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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

Healthy Days

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%)
North Carolina 6,687 5,515 83.4 82.0-84.7 379 5.6 4.8- 6.5 337 4.5 3.8- 5.3 251 3.6 3.0- 4.2 205 3.0 2.4- 3.6
Western NC 649 528 83.7 80.4-86.5 31 4.4 3.0- 6.4 27 3.8 2.5- 5.8 31 4.0 2.7- 6.0 32 4.1 2.8- 6.0
GENDER
Male 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
Female 369 285 78.7 73.8-82.9 19 4.9 3.0- 7.9 23 6.8 4.4-10.4 21 4.8 2.9- 7.6 21 4.9 3.1- 7.5
RACE
White 605 491 83.3 79.8-86.3 27 4.1 2.7- 6.2 27 4.1 2.7- 6.2 29 4.1 2.7- 6.2 31 4.4 3.0- 6.4
Other 42 35 87.6 74.5-94.5 4 7.9 2.8-20.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.6 0.9-13.5 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3
AGE
18-44 243 190 82.4 76.8-86.9 19 6.2 3.7-10.1 14 4.7 2.7- 8.3 11 3.6 1.9- 6.7 9 3.1 1.5- 6.4
45+ 400 332 84.6 80.4-88.0 12 2.9 1.6- 5.2 13 3.1 1.6- 5.7 20 4.4 2.6- 7.3 23 5.0 3.3- 7.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 369 300 82.9 78.2-86.7 13 3.5 2.0- 6.1 14 3.4 1.9- 6.1 20 5.0 3.0- 8.2 22 5.2 3.2- 8.2
Some College + 279 227 84.8 79.8-88.7 18 5.6 3.3- 9.3 13 4.3 2.3- 7.9 11 2.6 1.4- 5.0 10 2.7 1.4- 5.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 395 320 84.0 79.7-87.5 14 3.1 1.7- 5.5 16 3.3 1.9- 5.5 24 5.1 3.3- 7.9 21 4.6 2.8- 7.3
$50,000+ 108 92 86.9 78.7-92.3 7 5.0 2.2-10.9 7 6.6 2.9-14.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.5 0.4- 5.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 414 330 80.9 76.3-84.8 26 6.3 4.1- 9.6 33 7.3 5.0-10.6 17 3.5 2.0- 6.0 8 1.9 0.9- 4.2
Forsyth 458 367 80.3 75.7-84.2 32 7.7 5.2-11.4 30 6.2 4.1- 9.2 13 2.3 1.3- 4.1 16 3.4 2.0- 5.8
Guilford 423 353 84.2 79.5-88.0 29 6.6 4.4- 9.8 19 4.6 2.5- 8.3 14 2.9 1.5- 5.7 8 1.6 0.7- 3.6
Henderson/Transylvania 473 407 88.0 84.3-90.8 22 4.7 2.9- 7.6 18 2.9 1.8- 4.8 15 2.7 1.5- 4.8 11 1.7 0.9- 3.3
Mecklenburg 447 390 89.2 85.4-92.1 20 4.7 2.7- 8.0 18 3.4 2.0- 5.7 15 2.2 1.3- 3.7 4 0.5 0.2- 1.4
Orange 438 367 85.8 81.4-89.3 36 7.3 4.9-10.8 19 4.0 2.3- 6.9 11 2.0 1.0- 3.7 5 0.9 0.4- 2.1
Pitt 417 333 81.6 76.9-85.5 28 6.8 4.4-10.4 25 4.7 3.1- 7.2 21 4.8 2.9- 8.0 10 2.1 1.1- 4.0
Randolph 427 364 87.2 83.2-90.4 18 4.3 2.5- 7.1 19 3.9 2.3- 6.3 11 2.1 0.9- 4.8 15 2.5 1.4- 4.6
Robeson 438 352 82.4 78.0-86.1 21 5.1 3.1- 8.1 22 4.6 2.8- 7.3 17 2.9 1.7- 4.9 26 5.1 3.3- 7.8
Wake 430 370 87.2 83.1-90.4 25 5.4 3.4- 8.3 19 4.6 2.7- 7.8 7 1.3 0.5- 3.3 9 1.5 0.7- 3.0
Piedmont NC 879 716 83.4 80.3-86.1 49 5.6 4.0- 7.9 50 4.2 3.0- 6.0 37 4.0 2.8- 5.7 27 2.7 1.8- 4.0
Eastern NC 794 638 80.1 76.6-83.2 42 5.9 4.1- 8.4 38 5.0 3.5- 7.1 42 4.5 3.2- 6.3 34 4.5 3.1- 6.5

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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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