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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days--FEMALE 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 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 3,044 2,148 68.3 65.6-70.8 216 6.5 5.3- 8.0 291 11.0 9.2-13.1 226 8.3 6.9- 9.9 163 5.9 4.7- 7.3
African American 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
Asian 41 28 65.6 43.6-82.5 2 1.5 0.3- 8.0 6 13.9 4.2-37.6 4 16.7 5.6-40.4 1 2.2 0.3-14.6
Native American 104 65 60.7 45.4-74.1 9 12.9 5.3-28.1 10 11.3 4.8-24.3 9 10.2 4.1-23.2 11 5.0 2.4-10.0
Other Minorities 114 72 59.5 45.7-71.9 12 14.5 6.8-28.5 15 11.1 5.4-21.7 9 9.2 4.3-18.7 6 5.7 1.6-18.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 132 89 57.1 43.7-69.4 13 15.8 8.0-28.8 19 20.6 11.2-34.9 9 6.3 2.7-13.9 2 0.2 0.0- 0.8
-English Speaking 65 43 57.3 38.5-74.2 6 11.3 4.0-27.9 9 22.7 9.2-45.9 5 8.2 2.6-23.3 2 0.5 0.1- 2.2
-Spanish Speaking 67 46 56.9 38.9-73.2 7 18.6 7.9-37.8 10 19.4 8.3-39.0 4 5.1 1.5-15.9 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 3,842 2,711 69.6 67.3-71.8 267 6.4 5.3- 7.6 355 9.8 8.3-11.4 283 7.9 6.7- 9.3 226 6.3 5.2- 7.6
AGE
18-24 286 165 57.4 48.4-65.9 29 8.1 4.3-14.6 41 18.0 11.8-26.4 37 12.4 8.2-18.4 14 4.1 2.0- 8.1
25-34 673 408 59.5 54.0-64.7 79 12.0 8.7-16.3 73 10.6 7.5-14.7 69 10.6 7.8-14.2 44 7.4 5.0-10.8
35-44 734 480 68.7 63.6-73.4 57 7.3 5.1-10.3 98 11.6 8.7-15.5 61 7.3 5.0-10.6 38 5.0 3.1- 8.0
45-54 777 505 64.8 59.5-69.7 64 7.3 5.1-10.5 87 12.8 9.3-17.3 61 6.8 4.8- 9.6 60 8.3 5.7-11.9
55-64 577 445 76.3 70.8-81.0 21 2.9 1.6- 5.3 42 6.9 4.4-10.8 36 8.3 5.3-12.8 33 5.5 3.5- 8.5
65-74 490 410 85.1 79.6-89.3 19 3.0 1.6- 5.8 23 2.7 1.5- 4.8 18 3.4 1.8- 6.2 20 5.8 2.9-11.1
75+ 411 363 87.1 81.0-91.5 10 1.6 0.7- 3.5 9 3.0 1.3- 6.9 10 3.7 1.5- 8.9 19 4.6 2.2- 9.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 597 445 66.9 59.8-73.2 20 3.9 1.7- 8.6 42 11.3 6.8-18.1 40 8.7 5.7-13.1 50 9.3 6.2-13.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,161 829 70.9 66.8-74.7 64 5.7 4.1- 8.0 98 8.8 6.5-11.8 87 7.2 5.4- 9.6 83 7.3 5.4- 9.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,008 689 67.1 62.7-71.2 80 8.6 6.3-11.7 94 9.8 7.4-12.9 91 9.6 7.3-12.6 54 4.9 3.3- 7.1
College Graduate 1,206 837 70.2 66.3-73.8 114 7.9 6.0-10.4 140 12.4 9.9-15.4 75 6.3 4.5- 8.6 40 3.2 2.1- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 439 271 60.7 53.1-67.7 18 3.9 1.4-10.6 38 6.1 3.6-10.2 47 13.6 9.5-19.2 65 15.6 10.8-22.0
$15,000- 24,999 671 464 65.9 59.6-71.7 47 7.2 4.6-11.0 59 11.8 7.7-17.7 53 7.7 5.2-11.2 48 7.4 4.9-11.0
$25,000- 34,999 478 333 70.8 64.4-76.5 44 7.2 4.7-10.9 45 8.4 5.4-12.9 36 9.2 6.0-13.8 20 4.4 2.4- 8.1
$35,000- 49,999 491 324 66.9 60.8-72.5 39 8.4 5.4-12.9 64 14.6 10.7-19.5 43 6.2 4.0- 9.5 21 3.9 2.0- 7.6
$50,000-74,999 448 313 66.5 59.6-72.7 39 6.9 4.5-10.4 53 12.9 8.6-18.9 31 10.2 6.5-15.7 12 3.6 1.7- 7.2
$75,000+ 439 320 76.4 70.7-81.2 38 7.7 5.0-11.8 41 9.0 5.9-13.4 24 3.7 2.2- 6.3 16 3.2 1.7- 5.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 253 179 73.1 66.6-78.7 14 4.7 2.7- 8.2 26 9.7 6.4-14.5 18 7.6 4.6-12.3 16 4.9 2.8- 8.2
Forsyth 277 194 71.0 64.6-76.6 27 11.0 7.3-16.2 23 7.5 4.7-11.6 15 4.4 2.6- 7.5 18 6.1 3.7-10.1
Guilford 257 194 73.1 65.8-79.3 16 5.8 3.4- 9.7 23 10.1 6.4-15.5 16 7.9 4.3-13.9 8 3.1 1.4- 6.8
Henderson/Transylvania 275 198 74.4 67.5-80.2 22 6.8 4.2-10.8 27 8.0 5.2-12.2 18 6.6 3.9-11.0 10 4.1 2.0- 8.2
Mecklenburg 279 196 70.8 64.4-76.5 18 6.0 3.6-10.0 28 10.7 7.1-15.8 19 6.4 3.9-10.4 18 6.0 3.7- 9.7
Orange 252 165 60.3 47.0-72.2 24 7.1 4.4-11.3 36 22.4 10.8-40.7 15 6.3 3.3-11.4 12 4.0 2.1- 7.5
Pitt 252 170 65.1 55.1-73.9 23 10.9 6.6-17.7 24 12.7 5.7-26.0 19 5.9 3.6- 9.6 16 5.4 3.1- 9.0
Randolph 249 179 73.7 66.2-80.1 17 7.4 4.3-12.5 20 5.2 3.2- 8.4 15 5.3 2.9- 9.5 18 8.3 4.4-15.0
Robeson 249 184 73.6 66.8-79.5 10 4.8 2.4- 9.4 17 7.0 4.2-11.4 21 8.9 5.4-14.4 17 5.6 3.3- 9.3
Wake 238 163 65.8 58.2-72.6 19 7.9 4.9-12.5 27 13.7 8.9-20.4 18 8.9 5.2-14.8 11 3.7 2.0- 7.0
Western NC 361 253 71.5 66.0-76.5 22 6.3 4.0- 9.8 25 6.6 4.4- 9.9 33 8.2 5.5-12.1 28 7.3 4.9-10.9
Piedmont NC 548 384 68.0 62.8-72.7 35 5.3 3.4- 8.1 55 12.3 8.9-16.7 45 8.4 6.1-11.6 29 6.1 4.1- 8.9
Eastern NC 491 346 68.4 63.3-73.1 33 8.1 5.5-11.8 44 8.7 6.1-12.2 41 8.0 5.7-11.2 27 6.8 4.5-10.1

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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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