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

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	9,355	7,601	83.0	81.8-84.2	421	4.5	3.9- 5.3	458	4.6	4.0- 5.3	408	3.9	3.4- 4.5	467	3.9	3.4- 4.6
GENDER
Male	3,448	2,918	86.1	84.3-87.7	122	3.8	2.9- 5.0	126	3.3	2.5- 4.3	117	2.9	2.2- 3.7	165	3.9	3.0- 4.9
Female	5,907	4,683	80.2	78.6-81.7	299	5.2	4.3- 6.2	332	5.8	4.9- 6.8	291	4.9	4.1- 5.8	302	4.0	3.4- 4.7
RACE
White	6,875	5,586	82.8	81.5-84.1	327	4.5	3.8- 5.3	337	4.7	4.0- 5.5	287	3.9	3.3- 4.6	338	4.0	3.4- 4.8
African American	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
Asian	51	44	92.1	79.6-97.2	3	2.8	0.6-11.4	1	1.0	0.1- 7.3	2	3.6	0.6-18.7	1	0.4	0.1- 3.0
Native American	227	162	74.8	64.1-83.1	6	1.5	0.6- 3.8	16	6.0	2.3-15.0	17	6.9	3.2-14.2	26	10.8	5.9-19.1
Other Minorities	325	277	85.7	78.8-90.6	15	5.3	2.3-12.0	16	5.4	2.8-10.2	12	2.2	0.9- 5.2	5	1.3	0.5- 3.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic	336	296	87.4	80.4-92.2	14	5.5	2.4-12.3	15	5.2	2.5-10.2	7	1.3	0.4- 4.6	4	0.6	0.2- 1.7
-English Speaking	135	113	83.5	70.7-91.4	9	8.8	3.3-21.2	5	4.5	1.1-16.4	4	1.0	0.3- 2.8	4	2.3	0.7- 6.8
-Spanish Speaking	201	183	88.8	79.7-94.1	5	4.4	1.2-14.4	10	5.4	2.4-11.8	3	1.4	0.3- 6.6	0	0.0	. - .
Non-Hispanic	9,009	7,296	82.7	81.5-83.9	406	4.5	3.8- 5.2	443	4.6	3.9- 5.3	401	4.1	3.5- 4.7	463	4.2	3.6- 4.8
AGE
18-24	581	478	83.0	78.0-87.1	40	7.1	4.5-11.1	33	5.9	3.7- 9.3	24	2.7	1.5- 4.9	6	1.2	0.3- 4.5
25-34	1,408	1,191	86.0	83.1-88.4	94	5.7	4.2- 7.7	68	4.9	3.5- 6.9	34	2.3	1.4- 3.7	21	1.1	0.6- 2.0
35-44	1,778	1,441	85.2	82.9-87.3	107	5.2	4.0- 6.8	97	3.9	3.0- 5.2	74	3.3	2.3- 4.7	59	2.4	1.6- 3.4
45-54	1,833	1,446	80.2	77.2-82.9	85	4.6	3.3- 6.4	93	4.0	2.9- 5.5	97	5.1	3.8- 6.8	112	6.2	4.6- 8.3
55-64	1,522	1,209	80.9	77.9-83.6	50	2.9	1.9- 4.2	78	4.4	3.2- 6.1	75	5.3	3.8- 7.2	110	6.5	5.0- 8.5
65-74	1,248	1,033	82.4	79.0-85.3	27	1.8	1.0- 3.2	58	5.1	3.4- 7.5	48	4.7	3.3- 6.7	82	6.1	4.5- 8.2
75+	917	741	80.4	76.3-84.0	18	1.7	0.9- 3.0	29	4.5	2.7- 7.3	53	5.5	3.8- 7.9	76	8.0	5.6-11.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	1,558	1,196	80.9	77.8-83.7	35	2.4	1.3- 4.3	73	3.8	2.7- 5.3	86	5.2	3.8- 7.2	168	7.6	6.0- 9.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	2,808	2,284	82.1	79.7-84.2	104	4.7	3.5- 6.3	130	4.8	3.7- 6.2	134	4.3	3.4- 5.5	156	4.1	3.2- 5.3
Some Post-H.S.	2,339	1,897	82.2	79.5-84.5	122	5.1	3.8- 6.7	124	5.4	4.1- 7.1	108	3.7	2.8- 4.9	88	3.7	2.6- 5.2
College Graduate	2,623	2,202	86.5	84.6-88.2	159	5.1	4.0- 6.3	129	4.0	3.1- 5.1	79	2.9	2.1- 4.0	54	1.6	1.1- 2.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	1,078	744	73.2	68.9-77.0	25	1.7	0.9- 3.2	69	6.6	4.5- 9.5	98	8.4	6.3-11.2	142	10.1	8.0-12.7
$15,000- 24,999	1,714	1,349	79.2	75.8-82.2	69	3.6	2.4- 5.5	95	4.9	3.6- 6.8	104	6.1	4.6- 8.1	97	6.1	4.3- 8.5
