BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (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?*)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Health Status-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

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
TOTAL	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
GENDER
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
RACE
African American	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
HISPANIC
Hispanic	12	10	84.3	49.1-96.8	1	6.4	0.8-37.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	9.3	1.2-47.3
-English Speaking	12	10	84.3	49.1-96.8	1	6.4	0.8-37.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	9.3	1.2-47.3
Non-Hispanic	1,230	992	81.5	77.8-84.7	47	4.8	2.9- 7.8	66	4.6	3.2- 6.8	64	5.8	4.0- 8.2	61	3.4	2.4- 4.7
AGE
18-24	93	76	76.5	59.2-88.0	4	9.3	2.5-29.3	5	5.4	1.3-19.3	7	8.6	3.1-21.6	1	0.2	0.0- 1.4
25-34	199	165	87.4	79.6-92.5	14	4.6	2.1- 9.9	12	4.8	1.9-12.1	6	2.6	0.8- 8.1	2	0.5	0.1- 2.4
35-44	260	212	79.8	71.1-86.4	12	6.5	2.7-15.0	16	6.2	3.2-11.8	10	4.6	1.9-10.7	10	2.9	1.2- 6.7
45-54	255	203	82.8	75.8-88.1	8	2.4	1.0- 5.7	14	3.0	1.6- 5.6	19	8.5	4.7-15.1	11	3.2	1.4- 7.4
55-64	180	138	78.2	69.1-85.3	5	3.2	0.9-11.0	11	5.9	2.9-11.9	9	5.0	2.0-12.0	17	7.6	4.1-13.8
65-74	142	115	77.5	65.6-86.2	3	3.6	0.7-15.9	6	3.5	1.3- 9.3	5	4.5	1.2-15.5	13	10.9	5.5-20.4
75+	101	82	83.7	72.0-91.1	2	1.6	0.4- 6.6	2	1.9	0.4- 9.6	7	7.0	2.6-17.4	8	5.8	2.1-15.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	280	204	74.1	65.4-81.3	11	5.5	2.0-14.5	17	6.1	3.0-12.0	14	4.9	2.3-10.1	34	9.4	5.9-14.8
H.S. or G.E.D.	421	341	79.2	72.4-84.6	16	4.8	2.4- 9.7	19	4.3	2.0- 8.9	24	8.1	4.7-13.5	21	3.6	2.1- 6.3
Some Post-H.S.	302	246	82.3	73.3-88.8	15	7.1	2.7-17.1	17	4.0	1.6- 9.4	17	5.3	2.6-10.4	7	1.4	0.5- 3.5
College Graduate	237	209	91.4	86.3-94.7	6	1.1	0.4- 3.3	13	4.6	2.4- 8.4	9	2.9	1.1- 7.5	0	0.0	. - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	271	199	73.9	65.8-80.6	5	0.9	0.3- 2.5	12	4.9	2.5- 9.4	26	11.3	6.8-18.4	29	9.0	5.3-14.7
$15,000- 24,999	279	225	81.4	73.1-87.6	13	3.8	1.8- 7.8	17	2.8	1.6- 4.8	13	9.1	4.3-18.2	11	2.9	1.4- 5.9
$25,000- 34,999	162	134	80.0	68.7-87.9	7	8.3	3.0-20.7	13	5.6	2.8-11.0	5	3.6	1.1-10.7	3	2.5	0.7- 9.1
$35,000- 49,999	113	97	87.1	73.3-94.3	7	9.4	3.2-25.0	5	2.6	0.9- 7.0	3	0.5	0.2- 1.8	1	0.4	0.1- 3.0
$50,000-74,999	64	55	81.8	62.3-92.4	4	5.1	1.5-16.3	4	10.4	2.6-33.4	1	2.8	0.4-17.4	0	0.0	. - .
$75,000+	53	45	89.0	73.5-95.9	2	1.5	0.3- 8.3	3	3.2	0.9-10.8	2	5.7	1.0-26.1	1	0.6	0.1- 4.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	16	9	54.9	28.0-79.2	0	0.0	. - .	6	39.0	16.5-67.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	6.1	0.8-33.4
Guilford	71	58	82.5	70.0-90.5	2	3.7	0.8-14.4	4	4.8	1.7-12.9	1	1.2	0.2- 8.2	6	7.8	2.8-19.5
Mecklenburg	81	69	88.4	79.4-93.8	1	0.7	0.1- 5.1	4	3.0	1.1- 8.2	3	3.8	1.1-12.9	4	4.0	1.4-11.1
Orange	31	21	72.4	54.0-85.4	3	6.6	2.0-19.6	3	9.2	2.9-25.4	3	8.9	2.7-25.5	1	3.1	0.4-18.9
Wake	54	47	81.6	64.2-91.6	3	9.9	2.8-29.4	2	3.1	0.7-11.7	1	2.8	0.4-17.4	1	2.7	0.4-16.7
Chatham/Lee	52	45	88.0	75.4-94.6	0	0.0	. - .	2	4.4	1.0-17.7	5	7.6	3.0-17.9	0	0.0	. - .
Nash/Wilson	79	63	76.2	63.7-85.3	3	5.8	1.7-17.7	9	12.4	6.2-23.0	3	4.8	1.5-14.2	1	0.9	0.1- 5.9
Craven/Pamlico	55	47	87.3	74.4-94.2	1	0.8	0.1- 5.3	3	4.8	1.4-15.5	3	5.6	1.6-17.7	1	1.5	0.2-10.1
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	9	8	91.8	53.5-99.1	1	8.2	0.9-46.5	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Appalachian/Wilkes	6	5	85.4	40.0-98.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	14.6	1.9-60.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance	102	88	89.6	81.8-94.3	3	2.7	0.8- 8.0	6	3.4	1.4- 8.2	1	2.0	0.3-12.8	4	2.3	0.8- 6.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson	9	7	78.9	42.9-94.9	2	21.1	5.1-57.1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	93	70	79.3	69.7-86.5	5	3.9	1.5- 9.4	3	2.6	0.8- 8.2	6	6.3	2.8-13.7	9	7.9	3.9-15.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	100	78	81.5	72.6-88.0	3	2.6	0.8- 8.5	3	3.0	0.9- 9.7	8	6.9	3.3-14.0	8	5.9	2.8-11.8
Northeast NC I	169	139	83.1	76.0-88.4	5	2.6	1.0- 6.2	7	3.5	1.6- 7.7	8	6.0	2.8-12.1	10	4.8	2.4- 9.3
Northeast NC II	97	72	77.2	67.2-84.9	7	5.9	2.6-12.8	5	4.7	1.9-11.1	5	4.1	1.5-10.7	8	8.1	3.9-16.1
Northeastern Partnership	266	211	80.4	74.5-85.1	12	4.1	2.2- 7.5	12	4.1	2.2- 7.4	13	5.1	2.8- 9.1	18	6.3	3.8-10.4
Mountain AHEC	31	21	67.8	45.5-84.2	2	1.8	0.4- 7.5	7	26.8	11.9-49.8	0	0.0	. - .	1	3.5	0.5-21.4
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	657	522	78.8	73.1-83.6	27	3.8	2.1- 6.9	32	6.2	3.4-11.1	38	7.5	4.8-11.6	38	3.7	2.4- 5.4
Piedmont	540	446	83.4	78.1-87.6	19	5.6	2.9-10.8	27	3.0	1.9- 4.9	26	4.7	2.7- 8.1	22	3.2	1.9- 5.5
Western NC	45	34	81.1	62.2-91.8	2	1.0	0.2- 4.4	7	15.0	5.9-33.5	0	0.0	. - .	2	2.8	0.6-12.5

