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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days--WHITE 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 4,971 3,730 75.4 73.5-77.2 317 6.0 5.0- 7.3 397 8.2 7.1- 9.5 292 5.8 4.9- 6.8 235 4.6 3.8- 5.5
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-24 316 198 63.7 55.0-71.7 35 11.7 6.9-19.2 42 14.3 9.2-21.5 30 7.5 4.6-11.9 11 2.8 1.3- 5.9
25-34 789 522 68.0 63.3-72.5 81 8.9 6.6-12.0 81 10.0 7.4-13.5 70 7.6 5.5-10.4 35 5.4 3.5- 8.2
35-44 924 651 74.0 69.8-77.8 72 6.7 4.7- 9.3 101 9.5 7.2-12.4 57 5.8 4.0- 8.3 43 4.1 2.6- 6.3
45-54 993 688 72.9 68.5-76.9 68 5.5 3.4- 8.8 102 9.8 7.3-13.0 70 5.8 4.2- 8.1 65 5.9 4.1- 8.5
55-64 756 617 81.2 76.7-85.1 24 2.1 1.2- 3.7 40 4.8 2.9- 7.7 36 6.0 3.7- 9.6 39 5.9 3.9- 8.8
65-74 659 573 90.2 86.7-92.8 24 2.9 1.6- 5.0 21 1.5 0.8- 2.8 19 2.5 1.4- 4.5 22 2.9 1.5- 5.7
75+ 501 450 90.8 86.5-93.8 13 1.7 0.8- 3.5 9 1.9 0.8- 4.7 10 2.5 1.0- 6.3 19 3.2 1.7- 5.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 639 503 74.7 68.5-80.0 16 2.7 1.1- 6.4 34 8.3 4.8-14.0 38 6.7 4.3-10.4 48 7.5 5.1-10.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,443 1,110 76.9 73.5-80.0 67 4.5 3.2- 6.4 99 6.7 4.9- 9.0 81 5.4 4.0- 7.4 86 6.4 4.8- 8.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,160 832 72.2 67.9-76.1 81 7.8 5.3-11.4 97 9.0 6.7-11.8 95 7.7 5.8-10.1 55 3.3 2.3- 4.9
College Graduate 1,719 1,279 76.7 73.6-79.5 152 7.9 6.1-10.2 166 9.3 7.5-11.5 78 4.1 3.0- 5.5 44 2.0 1.3- 3.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 415 270 64.9 57.4-71.8 22 5.4 2.4-12.0 28 3.5 2.1- 5.7 41 12.4 8.3-18.2 54 13.8 9.6-19.4
$15,000- 24,999 679 494 68.1 62.1-73.6 40 5.0 3.3- 7.6 49 11.4 7.4-17.3 46 6.9 4.6-10.3 50 8.5 5.7-12.4
$25,000- 34,999 581 430 75.5 69.8-80.5 46 6.6 3.9-10.9 47 6.5 4.1-10.0 36 7.4 4.8-11.1 22 4.0 2.2- 7.2
$35,000- 49,999 716 522 74.1 68.6-78.9 50 8.6 5.2-14.0 74 9.9 7.3-13.3 48 4.9 3.0- 7.7 22 2.4 1.3- 4.7
$50,000-74,999 643 481 76.0 70.8-80.5 45 5.2 3.5- 7.8 67 10.5 7.4-14.7 31 5.4 3.4- 8.5 19 3.0 1.7- 5.3
$75,000+ 762 597 80.8 76.7-84.4 56 7.2 4.8-10.6 57 6.8 4.8- 9.7 34 3.6 2.4- 5.6 18 1.5 0.9- 2.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 364 275 78.8 73.8-83.0 18 3.7 2.2- 6.0 32 7.9 5.4-11.4 21 5.9 3.7- 9.4 18 3.8 2.2- 6.5
Forsyth 337 249 75.6 69.9-80.5 34 10.9 7.5-15.6 23 6.3 3.9-10.1 15 3.3 1.9- 5.7 16 3.9 2.3- 6.6
Guilford 273 211 76.6 70.1-82.1 15 4.3 2.5- 7.4 20 9.2 5.5-15.0 19 7.4 4.5-11.9 8 2.5 1.1- 5.6
Henderson/Transylvania 422 326 79.4 74.7-83.4 31 6.7 4.5- 9.8 31 6.7 4.4- 9.9 21 4.8 2.9- 7.6 13 2.5 1.4- 4.5
Mecklenburg 260 197 73.2 64.4-80.5 19 12.7 6.7-22.8 22 7.3 4.6-11.4 12 3.5 1.9- 6.4 10 3.3 1.7- 6.3
Orange 351 247 67.9 57.4-76.9 33 7.6 5.1-11.1 42 17.4 9.0-31.0 15 3.7 2.0- 6.6 14 3.4 1.9- 6.3
Pitt 286 193 69.4 61.1-76.7 23 6.1 3.9- 9.4 28 12.6 6.6-22.9 25 6.7 4.3-10.3 17 5.1 3.1- 8.5
Randolph 376 288 79.3 73.9-83.8 22 5.7 3.5- 9.0 26 5.4 3.5- 8.4 17 3.1 1.8- 5.3 23 6.5 3.8-11.1
Robeson 174 140 80.8 73.2-86.6 3 1.9 0.6- 6.6 13 7.4 4.1-13.0 10 4.4 2.2- 8.6 8 5.5 2.5-11.4
Wake 305 228 76.1 70.4-81.0 25 7.8 5.2-11.7 23 7.1 4.5-11.1 18 6.3 3.8-10.3 11 2.6 1.4- 4.9
Western NC 588 444 77.6 73.5-81.2 28 4.9 3.2- 7.4 33 5.3 3.6- 7.7 44 6.6 4.7- 9.3 39 5.6 4.0- 8.0
Piedmont NC 701 525 74.4 70.2-78.3 42 5.1 3.3- 7.7 63 10.4 7.7-13.7 43 6.1 4.3- 8.5 28 4.0 2.7- 6.0
Eastern NC 534 407 75.2 70.6-79.3 24 5.4 3.4- 8.6 41 7.5 5.2-10.6 32 5.8 4.0- 8.4 30 6.2 4.2- 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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