$25,000- 34,999	1,036	862	83.7	79.8-87.0	44	4.8	3.0- 7.5	63	5.4	3.5- 8.0	37	3.7	2.2- 6.1	30	2.5	1.5- 4.2
$35,000- 49,999	1,237	1,041	84.9	81.7-87.7	69	4.9	3.4- 7.1	66	5.3	3.8- 7.4	32	2.5	1.6- 4.0	29	2.4	1.3- 4.2
$50,000-74,999	1,010	850	85.1	81.7-87.9	70	6.3	4.6- 8.6	44	4.2	2.7- 6.5	26	2.8	1.6- 4.7	20	1.6	0.8- 3.1
$75,000+	1,155	1,004	89.4	86.9-91.4	69	4.7	3.4- 6.5	44	3.3	2.2- 4.9	23	1.2	0.7- 2.1	15	1.4	0.7- 2.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	449	365	82.6	78.1-86.4	23	6.1	3.6-10.3	25	4.4	2.9- 6.7	13	2.4	1.3- 4.2	23	4.5	2.9- 6.9
Guilford	444	366	81.8	76.9-85.8	23	5.5	3.4- 9.0	22	5.2	3.2- 8.3	12	2.5	1.4- 4.6	21	5.0	2.8- 8.5
Mecklenburg	447	381	87.5	83.3-90.8	19	4.5	2.3- 8.7	15	2.1	1.2- 3.6	18	3.5	2.1- 5.8	14	2.3	1.2- 4.1
Orange	452	349	75.0	66.5-81.9	43	8.7	6.1-12.4	33	5.7	3.8- 8.7	17	9.1	3.7-20.7	10	1.5	0.8- 2.8
Wake	451	380	84.3	79.9-87.9	29	5.9	3.8- 8.8	18	4.9	2.8- 8.4	14	3.0	1.6- 5.4	10	1.9	1.0- 3.6
Chatham/Lee	397	342	89.6	86.2-92.3	12	2.3	1.2- 4.2	14	2.6	1.5- 4.6	18	3.8	2.2- 6.4	11	1.7	0.9- 3.1
Nash/Wilson	374	304	81.4	76.5-85.5	11	3.9	2.0- 7.4	21	5.5	3.4- 8.8	18	4.5	2.7- 7.3	20	4.6	2.9- 7.3
Craven/Pamlico	445	361	81.8	77.2-85.7	24	5.4	3.1- 9.3	26	5.4	3.6- 8.2	22	4.5	2.9- 7.1	12	2.8	1.5- 5.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	433	350	80.8	76.0-84.9	20	4.2	2.6- 6.7	17	5.2	3.0- 9.0	19	3.7	2.2- 6.1	27	6.1	4.0- 9.2
Appalachian/Wilkes	451	356	80.8	75.8-85.0	21	5.8	3.4- 9.6	24	4.4	2.5- 7.6	22	4.7	2.9- 7.5	28	4.3	2.8- 6.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance	472	392	83.8	78.0-88.3	18	5.0	2.6- 9.4	18	2.3	1.3- 4.0	14	3.1	1.5- 6.6	30	5.8	3.3- 9.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson	424	334	83.8	78.5-88.0	20	3.7	2.2- 6.1	30	5.7	3.6- 8.8	17	3.1	1.7- 5.6	23	3.8	2.3- 6.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	469	371	81.6	77.3-85.3	15	2.3	1.3- 3.9	24	4.8	2.8- 8.1	24	4.5	2.9- 6.8	35	6.9	4.7-10.0
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	414	321	78.7	73.5-83.1	18	4.7	2.8- 7.8	15	5.0	2.7- 9.1	28	5.6	3.7- 8.4	32	6.0	3.9- 9.0
Northeast NC I	457	375	81.9	77.0-86.0	13	3.4	1.6- 7.0	18	3.9	2.3- 6.4	19	4.8	2.8- 8.1	32	6.0	4.0- 9.0
Northeast NC II	506	411	81.6	77.2-85.4	18	3.9	2.1- 7.1	21	3.5	2.2- 5.6	25	5.4	3.4- 8.5	31	5.5	3.6- 8.2
Northeastern Partnership	963	786	81.7	78.4-84.6	31	3.7	2.3- 6.0	39	3.6	2.6- 5.2	44	5.2	3.7- 7.4	63	5.7	4.2- 7.6
Mountain AHEC	1,297	1,024	79.4	76.1-82.4	66	5.2	3.7- 7.2	77	5.1	3.7- 6.9	58	5.1	3.6- 7.1	72	5.3	3.9- 7.1
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	3,274	2,643	81.4	79.1-83.5	123	4.1	3.0- 5.6	157	5.0	3.9- 6.4	163	4.8	3.8- 6.1	188	4.6	3.7- 5.8
Piedmont	4,020	3,322	84.6	83.0-86.1	200	4.8	3.9- 5.8	194	4.4	3.6- 5.3	148	3.3	2.6- 4.1	156	3.0	2.3- 3.8
Western NC	2,061	1,636	80.1	77.2-82.7	98	4.5	3.4- 5.9	107	4.6	3.3- 6.2	97	4.5	3.4- 5.8	123	6.4	4.7- 8.7