Total
Respond.^

None

1-2 days

3-7 days

8-29 days

30 days

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

1,242

1,002

81.5

77.8-84.7

4.8

2.9- 7.8

4.6

3.1- 6.7

5.7

4.0- 8.1

3.4

2.4- 4.8

GENDER

Female

1,242

1,002

81.5

77.8-84.7

4.8

2.9- 7.8

4.6

3.1- 6.7

5.7

4.0- 8.1

3.4

2.4- 4.8

RACE

African American

1,242

1,002

81.5

77.8-84.7

4.8

2.9- 7.8

4.6

3.1- 6.7

5.7

4.0- 8.1

3.4

2.4- 4.8

HISPANIC

Hispanic

84.3

49.1-96.8

6.4

0.8-37.0

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

9.3

1.2-47.3

-English Speaking

84.3

49.1-96.8

6.4

0.8-37.0

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

9.3

1.2-47.3

Non-Hispanic

1,230

992

81.5

77.8-84.7

4.8

2.9- 7.8

4.6

3.2- 6.8

5.8

4.0- 8.2

3.4

2.4- 4.7

AGE

18-24

76.5

59.2-88.0

9.3

2.5-29.3

5.4

1.3-19.3

8.6

3.1-21.6

0.2

0.0- 1.4

25-34

199

165

87.4

79.6-92.5

4.6

2.1- 9.9

4.8

1.9-12.1

2.6

0.8- 8.1

0.5

0.1- 2.4

35-44

260

212

79.8

71.1-86.4

6.5

2.7-15.0

6.2

3.2-11.8

4.6

1.9-10.7

2.9

1.2- 6.7

45-54

255

203

82.8

75.8-88.1

2.4

1.0- 5.7

3.0

1.6- 5.6

8.5

4.7-15.1

3.2

1.4- 7.4

55-64

180

138

78.2

69.1-85.3

3.2

0.9-11.0

5.9

2.9-11.9

5.0

2.0-12.0

7.6

4.1-13.8

65-74

142

115

77.5

65.6-86.2

3.6

0.7-15.9

3.5

1.3- 9.3

4.5

1.2-15.5

10.9

5.5-20.4

75+

101

83.7

72.0-91.1

1.6

0.4- 6.6

1.9

0.4- 9.6

7.0

2.6-17.4

5.8

2.1-15.3

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

280

204

74.1

65.4-81.3

5.5

2.0-14.5

6.1

3.0-12.0

4.9

2.3-10.1

9.4

5.9-14.8

H.S. or G.E.D.

