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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 2,596 2,223 87.2 85.3-89.0 129 4.4 3.3- 5.8 95 3.1 2.3- 4.2 73 2.4 1.8- 3.3 76 2.8 2.1- 3.8
Female 4,091 3,292 79.7 77.8-81.6 250 6.7 5.6- 8.1 242 5.8 4.8- 7.0 178 4.6 3.7- 5.7 129 3.1 2.4- 4.0
RACE
White 5,078 4,182 83.4 81.8-84.9 298 5.6 4.7- 6.7 255 4.4 3.6- 5.2 184 3.7 3.0- 4.5 159 2.9 2.3- 3.6
African American 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
Asian 77 65 74.3 56.5-86.5 4 7.8 2.2-24.1 4 4.3 1.0-16.0 3 9.9 3.0-28.4 1 3.7 0.5-22.0
Native American 180 133 74.6 61.5-84.4 10 7.7 2.3-22.3 14 9.4 3.8-21.4 14 6.0 2.9-12.1 9 2.2 1.0- 5.1
Other Minorities 266 226 86.9 80.6-91.4 18 7.8 4.4-13.5 11 2.7 1.2- 5.9 6 1.3 0.4- 3.9 5 1.4 0.4- 5.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 298 264 88.5 82.3-92.8 17 6.0 3.1-11.0 8 3.7 1.5- 9.1 6 1.4 0.5- 3.8 3 0.4 0.1- 1.4
-English Speaking 127 112 84.1 69.2-92.6 7 6.9 2.1-20.0 3 6.6 1.6-24.0 3 1.2 0.3- 4.9 2 1.1 0.2- 5.1
-Spanish Speaking 171 152 90.3 83.4-94.5 10 5.6 2.6-11.6 5 2.6 0.9- 7.7 3 1.4 0.4- 5.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9
Non-Hispanic 6,378 5,240 83.0 81.5-84.3 362 5.6 4.8- 6.6 329 4.6 3.9- 5.4 245 3.7 3.1- 4.4 202 3.2 2.6- 3.8
AGE
18-24 487 399 85.0 79.9-88.9 45 8.2 5.3-12.5 27 4.6 2.6- 8.0 12 1.9 0.9- 4.0 4 0.4 0.1- 1.1
25-34 1,137 921 83.1 79.9-85.9 98 6.8 5.2- 9.0 67 5.9 4.2- 8.2 41 3.5 2.3- 5.2 10 0.7 0.3- 1.7
35-44 1,315 1,078 82.6 79.5-85.3 91 6.1 4.6- 8.1 72 4.9 3.5- 7.0 42 3.1 2.0- 4.7 32 3.3 2.1- 5.1
45-54 1,319 1,057 81.6 78.2-84.6 81 6.5 4.5- 9.3 71 3.8 2.8- 5.3 57 4.4 3.0- 6.4 53 3.7 2.4- 5.4
55-64 961 790 81.5 77.6-84.8 37 3.8 2.4- 6.1 43 4.1 2.7- 6.3 49 5.5 3.8- 7.9 42 5.1 3.3- 7.8
65-74 788 676 85.6 81.6-88.9 18 1.6 0.8- 3.1 32 3.5 2.1- 5.8 30 3.4 2.0- 5.6 32 5.9 3.7- 9.2
75+ 617 537 87.9 83.7-91.1 7 1.4 0.6- 3.6 23 3.0 1.6- 5.6 18 3.3 1.7- 6.5 32 4.4 2.8- 6.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,061 838 78.1 74.0-81.7 44 5.2 3.4- 7.9 44 4.4 2.7- 7.0 66 5.9 4.2- 8.1 69 6.4 4.5- 9.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,970 1,631 84.0 81.5-86.1 84 5.0 3.7- 6.7 102 3.6 2.7- 4.8 76 3.8 2.8- 5.1 77 3.7 2.7- 5.0
Some Post-H.S. 1,567 1,276 83.5 80.5-86.1 106 6.4 4.7- 8.6 86 5.5 4.0- 7.6 64 3.1 2.2- 4.4 35 1.5 1.0- 2.4
College Graduate 2,070 1,756 86.2 84.0-88.2 143 5.8 4.5- 7.3 102 4.8 3.7- 6.2 45 2.1 1.3- 3.3 24 1.1 0.6- 1.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 663 449 72.1 66.6-77.0 33 4.9 2.7- 8.6 45 4.7 3.0- 7.3 67 9.7 7.0-13.3 69 8.6 6.0-12.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,088 883 80.2 76.1-83.7 67 7.3 5.0-10.4 62 6.1 4.2- 8.9 47 3.6 2.3- 5.5 29 2.8 1.7- 4.7
$25,000- 34,999 814 684 86.2 82.4-89.3 51 5.4 3.5- 8.2 43 3.6 2.3- 5.5 26 3.3 1.8- 5.8 10 1.6 0.7- 3.6
$35,000- 49,999 893 734 82.3 77.9-85.9 67 7.8 5.3-11.4 50 5.7 3.7- 8.6 22 2.7 1.5- 4.7 20 1.6 0.9- 2.9
$50,000-74,999 746 635 84.3 79.8-87.8 43 5.7 3.6- 8.9 40 5.2 3.2- 8.2 19 2.8 1.6- 5.1 9 2.1 1.0- 4.3
$75,000+ 879 781 90.0 87.2-92.3 53 5.5 3.9- 7.6 34 3.8 2.4- 5.9 8 0.4 0.1- 1.3 3 0.3 0.1- 1.0
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
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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