Total
Respond.^

None

1-2 days

3-7 days

8-29 days

30 days

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

9,355

7,601

83.0

81.8-84.2

421

4.5

3.9- 5.3

458

4.6

4.0- 5.3

408

3.9

3.4- 4.5

467

3.9

3.4- 4.6

GENDER

Male

3,448

2,918

86.1

84.3-87.7

122

3.8

2.9- 5.0

126

3.3

2.5- 4.3

117

2.9

2.2- 3.7

165

3.9

3.0- 4.9

Female

5,907

4,683

80.2

78.6-81.7

299

5.2

4.3- 6.2

332

5.8

4.9- 6.8

291

4.9

4.1- 5.8

302

4.0

3.4- 4.7

RACE

White

6,875

5,586

82.8

81.5-84.1

327

4.5

3.8- 5.3

337

4.7

4.0- 5.5

287

3.9

3.3- 4.6

338

4.0

3.4- 4.8

African American

1,841

1,500

82.9

80.0-85.4

4.7

3.2- 6.7

3.9

2.7- 5.7

4.4

3.3- 5.9

4.1

3.0- 5.6

Asian

92.1

79.6-97.2

2.8

0.6-11.4

1.0

0.1- 7.3

3.6

0.6-18.7

0.4

0.1- 3.0

Native American

227

162

74.8

64.1-83.1

1.5

0.6- 3.8

6.0

2.3-15.0

6.9

3.2-14.2

10.8

5.9-19.1

Other Minorities

325

277

85.7

78.8-90.6

5.3

2.3-12.0

5.4

2.8-10.2

2.2

0.9- 5.2

1.3

0.5- 3.5

HISPANIC

Hispanic

336

296

87.4

80.4-92.2

5.5

2.4-12.3

5.2

2.5-10.2

1.3

0.4- 4.6

0.6

0.2- 1.7

-English Speaking

135

113

83.5

70.7-91.4

8.8

3.3-21.2

4.5

1.1-16.4

1.0

0.3- 2.8

2.3

0.7- 6.8

-Spanish Speaking

201

183

88.8

79.7-94.1

4.4

1.2-14.4

5.4

2.4-11.8

1.4

0.3- 6.6

0.0

. - .

