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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 3,424 2,781 78.8 76.3-81.1 172 6.6 5.1- 8.4 171 5.7 4.5- 7.3 147 4.3 3.3- 5.6 153 4.6 3.6- 5.9
Female 5,840 4,192 71.1 69.3-72.9 388 7.2 6.2- 8.3 457 7.7 6.8- 8.9 394 6.9 5.9- 7.9 409 7.1 6.2- 8.2
RACE
White 6,804 5,103 75.2 73.4-76.8 429 7.0 6.0- 8.2 465 6.6 5.6- 7.6 392 5.4 4.6- 6.4 415 5.8 5.0- 6.8
African American 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
Asian 51 43 90.0 76.9-96.1 1 2.0 0.3-13.2 5 6.8 2.1-19.8 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5
Native American 221 156 60.4 46.8-72.6 6 8.3 1.9-30.0 17 14.5 6.4-29.3 20 7.7 4.2-13.7 22 9.1 4.6-17.2
Other Minorities 324 246 72.6 64.2-79.6 28 10.3 5.9-17.5 24 10.3 5.9-17.4 17 4.3 2.2- 8.2 9 2.6 1.0- 6.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 334 257 72.7 64.2-79.8 30 10.3 5.8-17.5 23 9.9 5.5-17.1 16 5.0 2.6- 9.4 8 2.2 0.8- 5.6
-English Speaking 134 92 56.1 41.1-70.1 17 21.1 9.8-39.6 8 7.2 2.5-19.2 12 10.9 5.1-21.9 5 4.7 1.4-14.9
-Spanish Speaking 200 165 78.4 68.3-85.9 13 6.6 3.0-14.0 15 10.8 5.5-20.2 4 2.9 0.9- 8.8 3 1.3 0.3- 6.0
Non-Hispanic 8,921 6,707 74.9 73.4-76.4 530 6.7 5.8- 7.7 605 6.6 5.8- 7.5 525 5.7 4.9- 6.5 554 6.2 5.4- 7.0
AGE
18-24 577 386 63.7 57.2-69.7 58 12.1 8.0-18.0 63 12.8 9.3-17.3 45 7.0 4.3-11.1 25 4.4 2.4- 7.8
25-34 1,404 979 72.3 68.5-75.9 120 9.0 7.0-11.6 121 6.4 4.5- 9.1 103 5.7 4.3- 7.6 81 6.5 4.6- 9.0
35-44 1,769 1,244 73.7 70.6-76.5 123 6.6 5.0- 8.5 164 8.0 6.4- 9.9 134 6.6 5.2- 8.5 104 5.2 3.9- 6.9
45-54 1,814 1,285 72.8 69.5-75.8 136 6.8 5.4- 8.5 145 7.6 5.8- 9.9 116 5.8 4.3- 7.8 132 7.0 5.4- 9.0
55-64 1,496 1,162 78.0 74.7-81.0 66 4.2 2.9- 5.8 69 3.6 2.6- 5.0 81 6.0 4.4- 8.3 118 8.2 6.2-10.7
65-74 1,240 1,068 85.3 82.2-88.0 34 3.6 2.2- 5.6 42 3.0 2.0- 4.6 38 3.0 1.9- 4.6 58 5.1 3.6- 7.2
75+ 895 790 89.8 86.9-92.2 22 2.3 1.3- 4.1 21 2.0 1.1- 3.6 21 2.1 1.2- 3.8 41 3.8 2.5- 5.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,536 1,183 76.0 72.0-79.7 57 4.8 3.2- 7.3 82 6.3 4.0- 9.7 81 4.7 3.3- 6.5 133 8.1 6.2-10.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,778 2,086 74.9 72.2-77.4 135 5.5 4.2- 7.1 178 6.4 5.0- 8.2 179 6.6 5.3- 8.2 200 6.6 5.3- 8.1
Some Post-H.S. 2,317 1,706 70.8 67.4-74.0 163 9.4 7.1-12.3 163 7.0 5.6- 8.8 154 6.3 4.7- 8.4 131 6.5 4.9- 8.5
College Graduate 2,606 1,974 77.7 75.3-79.9 205 7.3 6.1- 8.8 203 7.2 5.8- 8.8 126 4.4 3.4- 5.7 98 3.3 2.5- 4.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,056 708 68.5 63.6-73.0 35 4.9 2.5- 9.1 74 5.1 3.6- 7.0 98 8.5 6.3-11.4 141 13.1 10.1-16.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,700 1,244 71.1 67.1-74.8 91 6.2 4.4- 8.7 140 8.0 6.0-10.6 102 6.9 5.0- 9.4 123 7.8 5.8-10.4
$25,000- 34,999 1,027 749 74.0 69.3-78.1 84 9.3 6.4-13.2 70 5.9 4.1- 8.6 73 6.2 4.3- 8.7 51 4.7 3.1- 7.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,227 949 77.1 73.4-80.3 72 4.9 3.5- 6.8 89 8.1 6.1-10.7 66 5.1 3.7- 7.0 51 4.9 3.2- 7.2
$50,000-74,999 993 771 76.3 71.9-80.2 78 9.5 6.7-13.3 56 5.3 3.7- 7.5 54 5.0 3.4- 7.2 34 4.0 2.5- 6.3
$75,000+ 1,151 907 78.7 74.9-82.0 95 7.7 6.0- 9.9 80 7.6 5.5-10.5 46 4.3 2.6- 7.0 23 1.7 1.0- 3.0
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***
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
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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