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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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 1,829 1,394 74.4 70.9-77.6 96 5.4 3.9- 7.5 116 5.8 4.4- 7.6 110 7.0 5.2- 9.3 113 7.4 5.5- 9.9
GENDER
Male 592 471 74.2 67.9-79.7 26 4.2 2.1- 8.1 32 6.3 3.9-10.0 32 6.4 3.7-11.0 31 8.9 5.5-14.0
Female 1,237 923 74.5 70.6-78.1 70 6.4 4.4- 9.2 84 5.4 4.0- 7.2 78 7.4 5.4-10.2 82 6.3 4.5- 8.6
AGE
18-24 146 100 64.1 51.6-74.9 16 12.5 5.9-24.4 12 9.1 4.3-18.2 10 10.1 4.4-21.6 8 4.2 1.7-10.0
25-34 285 213 72.4 63.4-80.0 18 5.7 2.9-10.9 18 3.2 1.8- 5.8 18 6.4 3.3-12.1 18 12.2 6.5-21.8
35-44 369 269 74.0 66.6-80.3 14 1.9 0.9- 4.0 34 7.9 4.7-12.9 32 10.6 6.3-17.2 20 5.5 2.9-10.3
45-54 408 297 73.2 66.2-79.3 26 6.0 3.6- 9.7 31 7.8 4.8-12.4 28 5.3 3.2- 8.8 26 7.7 3.9-14.4
55-64 280 218 79.2 71.9-85.0 13 4.5 2.3- 8.7 12 3.4 1.6- 6.8 13 5.3 2.8- 9.9 24 7.6 4.1-13.8
65-74 197 165 82.5 73.0-89.2 7 3.7 1.5- 8.9 8 2.0 0.7- 5.2 8 4.6 1.8-11.7 9 7.1 2.9-16.4
75+ 130 119 92.3 84.6-96.3 2 0.9 0.2- 4.3 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 7 5.3 2.1-12.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 423 334 79.0 72.4-84.4 17 3.3 1.7- 6.3 23 5.6 3.0-10.1 18 5.7 2.9-11.2 31 6.4 3.8-10.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 642 488 75.6 69.8-80.6 30 3.7 2.3- 5.9 43 6.7 4.2-10.7 40 7.4 4.7-11.5 41 6.5 3.8-10.9
Some Post-H.S. 432 313 64.4 56.1-71.8 29 10.1 5.6-17.6 25 5.2 3.1- 8.7 38 8.3 4.6-14.5 27 12.0 7.2-19.3
College Graduate 327 255 81.3 74.9-86.3 20 4.5 2.5- 7.8 24 4.9 2.8- 8.4 14 5.7 2.7-11.6 14 3.7 2.0- 7.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 334 250 72.9 64.1-80.2 12 3.5 1.6- 7.3 19 5.6 3.0-10.2 21 5.7 3.2- 9.8 32 12.4 6.6-21.8
$15,000- 24,999 430 318 74.4 66.9-80.7 28 6.6 3.2-13.3 29 5.5 3.2- 9.3 23 5.2 2.7- 9.8 32 8.3 4.9-13.5
$25,000- 34,999 225 168 73.1 63.5-80.9 17 6.5 3.5-11.7 12 4.4 2.2- 8.7 25 15.3 8.9-25.1 3 0.7 0.2- 3.1
$35,000- 49,999 196 158 79.0 68.8-86.6 7 4.0 1.5-10.3 12 5.8 2.5-12.9 10 3.9 1.7- 8.4 9 7.3 2.7-18.0
$50,000-74,999 115 88 71.1 56.6-82.4 8 9.6 3.7-23.1 10 8.3 3.4-18.9 7 7.8 2.3-23.4 2 3.1 0.5-16.2
$75,000+ 94 77 79.9 67.8-88.3 6 5.9 2.3-14.4 4 4.9 1.5-14.7 3 4.9 1.5-15.3 4 4.4 1.4-13.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 28 18 60.6 38.7-79.0 2 6.3 1.4-24.3 3 17.8 5.5-44.5 4 12.7 4.0-33.2 1 2.6 0.4-16.6
