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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern 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 9,264 6,973 74.8 73.3-76.3 560 6.9 6.0- 7.9 628 6.8 5.9- 7.7 541 5.6 4.9- 6.4 562 5.9 5.2- 6.7
-Eastern NC 3,243 2,491 74.7 71.8-77.4 174 8.2 6.3-10.7 188 6.0 4.6- 7.8 193 5.7 4.5- 7.1 197 5.4 4.3- 6.7
GENDER
Male 1,147 939 75.5 70.3-80.1 58 9.9 6.5-14.9 47 5.8 3.5- 9.2 53 4.5 2.8- 7.0 50 4.3 2.8- 6.7
Female 2,096 1,552 74.0 70.9-76.9 116 6.7 5.1- 8.7 141 6.3 4.8- 8.2 140 6.8 5.3- 8.6 147 6.3 5.0- 8.0
RACE
White 2,023 1,538 74.6 71.0-78.0 121 8.7 6.3-11.9 120 5.7 4.2- 7.9 119 5.7 4.2- 7.7 125 5.3 4.0- 6.8
African American 961 758 77.8 72.7-82.1 41 5.3 3.0- 9.4 53 4.2 2.8- 6.2 53 6.3 4.2- 9.3 56 6.4 4.0-10.1
Other Minorities 240 179 64.6 51.6-75.8 12 13.7 6.1-28.0 13 13.5 6.1-27.2 21 4.4 2.4- 7.9 15 3.7 1.6- 8.1
AGE
18-24 201 139 60.4 48.3-71.4 16 17.4 8.7-31.7 15 11.4 5.7-21.4 22 7.9 3.8-15.6 9 2.9 1.1- 7.3
25-34 489 357 71.5 64.6-77.6 35 11.2 7.0-17.3 22 3.0 1.6- 5.7 37 7.0 4.2-11.3 38 7.3 4.3-12.2
35-44 588 412 73.6 67.9-78.7 37 7.1 4.4-11.4 55 7.1 4.9-10.3 45 6.1 3.9- 9.5 39 6.0 3.7- 9.6
45-54 633 456 75.0 68.8-80.3 42 5.6 3.6- 8.8 50 8.9 5.2-15.1 37 4.7 2.8- 7.8 48 5.7 3.7- 8.6
55-64 551 455 83.0 77.9-87.1 21 3.6 1.9- 6.8 22 3.8 2.1- 6.7 25 4.7 2.9- 7.7 28 4.9 2.7- 8.7
65-74 449 382 83.3 77.2-88.1 12 4.0 1.7- 9.0 12 2.5 1.1- 5.4 21 4.1 2.3- 7.2 22 6.1 3.3-11.1
75+ 312 273 87.3 80.4-92.0 10 4.8 2.0-11.2 11 1.9 0.9- 3.6 6 3.2 1.1- 9.1 12 2.8 1.2- 6.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 631 497 76.5 70.1-81.9 26 7.6 4.1-13.5 28 4.8 2.4- 9.4 38 4.7 3.0- 7.4 42 6.4 4.2- 9.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,082 828 75.4 70.5-79.7 58 7.1 4.5-11.0 60 6.0 3.7- 9.7 70 7.4 5.2-10.3 66 4.1 2.8- 6.0
Some Post-H.S. 839 642 71.2 64.3-77.3 47 10.2 5.6-17.8 49 5.7 3.6- 8.8 50 5.6 3.3- 9.6 51 7.3 4.7-11.2
College Graduate 686 519 76.5 70.9-81.4 43 8.0 5.3-11.9 51 7.5 4.3-12.6 35 3.9 2.4- 6.3 38 4.1 2.4- 6.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 444 303 66.6 57.9-74.3 17 7.0 2.3-19.7 29 4.5 2.7- 7.5 44 10.7 6.9-16.0 51 11.2 7.5-16.3
$15,000- 24,999 645 489 71.9 64.6-78.3 35 8.6 4.8-14.8 42 7.3 3.9-13.1 37 7.0 3.8-12.7 42 5.2 3.1- 8.5
$25,000- 34,999 376 293 76.7 68.4-83.3 22 6.9 3.1-14.7 18 5.0 2.2-11.0 25 6.4 3.7-10.9 18 5.0 2.4-10.1
$35,000- 49,999 421 344 83.5 77.6-88.1 15 3.2 1.6- 6.3 22 6.0 3.2-11.0 23 3.7 2.1- 6.4 17 3.6 1.6- 7.7
$50,000-74,999 328 254 71.5 61.0-80.0 25 16.1 8.6-28.2 19 4.6 2.3- 8.9 17 3.3 1.7- 6.4 13 4.5 2.0- 9.6
