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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures*

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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 5,595 4,225 76.4 74.7-78.1 362 6.3 5.3- 7.3 426 7.6 6.5- 8.7 317 5.3 4.6- 6.2 265 4.4 3.7- 5.3
No 919 644 70.1 65.1-74.7 60 7.3 4.8-11.0 83 9.5 6.7-13.3 67 6.3 4.5- 8.6 65 6.8 4.7- 9.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight 127 75 50.9 36.7-64.9 13 17.3 7.5-34.9 15 17.8 8.3-34.1 13 6.2 2.5-14.4 11 7.8 3.7-15.8
Recommended Range 2,492 1,889 75.9 73.2-78.5 164 6.4 5.0- 8.3 196 7.9 6.4- 9.8 145 5.8 4.6- 7.2 98 3.9 2.9- 5.2
Overweight 2,159 1,674 78.8 76.0-81.3 140 6.2 4.7- 8.1 144 5.6 4.3- 7.2 99 4.5 3.4- 5.8 102 5.0 3.8- 6.6
Obese 1,342 939 71.3 67.5-74.8 73 5.0 3.6- 6.9 126 10.2 7.8-13.1 103 6.9 5.2- 9.1 101 6.6 5.0- 8.7
Current Smoker
No 5,030 3,897 78.3 76.5-80.0 332 6.6 5.5- 7.8 375 7.2 6.1- 8.4 241 4.5 3.7- 5.3 185 3.5 2.9- 4.3
Yes 1,475 965 67.2 63.4-70.7 90 6.0 4.2- 8.4 136 10.0 7.8-12.7 141 8.4 6.7-10.5 143 8.5 6.7-10.7
Binge Drinker
No 5,889 4,428 75.9 74.1-77.5 367 6.1 5.2- 7.1 450 7.7 6.6- 8.8 351 5.6 4.8- 6.5 293 4.8 4.0- 5.6
Yes 562 389 71.4 65.5-76.6 50 8.6 5.5-13.3 56 10.0 7.0-14.1 31 4.5 2.7- 7.3 36 5.6 3.5- 8.7
Heavy Drinker
No 6,243 4,677 75.6 73.9-77.2 405 6.3 5.4- 7.3 484 7.9 6.9- 9.0 365 5.4 4.7- 6.3 312 4.8 4.1- 5.7
Yes 218 148 68.4 56.2-78.5 13 8.2 2.5-23.7 23 10.8 5.2-21.0 18 7.9 3.9-15.3 16 4.7 2.3- 9.6
Physical Activity
Meets Recommendation 2,405 1,835 77.0 74.3-79.5 166 7.0 5.4- 8.9 184 7.3 5.9- 9.1 124 4.4 3.5- 5.7 96 4.2 3.1- 5.7
Some Physical Activity 2,627 1,917 74.2 71.5-76.6 196 7.5 6.0- 9.3 229 8.4 6.9-10.1 166 5.8 4.7- 7.1 119 4.2 3.2- 5.4
Physically Inactive 1,231 918 75.0 71.0-78.6 49 3.5 2.3- 5.4 87 8.4 5.9-11.7 80 5.9 4.3- 8.0 97 7.2 5.4- 9.6
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes 1,330 879 66.6 62.5-70.4 46 2.5 1.6- 3.9 114 9.7 7.3-12.8 127 9.5 7.5-12.0 164 11.7 9.4-14.5
No 5,182 3,992 77.7 75.9-79.4 376 7.4 6.3- 8.7 396 7.4 6.4- 8.6 256 4.4 3.7- 5.3 162 3.1 2.4- 3.8
Disability Status
Yes 1,552 1,001 63.4 59.5-67.1 67 3.4 2.1- 5.5 138 10.8 8.3-14.0 155 9.4 7.6-11.7 191 12.9 10.6-15.8
No 4,807 3,755 78.8 77.0-80.6 345 7.3 6.2- 8.6 362 7.0 6.0- 8.2 215 4.2 3.5- 5.1 130 2.6 2.0- 3.3
Current Asthma
Yes 417 252 57.0 49.0-64.6 26 6.0 2.7-12.6 54 15.7 10.4-23.0 37 9.7 6.1-15.2 48 11.6 7.6-17.3
No 6,091 4,615 76.7 75.0-78.3 395 6.5 5.5- 7.5 457 7.4 6.4- 8.5 345 5.2 4.5- 6.0 279 4.3 3.6- 5.1
Diabetes
Yes 508 386 75.6 69.5-80.9 17 2.3 1.1- 4.8 28 6.1 3.2-11.1 30 6.3 3.7-10.3 47 9.8 6.6-14.2
Yes, During Pregnancy 53 35 69.7 51.0-83.6 2 0.8 0.2- 3.8 8 9.5 3.6-22.5 4 10.7 3.3-29.8 4 9.3 2.3-31.0
No 5,961 4,456 75.4 73.7-77.1 402 6.8 5.8- 7.9 475 8.0 7.0- 9.2 350 5.4 4.6- 6.2 278 4.4 3.7- 5.2
Arthritis
Yes 2,085 1,529 71.6 68.4-74.6 91 3.9 2.6- 5.8 151 8.4 6.5-10.8 143 7.6 6.1- 9.5 171 8.5 6.8-10.6
No 4,395 3,320 77.0 75.1-78.8 326 7.4 6.3- 8.7 356 7.7 6.5- 8.9 235 4.5 3.8- 5.4 158 3.4 2.7- 4.3

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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.

* See Technical Notes for definitions of risk factors/conditions.

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