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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days--MALE 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 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
RACE
White 1,961 1,674 87.2 84.9-89.1 101 4.5 3.3- 6.1 74 2.9 2.1- 4.1 52 2.5 1.8- 3.6 60 2.9 2.1- 4.0
African American 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
Asian 36 34 89.0 54.5-98.2 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.3 1.5-46.5 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 69 54 78.4 57.9-90.5 6 11.2 2.8-35.4 2 5.2 0.9-25.5 5 3.9 1.5-10.0 2 1.4 0.3- 7.0
Other Minorities 146 133 91.5 82.9-96.0 6 6.0 2.3-14.5 5 1.1 0.4- 3.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 155 145 94.2 86.8-97.5 5 4.8 1.8-12.7 3 0.7 0.2- 2.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1
-English Speaking 56 54 92.3 65.5-98.7 1 7.1 1.0-35.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4
-Spanish Speaking 99 91 94.7 86.8-98.0 4 4.2 1.3-12.8 3 0.9 0.2- 3.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3
Non-Hispanic 2,436 2,073 86.5 84.5-88.4 124 4.4 3.3- 5.8 92 3.3 2.4- 4.5 73 2.7 2.0- 3.7 74 3.1 2.3- 4.2
AGE
18-24 189 168 92.2 85.5-96.0 12 4.3 1.8- 9.8 5 3.0 0.9- 9.3 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6
25-34 449 378 87.0 82.2-90.7 35 5.3 3.2- 8.6 18 3.4 1.6- 7.0 15 3.6 1.9- 6.8 3 0.7 0.1- 3.2
35-44 559 482 87.9 83.8-91.1 28 4.1 2.4- 7.0 22 2.8 1.6- 4.9 10 1.4 0.6- 3.3 17 3.7 2.0- 6.8
45-54 529 441 84.7 79.4-88.9 32 7.2 4.1-12.5 25 3.6 2.1- 6.1 16 2.0 1.1- 3.8 15 2.5 1.3- 4.9
55-64 368 307 82.2 76.1-87.0 14 3.0 1.4- 6.4 12 3.6 1.8- 7.1 13 4.3 2.1- 8.6 22 6.9 4.1-11.6
65-74 294 258 87.5 80.6-92.1 7 2.0 0.7- 5.8 10 2.7 1.1- 6.6 10 2.6 1.1- 6.1 9 5.3 2.3-12.0
75+ 185 168 90.8 83.5-95.0 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 2 0.9 0.2- 4.6 5 4.8 1.8-12.3 9 3.3 1.5- 7.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 438 367 82.8 76.9-87.4 23 6.0 3.3-10.7 6 1.9 0.5- 6.7 20 4.4 2.5- 7.5 22 4.9 2.8- 8.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 771 660 88.1 84.8-90.8 26 2.9 1.6- 5.0 35 3.0 1.9- 4.7 18 2.0 1.1- 3.8 32 4.0 2.5- 6.3
Some Post-H.S. 531 447 87.9 83.0-91.5 28 4.7 2.4- 9.0 22 3.4 1.6- 7.0 22 2.5 1.5- 4.2 12 1.5 0.7- 3.2
College Graduate 849 744 88.9 85.7-91.5 51 4.8 3.2- 7.1 31 3.7 2.4- 5.7 13 1.6 0.7- 3.6 10 1.0 0.4- 2.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 207 146 76.8 67.9-83.8 7 1.8 0.7- 4.3 13 3.8 2.0- 7.3 17 7.6 3.9-14.2 24 10.0 5.7-17.1
$15,000- 24,999 402 332 81.3 74.8-86.5 28 8.4 4.9-14.0 15 4.0 1.8- 8.6 12 2.7 1.3- 5.6 15 3.6 1.8- 6.9
$25,000- 34,999 322 280 92.2 87.8-95.1 13 1.0 0.5- 1.8 12 1.7 0.8- 3.6 11 2.1 0.9- 4.6 6 3.1 1.2- 7.5
$35,000- 49,999 397 332 83.0 76.0-88.3 28 7.7 4.1-14.0 20 5.2 2.5-10.4 10 3.1 1.4- 6.7 7 1.1 0.4- 2.5
$50,000-74,999 294 259 88.5 82.5-92.6 11 3.5 1.4- 8.3 11 3.4 1.6- 7.2 6 1.1 0.4- 2.8 7 3.5 1.5- 8.0
$75,000+ 433 397 93.6 90.6-95.7 22 3.6 2.2- 5.9 11 2.5 1.3- 4.9 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 160 133 81.9 74.2-87.7 10 6.6 3.4-12.6 8 5.5 2.7-11.0 4 3.0 1.1- 8.1 5 3.0 1.1- 7.6
Forsyth 178 148 83.2 76.4-88.4 10 5.2 2.7- 9.7 10 6.2 3.2-11.7 4 1.9 0.7- 5.2 6 3.5 1.5- 7.9
Guilford 153 129 84.9 77.0-90.4 10 6.2 3.2-11.7 5 3.4 1.1-10.2 6 3.7 1.4- 9.8 3 1.8 0.5- 6.1
Henderson/Transylvania 189 163 87.7 81.8-91.9 12 6.2 3.3-11.5 6 2.5 1.1- 5.7 5 2.2 0.9- 5.7 3 1.3 0.4- 4.0
Mecklenburg 160 143 91.8 86.0-95.4 7 3.7 1.4- 9.2 5 2.7 1.0- 6.9 3 1.1 0.4- 3.5 2 0.6 0.1- 2.6
Orange 183 161 87.7 81.2-92.2 11 6.5 3.4-12.0 6 3.8 1.5- 9.1 4 1.5 0.5- 4.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6
Pitt 157 127 80.9 73.0-86.9 10 7.3 3.6-14.1 6 3.0 1.2- 7.0 12 7.7 4.1-14.0 2 1.2 0.3- 4.6
Randolph 174 149 87.5 81.3-91.8 9 4.9 2.4- 9.7 9 4.9 2.4- 9.6 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 5 2.3 0.9- 5.8
Robeson 175 144 85.1 78.6-89.8 10 5.3 2.7-10.1 4 1.6 0.6- 4.3 5 2.5 1.0- 6.0 12 5.6 2.9-10.3
Wake 184 165 91.3 85.9-94.7 9 3.6 1.8- 7.0 6 3.3 1.4- 7.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0
Western NC 280 243 87.8 83.1-91.4 12 3.9 2.2- 7.1 4 1.3 0.4- 4.1 10 3.4 1.7- 6.5 11 3.5 1.8- 6.6
Piedmont NC 320 274 87.4 82.5-91.1 8 3.6 1.6- 7.8 15 2.4 1.1- 5.2 10 3.1 1.6- 5.8 13 3.5 2.0- 6.2
Eastern NC 283 244 85.7 80.4-89.8 11 4.9 2.6- 9.1 11 3.8 1.9- 7.4 7 2.0 0.9- 4.3 10 3.6 1.9- 6.7

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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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