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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

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
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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 361 253 71.5 66.0-76.5 22 6.3 4.0- 9.8 25 6.6 4.4- 9.9 33 8.2 5.5-12.1 28 7.3 4.9-10.9
RACE
White 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
Other 41 29 76.6 60.2-87.6 3 6.1 1.7-19.4 4 6.8 2.5-17.4 4 9.5 3.1-25.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.5
AGE
18-44 235 157 71.5 64.5-77.6 20 8.1 4.8-13.1 17 6.8 4.0-11.3 25 7.8 4.9-12.3 16 5.8 3.4- 9.9
45+ 391 313 82.0 77.5-85.8 12 3.2 1.7- 5.9 20 4.3 2.7- 6.7 23 5.9 3.7- 9.4 23 4.6 3.0- 7.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 355 276 79.8 74.7-84.2 9 2.8 1.3- 5.7 15 3.2 1.9- 5.4 34 8.7 5.9-12.8 21 5.4 3.4- 8.7
Some College + 275 197 73.8 67.3-79.3 23 8.7 5.4-13.8 22 8.3 5.2-13.0 14 4.2 2.3- 7.5 19 5.1 3.0- 8.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 386 290 77.3 72.2-81.6 18 5.0 2.9- 8.5 17 3.5 2.1- 5.7 32 7.2 4.9-10.6 29 7.0 4.6-10.4
$50,000+ 106 81 79.3 69.8-86.4 3 2.5 0.8- 7.6 14 12.0 6.8-20.5 5 4.3 1.5-11.6 3 1.9 0.6- 5.7
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
Wake 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
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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