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-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	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	4,314	3,409	79.6	77.8-81.4	236	5.5	4.5- 6.6	247	6.0	5.0- 7.2	204	4.7	3.8- 5.7	218	4.2	3.5- 5.1
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
Asian	25	20	79.8	50.5-93.9	2	7.3	1.3-32.2	0	0.0	. - .	2	11.6	2.0-45.5	1	1.3	0.2- 9.3
Native American	146	102	68.1	53.4-79.9	4	2.2	0.7- 6.8	9	7.6	1.8-26.8	14	10.6	4.4-23.6	17	11.5	5.8-21.7
Other Minorities	162	134	85.6	76.1-91.7	9	3.2	1.1- 9.2	9	7.4	3.1-16.9	7	2.3	0.9- 6.0	3	1.5	0.4- 5.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic	166	144	87.1	77.1-93.1	8	3.5	1.2-10.0	8	7.6	3.0-17.9	2	0.3	0.1- 1.2	4	1.5	0.5- 4.5
-English Speaking	81	67	83.3	67.0-92.5	6	9.0	2.5-28.0	2	1.8	0.3- 9.1	2	1.0	0.2- 3.9	4	4.9	1.6-14.1
-Spanish Speaking	85	77	88.8	74.7-95.5	2	1.0	0.2- 4.3	6	10.2	3.8-24.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Non-Hispanic	5,734	4,533	79.8	78.2-81.3	290	5.2	4.4- 6.3	324	5.7	4.8- 6.7	289	5.1	4.3- 6.0	298	4.1	3.5- 4.9
AGE
18-24	362	296	79.9	72.9-85.5	24	6.5	3.5-11.7	21	8.1	4.6-13.9	18	5.0	2.6- 9.4	3	0.5	0.1- 2.1
25-34	878	714	82.0	78.0-85.4	72	7.3	5.2-10.2	50	6.1	4.1- 8.9	27	3.1	1.8- 5.2	15	1.5	0.7- 3.4
35-44	1,094	854	81.1	77.7-84.1	76	6.6	4.7- 9.1	74	5.7	4.2- 7.8	53	4.1	2.7- 6.2	37	2.4	1.6- 3.8
45-54	1,150	885	77.9	74.0-81.4	62	5.5	3.7- 8.2	69	5.9	4.0- 8.5	61	5.6	3.9- 8.0	73	5.1	3.6- 7.1
55-64	938	737	79.6	75.7-83.0	34	3.9	2.4- 6.2	50	4.9	3.3- 7.3	53	5.3	3.6- 7.8	64	6.3	4.6- 8.7
65-74	791	640	79.7	75.1-83.7	16	1.5	0.7- 3.0	45	6.0	3.6- 9.7	34	5.7	3.7- 8.7	56	7.1	5.0-10.0
75+	646	515	79.5	74.4-83.7	15	1.9	1.0- 3.5	21	3.5	2.0- 6.2	42	6.7	4.4-10.0	53	8.5	5.5-12.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	964	724	77.8	73.6-81.5	25	2.4	1.2- 4.5	53	5.1	3.4- 7.5	58	6.3	4.4- 9.2	104	8.4	6.3-11.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,784	1,417	78.2	75.0-81.1	67	5.3	3.6- 7.6	97	6.0	4.5- 8.1	102	6.3	4.7- 8.3	101	4.2	3.2- 5.6
Some Post-H.S.	1,530	1,212	80.1	76.8-83.1	96	6.3	4.6- 8.6	89	6.6	4.7- 9.1	76	4.2	3.0- 5.8	57	2.9	2.0- 4.2
College Graduate	1,613	1,317	84.1	81.5-86.4	110	5.6	4.3- 7.3	91	4.8	3.6- 6.5	55	3.3	2.2- 4.7	40	2.3	1.5- 3.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	790	552	71.0	65.9-75.6	18	1.4	0.8- 2.5	51	7.5	4.7-11.6	77	10.5	7.8-14.1	92	9.6	7.1-12.7
$15,000- 24,999	1,103	859	77.6	73.5-81.3	50	4.0	2.7- 6.0	70	7.1	4.8-10.3	67	7.2	5.1-10.2	57	4.1	2.8- 5.9
