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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 1,841 1,500 82.9 80.0-85.4 69 4.7 3.2- 6.7 86 3.9 2.7- 5.7 90 4.4 3.3- 5.9 96 4.1 3.0- 5.6
GENDER
Male 599 498 84.7 79.8-88.5 21 4.6 2.6- 7.9 20 3.0 1.3- 7.0 26 2.8 1.7- 4.5 34 5.0 3.0- 8.2
Female 1,242 1,002 81.5 77.8-84.7 48 4.8 2.9- 7.8 66 4.6 3.1- 6.7 64 5.7 4.0- 8.1 62 3.4 2.4- 4.8
AGE
18-24 147 119 77.5 65.3-86.3 9 8.1 3.3-18.4 8 8.3 3.2-20.1 9 5.6 2.3-12.8 2 0.5 0.1- 2.8
25-34 285 244 89.6 83.5-93.6 17 4.8 2.2-10.3 14 3.1 1.3- 7.2 7 1.5 0.5- 4.6 3 1.0 0.2- 4.0
35-44 369 307 85.2 79.2-89.6 18 6.0 3.1-11.5 19 3.9 2.1- 7.2 14 3.2 1.5- 6.6 11 1.7 0.7- 3.9
45-54 411 332 81.1 74.4-86.4 12 3.3 1.3- 7.7 18 2.4 1.3- 4.5 29 7.3 4.5-11.6 20 5.9 2.8-12.2
55-64 282 218 80.6 73.7-86.1 6 1.9 0.6- 6.1 17 4.2 2.3- 7.5 14 4.3 2.1- 8.7 27 8.9 5.2-14.8
65-74 198 163 77.7 67.4-85.4 5 4.4 1.4-12.9 6 2.1 0.8- 5.7 7 4.5 1.7-11.3 17 11.3 6.0-20.4
75+ 136 105 81.5 71.2-88.7 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7 4 1.8 0.5- 6.5 9 6.2 2.7-13.7 16 9.3 4.3-19.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 427 318 78.4 72.2-83.6 12 3.1 1.2- 8.3 22 4.2 2.3- 7.5 24 4.3 2.5- 7.3 51 10.0 6.7-14.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 644 526 81.2 75.9-85.5 28 5.9 3.5- 9.7 25 3.8 1.8- 7.8 35 5.9 3.8- 9.2 30 3.2 2.0- 5.2
Some Post-H.S. 434 361 83.6 76.5-88.8 16 4.6 1.9-10.5 24 4.5 2.0- 9.9 19 3.4 1.7- 6.4 14 4.0 1.7- 9.1
College Graduate 331 290 89.8 84.5-93.4 13 4.1 1.8- 9.0 15 3.0 1.6- 5.3 12 3.1 1.4- 6.8 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 343 252 77.2 70.6-82.7 7 1.3 0.5- 3.2 17 4.4 2.4- 7.7 34 9.9 6.3-15.1 33 7.2 4.4-11.5
$15,000- 24,999 427 341 82.9 77.1-87.4 20 3.4 2.0- 5.8 22 2.1 1.3- 3.5 23 6.4 3.5-11.4 21 5.2 2.9- 9.1
$25,000- 34,999 226 188 83.2 74.8-89.2 8 6.6 2.7-15.5 16 4.0 2.1- 7.7 9 3.9 1.6- 8.8 5 2.3 0.8- 6.4
$35,000- 49,999 198 175 86.2 75.9-92.6 10 8.5 3.9-17.6 7 2.0 0.7- 5.0 3 0.2 0.1- 0.8 3 3.1 0.5-16.3
$50,000-74,999 118 105 88.4 77.0-94.5 5 2.9 0.9- 8.8 5 6.0 1.7-19.1 2 2.1 0.5- 8.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4
$75,000+ 94 78 84.1 71.5-91.8 6 7.3 2.3-20.5 4 1.7 0.5- 5.0 3 4.0 1.1-13.8 3 2.9 0.7-11.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 29 21 78.3 58.8-90.1 0 0.0 . - . 6 16.4 6.4-35.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.3 1.3-19.3
Guilford 116 97 84.3 74.1-91.0 5 6.8 2.4-17.9 6 3.8 1.5- 9.3 2 1.2 0.3- 4.8 6 3.8 1.4-10.1
Mecklenburg 119 101 87.8 80.4-92.7 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 6 2.9 1.3- 6.5 5 4.4 1.7-10.7 5 4.0 1.5-10.2
Orange 48 35 78.3 64.5-87.7 4 6.1 2.1-16.9 3 4.8 1.5-14.3 4 6.9 2.5-18.0 2 3.8 0.9-14.4
Wake 85 74 85.8 74.6-92.6 4 6.3 2.1-17.7 2 1.6 0.4- 6.4 4 4.8 1.6-13.3 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5
Chatham/Lee 69 61 91.2 81.7-96.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.3 1.3-13.5 5 4.6 1.7-11.4 0 0.0 . - .
Nash/Wilson 122 100 81.7 72.6-88.2 4 5.0 1.7-13.6 10 6.9 3.5-13.0 5 4.2 1.7- 9.7 3 2.3 0.7- 7.7
Craven/Pamlico 89 72 82.9 72.5-90.0 1 0.4 0.1- 3.2 9 8.6 4.1-17.1 4 5.5 1.9-15.0 3 2.5 0.8- 7.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 16 13 80.1 46.6-94.9 2 16.4 3.5-51.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.5 0.4-22.8 0 0.0 . - .
Appalachian/Wilkes 9 7 75.3 36.4-94.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 16.6 2.4-61.9 1 8.1 1.1-41.9
Franklin/Gran./Vance 161 140 88.5 77.4-94.6 4 1.8 0.6- 5.1 7 1.9 0.8- 4.4 2 1.7 0.4- 6.9 8 6.1 1.8-18.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 10 8 80.9 46.5-95.4 2 19.1 4.6-53.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 143 112 82.3 74.5-88.0 5 2.1 0.8- 5.1 4 1.8 0.6- 4.9 9 5.3 2.7-10.0 13 8.6 4.5-15.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 127 99 80.5 70.8-87.6 6 6.8 2.8-16.0 3 2.0 0.6- 6.5 9 6.0 2.8-12.2 10 4.7 2.4- 9.1
Northeast NC I 235 191 80.5 73.4-86.1 8 5.0 1.9-12.6 9 3.6 1.7- 7.4 12 5.6 3.1- 9.9 15 5.3 3.0- 9.1
Northeast NC II 144 110 80.3 71.7-86.8 8 3.6 1.7- 7.6 6 3.4 1.4- 7.7 10 7.4 3.3-15.9 10 5.3 2.7-10.1
Northeastern Partnership 379 301 80.4 75.0-84.9 16 4.3 2.2- 8.0 15 3.5 2.0- 6.1 22 6.5 3.8-10.9 25 5.3 3.4- 8.1
Mountain AHEC 49 36 74.7 56.8-86.8 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4 7 11.9 5.0-25.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 12.6 4.3-31.5
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 965 772 80.2 75.7-84.2 39 5.1 3.1- 8.4 44 5.0 2.8- 8.7 53 5.6 3.8- 8.1 57 4.0 2.7- 5.8
Piedmont 804 674 85.6 81.7-88.7 27 4.5 2.6- 7.6 35 2.9 1.7- 5.2 36 3.8 2.4- 5.9 32 3.3 2.1- 5.1
Western NC 72 54 68.5 44.8-85.4 3 2.1 0.4-10.1 7 6.6 2.7-15.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 7 21.9 7.2-50.6

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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 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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