Non-Hispanic

9,009

7,296

82.7

81.5-83.9

406

4.5

3.8- 5.2

443

4.6

3.9- 5.3

401

4.1

3.5- 4.7

463

4.2

3.6- 4.8

AGE

18-24

581

478

83.0

78.0-87.1

7.1

4.5-11.1

5.9

3.7- 9.3

2.7

1.5- 4.9

1.2

0.3- 4.5

25-34

1,408

1,191

86.0

83.1-88.4

5.7

4.2- 7.7

4.9

3.5- 6.9

2.3

1.4- 3.7

1.1

0.6- 2.0

35-44

1,778

1,441

85.2

82.9-87.3

107

5.2

4.0- 6.8

3.9

3.0- 5.2

3.3

2.3- 4.7

2.4

1.6- 3.4

45-54

1,833

1,446

80.2

77.2-82.9

4.6

3.3- 6.4

4.0

2.9- 5.5

5.1

3.8- 6.8

112

6.2

4.6- 8.3

55-64

1,522

1,209

80.9

77.9-83.6

2.9

1.9- 4.2

4.4

3.2- 6.1

5.3

3.8- 7.2

110

6.5

5.0- 8.5

65-74

1,248

1,033

82.4

79.0-85.3

1.8

1.0- 3.2

5.1

3.4- 7.5

4.7

3.3- 6.7

6.1

4.5- 8.2

75+

917

741

80.4

76.3-84.0

1.7

0.9- 3.0

4.5

2.7- 7.3

5.5

3.8- 7.9

8.0

5.6-11.2

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

1,558

1,196

80.9

77.8-83.7

2.4

1.3- 4.3

3.8

2.7- 5.3

5.2

3.8- 7.2

168

7.6

6.0- 9.6

H.S. or G.E.D.

2,808

2,284

82.1

79.7-84.2

104

4.7

3.5- 6.3

130

4.8

3.7- 6.2

134

4.3

3.4- 5.5

156

4.1

3.2- 5.3

Some Post-H.S.

