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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 2,548 2,077 82.2 79.8-84.3 142 6.0 4.6- 7.8 136 5.3 4.1- 6.7 91 2.9 2.2- 3.9 102 3.6 2.7- 4.7
Female 3,981 2,805 69.0 66.8-71.2 280 6.8 5.7- 8.1 375 10.3 8.8-12.0 293 7.8 6.7- 9.2 228 6.0 5.0- 7.2
RACE
White 4,971 3,730 75.4 73.5-77.2 317 6.0 5.0- 7.3 397 8.2 7.1- 9.5 292 5.8 4.9- 6.8 235 4.6 3.8- 5.5
African American 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
Asian 73 56 71.4 54.5-83.8 4 5.8 1.6-18.8 8 12.1 4.7-27.5 4 9.5 3.1-25.7 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7
Native American 173 117 66.8 53.9-77.6 14 10.1 4.4-21.7 15 11.9 5.3-24.6 14 8.0 4.0-15.3 13 3.1 1.5- 6.4
Other Minorities 259 188 75.2 66.8-82.1 27 11.8 7.1-19.0 22 6.8 3.4-13.0 10 3.3 1.5- 7.0 12 2.9 1.1- 7.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 284 219 77.1 69.0-83.5 25 11.0 6.6-17.7 24 8.5 4.7-15.0 13 3.3 1.6- 6.4 3 0.1 0.0- 0.4
-English Speaking 118 89 71.5 57.3-82.4 9 10.4 4.3-22.9 9 11.1 4.3-26.0 8 6.6 2.7-15.4 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3
-Spanish Speaking 166 130 79.2 69.2-86.6 16 11.2 6.1-19.9 15 7.6 3.5-15.4 5 2.0 0.7- 5.6 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 6,233 4,654 75.3 73.6-76.9 396 6.1 5.1- 7.1 486 7.8 6.8- 8.9 370 5.6 4.9- 6.5 327 5.2 4.4- 6.1
AGE
18-24 471 300 68.4 61.7-74.4 51 10.1 6.6-15.2 56 12.0 8.2-17.1 46 6.7 4.5- 9.8 18 2.8 1.4- 5.7
25-34 1,113 738 68.2 64.1-72.0 117 9.8 7.5-12.7 98 8.6 6.5-11.4 97 7.7 5.9-10.0 63 5.6 4.1- 7.8
35-44 1,285 924 75.9 72.4-79.0 92 6.5 4.8- 8.7 139 8.9 7.0-11.3 74 4.8 3.5- 6.7 56 4.0 2.7- 5.8
45-54 1,297 910 72.9 69.1-76.4 86 6.2 4.3- 9.0 128 9.8 7.6-12.6 87 5.4 4.0- 7.1 86 5.7 4.1- 7.7
55-64 940 756 80.0 75.9-83.6 36 2.9 1.9- 4.4 51 5.0 3.2- 7.5 43 5.6 3.6- 8.6 54 6.5 4.5- 9.3
65-74 780 678 88.4 84.6-91.4 25 2.4 1.4- 4.2 26 2.0 1.2- 3.3 23 2.4 1.4- 4.2 28 4.7 2.6- 8.4
75+ 588 527 89.7 85.5-92.8 13 1.4 0.7- 2.9 11 1.9 0.8- 4.3 13 3.0 1.4- 6.2 24 4.0 2.2- 7.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,025 797 75.7 71.1-79.7 38 3.9 2.3- 6.6 55 7.0 4.6-10.5 63 6.1 4.4- 8.5 72 7.3 5.2-10.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,913 1,452 77.3 74.4-79.9 99 5.0 3.8- 6.7 135 6.5 5.0- 8.4 106 5.0 3.8- 6.5 121 6.2 4.8- 7.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,530 1,097 72.1 68.4-75.5 106 8.2 6.0-11.1 128 8.9 6.9-11.5 120 7.0 5.4- 8.9 79 3.8 2.8- 5.2
College Graduate 2,045 1,525 75.9 73.1-78.6 177 8.1 6.4-10.2 192 9.3 7.6-11.3 95 4.3 3.3- 5.7 56 2.4 1.7- 3.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 638 414 67.3 61.3-72.7 32 4.9 2.6- 9.0 49 4.7 3.0- 7.3 59 10.3 7.4-14.2 84 12.8 9.3-17.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,064 771 71.3 66.7-75.6 73 7.0 5.0- 9.8 72 8.7 6.0-12.6 69 5.5 3.9- 7.6 79 7.4 5.3-10.3
$25,000- 34,999 795 587 74.1 69.0-78.6 64 7.4 4.8-11.2 65 7.5 5.1-11.0 48 6.8 4.7- 9.7 31 4.2 2.6- 6.8
$35,000- 49,999 883 651 74.8 70.0-79.0 63 8.5 5.5-12.8 87 9.7 7.3-12.8 56 4.6 3.0- 7.0 26 2.5 1.4- 4.3
$50,000-74,999 739 556 76.2 71.5-80.4 52 5.3 3.7- 7.7 74 10.0 7.2-13.7 37 5.8 3.8- 8.7 20 2.7 1.5- 4.7
$75,000+ 870 686 81.3 77.5-84.6 59 6.6 4.5- 9.6 66 7.1 5.1- 9.7 37 3.3 2.2- 5.0 22 1.8 1.0- 2.9
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
Guilford 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
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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