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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days--MALE 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 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
RACE
White 1,927 1,582 83.0 80.3-85.4 101 5.5 4.0- 7.6 106 5.2 4.0- 6.8 66 3.1 2.2- 4.3 72 3.2 2.3- 4.4
African American 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
Asian 32 28 79.0 52.6-92.7 2 11.4 2.6-38.8 2 9.6 2.2-33.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 69 52 71.1 51.0-85.4 5 8.2 1.9-29.5 5 12.4 3.6-34.7 5 6.5 2.3-16.8 2 1.8 0.4- 8.4
Other Minorities 145 116 83.9 73.5-90.8 15 10.3 5.3-19.3 7 4.4 1.2-14.9 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 6 1.3 0.5- 3.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 152 130 88.3 79.8-93.5 12 8.3 3.9-16.7 5 1.7 0.5- 5.8 4 1.6 0.5- 5.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.5
-English Speaking 53 46 85.1 64.1-94.8 3 9.5 2.1-33.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.1 1.2-18.9 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2
-Spanish Speaking 99 84 89.3 79.4-94.7 9 7.9 3.3-17.8 5 2.2 0.6- 7.4 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 2,391 1,943 81.6 79.1-83.9 129 5.7 4.3- 7.5 131 5.6 4.4- 7.2 87 3.1 2.3- 4.1 101 3.9 3.0- 5.2
AGE
18-24 185 135 78.2 68.7-85.5 22 11.9 6.7-20.4 15 6.5 3.1-13.2 9 1.6 0.6- 3.7 4 1.7 0.3- 8.3
25-34 440 330 76.4 70.5-81.5 38 7.7 4.9-12.0 25 6.8 4.1-11.1 28 5.1 3.1- 8.2 19 4.0 2.2- 7.0
35-44 551 444 83.1 78.4-87.0 35 5.6 3.3- 9.3 41 6.1 4.0- 9.2 13 2.3 1.1- 4.5 18 2.9 1.6- 5.5
45-54 520 405 81.3 75.8-85.8 22 5.1 2.4-10.6 41 6.7 4.3-10.3 26 3.9 2.4- 6.3 26 3.0 1.8- 5.1
55-64 363 311 84.1 77.7-89.0 15 2.8 1.5- 5.3 9 2.8 1.0- 7.2 7 2.6 0.8- 8.0 21 7.6 4.4-12.9
65-74 290 268 93.6 88.3-96.6 6 1.5 0.6- 3.8 3 0.8 0.2- 2.9 5 1.0 0.3- 2.7 8 3.1 1.0- 9.3
75+ 177 164 93.5 87.6-96.7 3 1.1 0.3- 4.8 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1 3 1.9 0.5- 6.6 5 3.2 1.1- 8.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 428 352 83.5 78.0-87.9 18 4.0 2.1- 7.7 13 3.1 1.6- 6.1 23 3.8 2.2- 6.4 22 5.6 3.1- 9.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 752 623 84.3 80.3-87.7 35 4.3 2.6- 6.9 37 4.0 2.4- 6.5 19 2.5 1.3- 4.7 38 4.9 3.2- 7.4
Some Post-H.S. 522 408 78.7 72.2-84.0 26 7.6 4.0-14.1 34 7.8 4.8-12.5 29 3.5 2.1- 5.8 25 2.4 1.4- 4.1
College Graduate 839 688 81.3 77.1-85.0 63 8.3 5.7-11.8 52 6.4 4.3- 9.4 20 2.5 1.5- 4.1 16 1.6 0.8- 3.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 199 143 77.3 68.3-84.4 14 6.4 3.0-12.9 11 2.6 1.3- 5.3 12 5.1 2.3-11.0 19 8.5 4.6-15.2
$15,000- 24,999 393 307 77.3 70.2-83.1 26 6.9 4.0-11.6 13 5.3 2.4-11.1 16 3.0 1.5- 5.9 31 7.5 4.3-12.6
$25,000- 34,999 317 254 77.9 69.4-84.6 20 7.6 3.5-15.8 20 6.5 3.2-13.1 12 4.0 1.9- 8.0 11 4.0 1.9- 8.4
$35,000- 49,999 392 327 81.3 73.7-87.1 24 8.5 4.2-16.4 23 5.6 3.1-10.0 13 3.3 1.4- 7.4 5 1.3 0.5- 3.3
$50,000-74,999 291 243 85.9 80.0-90.3 13 3.8 1.9- 7.6 21 7.1 4.1-12.0 6 1.4 0.6- 3.3 8 1.8 0.7- 4.6
$75,000+ 431 366 84.8 79.4-89.0 21 5.8 3.1-10.6 25 5.7 3.4- 9.4 13 3.0 1.6- 5.6 6 0.7 0.3- 1.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 159 127 81.8 74.4-87.4 6 2.8 1.2- 6.6 13 7.1 4.0-12.5 6 4.2 1.7- 9.5 7 4.1 1.8- 9.2
Forsyth 177 148 82.0 74.3-87.7 15 9.8 5.6-16.5 6 4.0 1.6- 9.6 3 1.2 0.3- 4.0 5 3.1 1.2- 7.5
Guilford 149 119 78.4 69.3-85.4 6 3.0 1.3- 7.1 8 7.6 3.4-16.2 8 5.1 2.4-10.6 8 5.9 2.6-12.7
Henderson/Transylvania 187 159 84.6 77.7-89.7 10 6.0 3.0-11.6 6 3.9 1.6- 8.9 5 3.1 1.2- 7.9 7 2.4 1.1- 5.3
Mecklenburg 159 127 77.4 66.9-85.3 13 13.2 6.5-24.7 9 5.3 2.6-10.2 4 1.7 0.6- 4.6 6 2.5 1.0- 5.8
Orange 179 134 75.0 67.3-81.4 14 8.3 4.7-14.2 18 9.7 5.9-15.6 6 3.6 1.5- 8.5 7 3.4 1.5- 7.5
Pitt 155 114 75.2 66.9-82.1 10 6.0 2.9-11.8 13 9.7 5.2-17.6 11 5.5 3.0-10.1 7 3.5 1.6- 7.6
Randolph 166 141 86.0 78.7-91.1 6 3.6 1.5- 8.5 9 5.1 2.5-10.3 3 1.1 0.3- 3.4 7 4.1 1.5-10.7
Robeson 175 137 78.6 70.7-84.8 12 5.8 3.0-10.8 8 3.7 1.7- 7.5 8 6.0 2.9-12.0 10 6.0 3.0-11.5
Wake 180 148 81.2 73.6-87.0 12 6.8 3.7-12.2 7 5.5 2.4-12.1 9 4.3 2.1- 8.5 4 2.2 0.7- 6.4
Western NC 270 221 82.1 76.3-86.8 10 4.6 2.3- 8.9 12 4.3 2.3- 8.0 15 5.5 3.2- 9.5 12 3.5 1.8- 6.6
Piedmont NC 312 265 84.3 78.9-88.5 19 6.4 3.7-10.9 13 4.3 2.5- 7.6 7 2.4 1.1- 5.4 8 2.5 1.2- 5.1
Eastern NC 280 237 83.4 77.4-88.0 9 3.9 1.7- 8.4 14 5.9 3.2-10.5 6 1.7 0.7- 3.9 14 5.2 2.9- 9.0

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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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