$75,000+ 289 230 75.9 66.4-83.4 22 8.4 4.9-14.1 22 10.0 4.6-20.5 9 4.0 1.8- 8.7 6 1.6 0.5- 5.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 448 341 76.5 71.4-81.0 33 6.7 4.6- 9.7 32 8.8 5.6-13.6 26 4.5 3.0- 6.7 16 3.5 2.0- 5.9
Guilford 443 328 72.0 66.4-76.9 37 9.2 6.4-13.0 30 9.3 6.0-14.2 20 4.1 2.4- 6.9 28 5.4 3.5- 8.1
Mecklenburg 443 326 73.0 67.0-78.3 29 7.2 4.2-12.1 40 9.3 6.5-13.3 25 6.6 3.8-11.4 23 3.9 2.4- 6.1
Orange 446 325 69.7 61.5-76.9 43 10.1 7.1-14.2 37 6.9 4.7- 9.9 31 9.5 4.6-18.7 10 3.7 0.9-13.8
Wake 451 340 75.6 70.7-80.0 33 7.4 5.0-10.9 39 8.7 6.2-12.2 25 5.8 3.7- 9.0 14 2.4 1.3- 4.3
Chatham/Lee 394 311 80.4 75.4-84.5 23 6.1 3.9- 9.3 23 5.4 3.3- 8.8 21 4.4 2.8- 7.0 16 3.7 2.0- 6.7
Nash/Wilson 372 287 78.7 73.7-82.9 17 4.8 2.9- 7.9 25 6.4 4.2- 9.6 23 5.5 3.4- 8.6 20 4.7 2.9- 7.4
Craven/Pamlico 443 338 78.4 73.8-82.4 23 4.4 2.8- 6.9 29 6.1 4.0- 9.2 26 5.1 3.4- 7.7 27 5.9 3.9- 8.9
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 426 305 73.1 68.0-77.7 22 5.3 3.3- 8.4 33 7.6 5.2-11.0 37 7.7 5.4-10.8 29 6.3 4.2- 9.3
Appalachian/Wilkes 443 322 75.3 70.1-79.9 22 5.1 3.1- 8.4 43 9.2 6.5-12.8 21 4.8 2.9- 7.8 35 5.6 3.9- 8.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance 465 341 72.7 65.7-78.7 27 7.0 4.1-11.9 37 7.5 4.8-11.6 25 4.7 2.9- 7.7 35 8.0 4.8-13.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson 421 316 72.2 58.4-82.8 22 3.6 2.2- 5.9 36 15.0 5.7-33.9 22 4.4 2.7- 7.2 25 4.7 2.9- 7.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 459 362 79.6 74.9-83.6 17 4.5 2.7- 7.6 24 3.9 2.5- 6.1 27 6.9 4.4-10.6 29 5.1 3.4- 7.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 410 302 74.9 69.5-79.6 23 6.2 3.9- 9.9 27 6.2 4.0- 9.4 33 7.4 4.9-11.0 25 5.3 3.4- 8.2
Northeast NC I 453 354 78.3 73.1-82.7 28 7.6 4.9-11.7 25 4.7 3.1- 7.2 19 3.1 1.9- 5.1 27 6.2 3.9- 9.8
Northeast NC II 503 396 79.4 74.9-83.2 18 3.8 2.3- 6.3 23 4.3 2.7- 6.7 29 5.8 3.8- 8.9 37 6.8 4.7- 9.7
Northeastern Partnership 956 750 79.0 75.6-82.0 46 5.2 3.7- 7.2 48 4.4 3.2- 6.1 48 4.9 3.4- 6.9 64 6.6 4.9- 8.7
Mountain AHEC 1,284 969 73.6 68.8-77.9 71 4.4 3.3- 6.0 91 9.4 5.8-15.0 72 5.5 4.0- 7.6 81 7.0 5.2- 9.4
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 3,987 2,974 75.0 73.0-77.0 279 6.9 5.8- 8.1 288 6.9 5.8- 8.0 223 5.4 4.5- 6.6 223 5.8 4.8- 7.0
Western NC 2,034 1,508 74.3 70.7-77.6 107 4.2 3.3- 5.4 152 8.0 5.5-11.3 125 6.2 4.7- 8.2 142 7.3 5.6- 9.5

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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