421

341

79.2

72.4-84.6

4.8

2.4- 9.7

4.3

2.0- 8.9

8.1

4.7-13.5

3.6

2.1- 6.3

Some Post-H.S.

302

246

82.3

73.3-88.8

7.1

2.7-17.1

4.0

1.6- 9.4

5.3

2.6-10.4

1.4

0.5- 3.5

College Graduate

237

209

91.4

86.3-94.7

1.1

0.4- 3.3

4.6

2.4- 8.4

2.9

1.1- 7.5

0.0

. - .

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

271

199

73.9

65.8-80.6

0.9

0.3- 2.5

4.9

2.5- 9.4

11.3

6.8-18.4

9.0

5.3-14.7

$15,000- 24,999

279

225

81.4

73.1-87.6

3.8

1.8- 7.8

2.8

1.6- 4.8

9.1

4.3-18.2

2.9

1.4- 5.9

$25,000- 34,999

162

134

80.0

68.7-87.9

8.3

3.0-20.7

5.6

2.8-11.0

3.6

1.1-10.7

2.5

0.7- 9.1

$35,000- 49,999

113

87.1

73.3-94.3

9.4

3.2-25.0

2.6

0.9- 7.0

0.5

0.2- 1.8

0.4

0.1- 3.0

$50,000-74,999

81.8

62.3-92.4

5.1

1.5-16.3

10.4

2.6-33.4

2.8

0.4-17.4

0.0

. - .

$75,000+

89.0

73.5-95.9

1.5

0.3- 8.3

3.2

0.9-10.8

5.7

1.0-26.1

0.6

0.1- 4.0

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

54.9

28.0-79.2

0.0

. - .

39.0

16.5-67.4

0.0

. - .

6.1

0.8-33.4

Guilford

82.5

70.0-90.5

3.7

0.8-14.4

4.8

1.7-12.9

1.2

0.2- 8.2

7.8

2.8-19.5

Mecklenburg

88.4

79.4-93.8

0.7

0.1- 5.1

3.0

1.1- 8.2

3.8

1.1-12.9

4.0

1.4-11.1

Orange

72.4

54.0-85.4

6.6

2.0-19.6

9.2

2.9-25.4

8.9

2.7-25.5

3.1

0.4-18.9

Wake

81.6

64.2-91.6

9.9

2.8-29.4

3.1

0.7-11.7

2.8

0.4-17.4

2.7

0.4-16.7

Chatham/Lee

88.0

75.4-94.6

0.0

. - .

4.4

1.0-17.7

7.6

3.0-17.9

0.0

. - .

Nash/Wilson

76.2

63.7-85.3

5.8

1.7-17.7

12.4

6.2-23.0

4.8

1.5-14.2

0.9

0.1- 5.9

Craven/Pamlico

87.3

74.4-94.2

0.8

0.1- 5.3

4.8

1.4-15.5

5.6

1.6-17.7

1.5

0.2-10.1

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

91.8

53.5-99.1

8.2

0.9-46.5

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Appalachian/Wilkes

85.4

40.0-98.1

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

14.6

1.9-60.0

Franklin/Gran./Vance

102

89.6

81.8-94.3

2.7

0.8- 8.0

3.4

1.4- 8.2

2.0

0.3-12.8

2.3

0.8- 6.3

Graham/Swain/Jackson

78.9

42.9-94.9

21.1

5.1-57.1

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

79.3

69.7-86.5

3.9

1.5- 9.4

2.6

0.8- 8.2

6.3

2.8-13.7

7.9

3.9-15.3

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

100

81.5

72.6-88.0

2.6

0.8- 8.5

3.0

0.9- 9.7

6.9

3.3-14.0

5.9

2.8-11.8

Northeast NC I

169

139

83.1

76.0-88.4

2.6

1.0- 6.2

3.5

1.6- 7.7

6.0

2.8-12.1

4.8

2.4- 9.3

Northeast NC II

77.2

67.2-84.9

5.9

2.6-12.8

4.7

1.9-11.1

4.1

1.5-10.7

8.1

3.9-16.1

Northeastern Partnership

266

211

80.4

74.5-85.1

4.1

2.2- 7.5

4.1

2.2- 7.4

5.1

2.8- 9.1

6.3

3.8-10.4

Mountain AHEC

67.8

45.5-84.2

1.8

0.4- 7.5

26.8

11.9-49.8

0.0

. - .

3.5

0.5-21.4

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

657

522

78.8

73.1-83.6

3.8

2.1- 6.9

6.2

3.4-11.1

7.5

4.8-11.6

3.7

2.4- 5.4

Piedmont

540

446

83.4

78.1-87.6

5.6

2.9-10.8

3.0

1.9- 4.9

4.7

2.7- 8.1

3.2

1.9- 5.5

Western NC

81.1

62.2-91.8

1.0

0.2- 4.4

15.0

5.9-33.5

0.0

. - .

2.8

0.6-12.5

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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 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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