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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Wake County

Healthy Days

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%)
North Carolina 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
Wake County 418 311 74.0 68.7-78.6 31 7.3 5.0-10.6 34 9.3 6.3-13.6 27 6.5 4.2- 9.8 15 2.9 1.6- 5.2
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
RACE
White 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
Other 111 81 69.0 57.1-78.8 6 6.1 2.4-14.7 11 14.5 7.5-26.1 9 6.8 3.0-14.7 4 3.6 1.1-11.0
AGE
18-44 237 166 71.6 64.6-77.6 24 9.2 5.9-14.1 27 10.7 7.0-16.1 12 5.8 3.1-10.6 8 2.7 1.2- 6.0
45+ 177 142 78.7 70.2-85.2 7 4.2 2.0- 8.6 6 6.0 2.2-15.3 15 7.8 4.5-13.3 7 3.3 1.5- 7.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 103 76 74.9 63.7-83.6 6 6.8 2.6-16.4 9 9.9 4.7-20.0 6 4.9 1.9-12.3 6 3.4 1.4- 8.2
Some College + 315 235 73.7 67.5-79.0 25 7.5 5.0-11.2 25 9.1 5.8-14.2 21 7.0 4.3-11.1 9 2.7 1.3- 5.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 150 104 67.3 57.3-75.9 9 6.2 2.8-13.0 16 14.7 8.3-24.6 13 8.3 4.4-15.1 8 3.5 1.6- 7.4
$50,000+ 176 132 75.8 68.1-82.2 17 8.7 5.3-14.0 12 7.4 3.9-13.4 10 5.9 2.9-11.7 5 2.2 0.9- 5.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 412 306 77.3 72.6-81.5 20 3.8 2.3- 6.1 39 8.5 6.0-11.8 24 5.9 3.8- 9.1 23 4.5 2.8- 7.2
Forsyth 454 342 76.4 71.6-80.7 42 10.4 7.4-14.4 29 5.8 3.7- 8.8 18 2.8 1.7- 4.6 23 4.6 2.9- 7.3
Guilford 406 313 75.7 70.1-80.6 22 4.4 2.8- 7.0 31 8.9 5.8-13.4 24 6.5 4.1-10.3 16 4.5 2.5- 7.9
Henderson/Transylvania 462 357 79.6 75.0-83.6 32 6.4 4.2- 9.5 33 5.9 3.9- 8.7 23 4.8 3.0- 7.6 17 3.3 1.9- 5.5
Mecklenburg 438 323 74.2 68.2-79.4 31 9.6 5.7-15.8 37 8.0 5.5-11.3 23 4.0 2.5- 6.3 24 4.2 2.8- 6.5
Orange 431 299 67.1 58.5-74.7 38 7.6 5.2-10.9 54 16.5 9.4-27.4 21 5.0 3.1- 8.2 19 3.7 2.2- 6.1
Pitt 407 284 70.1 63.5-75.9 33 8.5 5.6-12.6 37 11.3 6.6-18.5 30 5.7 3.8- 8.4 23 4.5 2.9- 6.9
Randolph 415 320 79.8 74.8-84.1 23 5.6 3.5- 8.7 29 5.2 3.4- 7.9 18 3.2 1.9- 5.5 25 6.2 3.6-10.4
Robeson 424 321 76.3 71.1-80.8 22 5.4 3.3- 8.5 25 5.2 3.4- 7.8 29 7.4 4.8-11.1 27 5.8 3.7- 8.9
Western NC 631 474 77.2 73.3-80.8 32 5.4 3.6- 7.9 37 5.4 3.7- 7.6 48 6.8 4.8- 9.4 40 5.3 3.7- 7.4
Piedmont NC 860 649 75.4 71.7-78.8 54 5.8 4.1- 8.2 68 8.6 6.5-11.4 52 5.7 4.2- 7.7 37 4.4 3.1- 6.3
Eastern NC 771 583 75.4 71.5-78.9 42 6.1 4.3- 8.7 58 7.4 5.4-10.0 47 5.1 3.7- 7.0 41 6.1 4.4- 8.4

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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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