2,339

1,897

82.2

79.5-84.5

122

5.1

3.8- 6.7

124

5.4

4.1- 7.1

108

3.7

2.8- 4.9

3.7

2.6- 5.2

College Graduate

2,623

2,202

86.5

84.6-88.2

159

5.1

4.0- 6.3

129

4.0

3.1- 5.1

2.9

2.1- 4.0

1.6

1.1- 2.4

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

1,078

744

73.2

68.9-77.0

1.7

0.9- 3.2

6.6

4.5- 9.5

8.4

6.3-11.2

142

10.1

8.0-12.7

$15,000- 24,999

1,714

1,349

79.2

75.8-82.2

3.6

2.4- 5.5

4.9

3.6- 6.8

104

6.1

4.6- 8.1

6.1

4.3- 8.5

$25,000- 34,999

1,036

862

83.7

79.8-87.0

4.8

3.0- 7.5

5.4

3.5- 8.0

3.7

2.2- 6.1

2.5

1.5- 4.2

$35,000- 49,999

1,237

1,041

84.9

81.7-87.7

4.9

3.4- 7.1

5.3

3.8- 7.4

2.5

1.6- 4.0

2.4

1.3- 4.2

$50,000-74,999

1,010

850

85.1

81.7-87.9

6.3

4.6- 8.6

4.2

2.7- 6.5

2.8

1.6- 4.7

1.6

0.8- 3.1

$75,000+

1,155

1,004

89.4

86.9-91.4

4.7

3.4- 6.5

3.3

2.2- 4.9

1.2

0.7- 2.1

1.4

0.7- 2.6

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

449

365

82.6

78.1-86.4

6.1

3.6-10.3

4.4

2.9- 6.7

2.4

1.3- 4.2

4.5

2.9- 6.9

Guilford

444

366

81.8

76.9-85.8

5.5

3.4- 9.0

5.2

3.2- 8.3

2.5

1.4- 4.6

5.0

2.8- 8.5

Mecklenburg

447

381

87.5

83.3-90.8

4.5

2.3- 8.7

2.1

1.2- 3.6

3.5

2.1- 5.8

2.3

1.2- 4.1

Orange

452

349

75.0

66.5-81.9

8.7

6.1-12.4

5.7

3.8- 8.7

9.1

3.7-20.7

1.5

0.8- 2.8

Wake

451

380

84.3

79.9-87.9

5.9

3.8- 8.8

4.9

2.8- 8.4

3.0

1.6- 5.4

1.9

1.0- 3.6

Chatham/Lee

397

342

89.6

86.2-92.3

2.3

1.2- 4.2

2.6

1.5- 4.6

3.8

2.2- 6.4

1.7

0.9- 3.1

Nash/Wilson

374

304

81.4

76.5-85.5

3.9

2.0- 7.4

5.5

3.4- 8.8

4.5

2.7- 7.3

4.6

2.9- 7.3

Craven/Pamlico

445

361

81.8

77.2-85.7

5.4

3.1- 9.3

5.4

3.6- 8.2

4.5

2.9- 7.1

2.8

1.5- 5.0

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

433

350

80.8

76.0-84.9

4.2

2.6- 6.7

5.2

3.0- 9.0

3.7

2.2- 6.1

6.1

4.0- 9.2

Appalachian/Wilkes

451

356

80.8

75.8-85.0

5.8

3.4- 9.6

4.4

2.5- 7.6

4.7

2.9- 7.5

4.3

2.8- 6.5

Franklin/Gran./Vance

472

392

83.8

78.0-88.3

5.0

2.6- 9.4

2.3

1.3- 4.0

3.1

1.5- 6.6

5.8

3.3- 9.9

Graham/Swain/Jackson

424

334

83.8

78.5-88.0

3.7

2.2- 6.1

5.7

3.6- 8.8

3.1

1.7- 5.6

3.8

2.3- 6.1

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

469

371

81.6

77.3-85.3

2.3

1.3- 3.9

4.8

2.8- 8.1

4.5

2.9- 6.8

6.9

4.7-10.0

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

414

321

78.7

73.5-83.1

4.7

2.8- 7.8

5.0

2.7- 9.1

5.6

3.7- 8.4

6.0

3.9- 9.0

Northeast NC I

457

375

81.9

77.0-86.0

3.4

1.6- 7.0

3.9

2.3- 6.4

4.8

2.8- 8.1

6.0

4.0- 9.0

Northeast NC II

506

411

81.6

77.2-85.4

3.9

2.1- 7.1

3.5

2.2- 5.6

5.4

3.4- 8.5

5.5

3.6- 8.2

Northeastern Partnership

963

786

81.7

78.4-84.6

3.7

2.3- 6.0

3.6

2.6- 5.2

5.2

3.7- 7.4

5.7

4.2- 7.6

Mountain AHEC

1,297

1,024

79.4

76.1-82.4

5.2

3.7- 7.2

5.1

3.7- 6.9

5.1

3.6- 7.1

5.3

3.9- 7.1

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

3,274

2,643

81.4

79.1-83.5

123

4.1

3.0- 5.6

157

5.0

3.9- 6.4

163

4.8

3.8- 6.1

188

4.6

3.7- 5.8

Piedmont

4,020

3,322

84.6

83.0-86.1

200

4.8

3.9- 5.8

194

4.4

3.6- 5.3

148

3.3

2.6- 4.1

156

3.0

2.3- 3.8

Western NC

2,061

1,636

80.1

77.2-82.7

4.5

3.4- 5.9

107

4.6

3.3- 6.2

4.5

3.4- 5.8

123

6.4

4.7- 8.7

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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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