-13.3 5 4.0 1.6- 9.5 5 3.1 1.1- 8.0 3 2.1 0.6- 7.2
Randolph 17 16 97.6 83.8-99.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.4 0.3-16.2 0 0.0 . - .
Robeson 95 80 86.6 77.0-92.5 4 3.6 1.2-10.0 2 2.2 0.4-11.1 5 3.7 1.3- 9.8 4 4.0 1.4-10.8
Wake 73 63 88.6 76.8-94.8 3 1.8 0.6- 5.8 3 6.3 1.8-19.8 3 1.9 0.6- 6.1 1 1.4 0.2- 9.6
Western NC 21 15 71.0 46.5-87.3 4 21.3 7.7-46.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.3 0.7-29.8 1 2.4 0.3-15.8
Piedmont NC 113 96 88.8 79.9-94.1 4 2.2 0.7- 6.9 7 5.2 1.7-15.0 3 1.7 0.5- 5.2 3 2.1 0.6- 6.7
Eastern NC 189 149 76.4 68.0-83.2 7 5.9 2.5-13.3 11 6.2 3.0-12.1 11 4.4 2.3- 8.3 11 7.1 3.7-13.1

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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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