Guilford 115 87 73.6 62.1-82.6 10 9.3 4.6-17.6 7 11.3 5.0-23.6 4 1.9 0.7- 5.5 7 3.8 1.6- 8.9
Mecklenburg 118 86 73.5 63.7-81.4 7 4.4 2.0- 9.5 11 9.6 5.1-17.4 7 6.7 3.1-13.9 7 5.8 2.4-13.4
Orange 45 33 73.4 56.9-85.2 4 10.6 3.8-26.4 2 6.3 1.5-23.0 5 8.0 3.1-19.2 1 1.7 0.2-11.3
Wake 85 61 74.0 62.4-83.0 4 5.3 1.7-14.9 9 8.1 4.0-15.4 6 6.7 2.8-15.3 5 5.9 2.2-14.9
Chatham/Lee 70 53 80.4 67.7-89.0 6 8.8 3.6-19.9 3 2.2 0.6- 8.0 5 6.0 2.3-15.1 3 2.5 0.7- 8.3
Nash/Wilson 123 90 74.9 65.7-82.3 3 3.0 0.9- 9.5 12 9.8 5.4-17.0 9 5.4 2.6-10.7 9 7.0 3.5-13.6
Craven/Pamlico 90 71 82.6 72.7-89.4 4 3.4 1.2- 9.6 5 4.3 1.5-11.6 3 1.5 0.5- 4.8 7 8.2 3.8-16.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 15 11 73.6 40.2-92.0 2 17.0 3.6-53.2 1 5.4 0.7-31.7 1 4.0 0.5-25.6 0 0.0 . - .
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 7 67.4 29.6-91.1 1 16.0 2.3-60.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 16.6 2.4-61.9 0 0.0 . - .
Franklin/Gran./Vance 161 117 76.8 63.9-86.1 7 3.9 1.7- 8.8 16 6.4 3.2-12.5 10 6.0 2.8-12.6 11 6.8 2.2-19.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 8 82.6 49.7-95.8 1 8.2 1.1-41.7 1 9.2 1.3-44.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 142 118 82.7 73.6-89.2 5 3.8 1.5- 9.3 6 3.8 1.5- 9.4 5 5.9 2.1-16.0 8 3.7 1.8- 7.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 124 93 75.5 64.8-83.7 5 3.8 1.4- 9.6 12 10.7 5.5-19.8 8 5.9 2.7-12.5 6 4.1 1.7- 9.7
Northeast NC I 233 189 81.7 75.4-86.7 14 6.2 3.3-11.1 12 4.6 2.4- 8.5 9 3.5 1.8- 6.9 9 4.0 2.0- 7.9
Northeast NC II 146 115 79.3 69.7-86.4 4 3.3 1.0-10.2 6 2.1 0.9- 4.9 11 9.0 4.2-18.0 10 6.4 3.2-12.7
Northeastern Partnership 379 304 80.4 74.8-85.0 18 4.7 2.6- 8.2 18 3.3 2.0- 5.5 20 6.3 3.6-11.1 19 5.3 3.1- 8.7
Mountain AHEC 48 33 63.0 43.8-78.8 3 4.4 1.1-16.2 4 11.8 3.7-31.9 4 8.1 2.6-22.8 4 12.7 4.2-32.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 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
Piedmont 797 587 72.7 67.7-77.1 49 5.4 3.6- 8.2 58 6.8 4.7- 9.8 51 7.6 5.0-11.3 52 7.5 5.1-11.0
Western NC 71 49 58.8 37.1-77.6 6 7.2 2.7-17.8 5 7.9 2.7-20.8 6 5.7 2.1-14.6 5 20.4 5.9-51.4

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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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