$25,000- 34,999	671	548	81.5	76.4-85.7	32	5.5	3.3- 9.0	43	4.5	2.8- 7.0	27	4.8	2.6- 8.7	21	3.7	2.0- 6.8
$35,000- 49,999	714	582	84.2	80.0-87.7	48	4.9	3.1- 7.7	44	6.0	4.0- 8.9	21	2.7	1.4- 5.2	19	2.1	1.1- 4.2
$50,000-74,999	574	457	77.5	72.0-82.2	52	10.1	7.1-14.2	34	7.1	4.3-11.7	17	3.5	1.8- 6.5	14	1.8	0.8- 4.0
$75,000+	653	555	87.8	84.3-90.6	44	4.9	3.3- 7.2	29	4.6	2.9- 7.4	16	1.7	0.9- 3.4	9	0.9	0.4- 2.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	271	215	79.7	74.0-84.4	14	5.0	2.9- 8.6	22	7.9	5.1-12.2	11	4.0	2.1- 7.4	9	3.3	1.6- 6.8
Guilford	280	219	75.8	69.1-81.4	19	7.1	4.4-11.5	16	7.6	4.3-13.1	9	3.1	1.6- 6.1	17	6.3	3.5-11.2
Mecklenburg	279	229	83.6	78.3-87.8	14	4.7	2.6- 8.4	12	3.5	1.9- 6.3	13	5.1	2.8- 9.2	11	3.0	1.6- 5.8
Orange	282	214	76.1	65.9-84.0	29	9.4	6.0-14.3	23	5.8	3.6- 9.4	9	7.1	2.0-22.5	7	1.6	0.7- 3.5
Wake	275	232	84.1	78.2-88.6	14	5.0	2.7- 9.0	13	5.8	3.0-10.9	8	2.5	1.2- 5.1	8	2.6	1.3- 5.4
Chatham/Lee	245	203	85.8	80.8-89.7	10	3.6	1.9- 6.8	11	4.1	2.1- 7.6	13	4.2	2.4- 7.3	8	2.4	1.1- 4.8
Nash/Wilson	236	181	73.6	66.6-79.6	7	3.7	1.6- 8.1	19	10.0	6.1-15.9	13	5.9	3.2-10.6	16	6.8	4.1-11.1
Craven/Pamlico	278	220	78.6	72.6-83.5	18	5.9	3.6- 9.6	17	6.7	4.0-11.1	17	6.0	3.6-10.0	6	2.7	1.1- 6.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	272	214	77.9	71.3-83.3	16	5.1	3.0- 8.5	11	6.4	3.1-12.7	15	4.4	2.5- 7.5	16	6.2	3.6-10.5
Appalachian/Wilkes	283	213	77.0	69.8-82.9	16	8.3	4.5-14.9	19	4.9	2.6- 9.0	14	4.1	2.3- 7.2	21	5.6	3.5- 9.0
Franklin/Gran./Vance	296	242	83.6	77.3-88.3	9	3.2	1.6- 6.4	15	3.3	1.9- 5.9	10	4.6	1.7-11.7	20	5.3	3.3- 8.4
Graham/Swain/Jackson	262	201	79.2	73.4-84.1	15	5.5	3.3- 9.1	19	6.7	4.0-11.0	10	2.7	1.4- 5.2	17	5.9	3.5- 9.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	296	231	81.7	76.7-85.8	14	4.0	2.2- 7.0	15	3.6	2.1- 6.1	18	6.1	3.7- 9.9	18	4.7	2.9- 7.6
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	290	224	78.6	72.8-83.4	13	4.2	2.4- 7.4	11	4.9	2.4- 9.6	22	6.6	4.2-10.2	20	5.7	3.4- 9.4
Northeast NC I	314	258	83.5	78.6-87.5	9	2.5	1.3- 4.8	13	3.7	2.0- 6.5	13	4.7	2.6- 8.3	21	5.7	3.5- 9.0
Northeast NC II	321	256	79.6	74.2-84.2	13	3.7	2.1- 6.6	15	4.8	2.8- 8.4	16	6.1	3.5-10.4	21	5.8	3.6- 9.0
Northeastern Partnership	635	514	81.1	77.3-84.4	22	3.2	2.1- 5.1	28	4.4	2.9- 6.7	29	5.5	3.6- 8.3	42	5.7	4.1- 8.0
Mountain AHEC	807	621	74.6	70.1-78.6	48	6.7	4.5- 9.8	56	6.6	4.6- 9.5	41	6.6	4.4- 9.8	41	5.5	3.6- 8.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	2,122	1,683	79.2	76.2-81.9	90	3.9	2.8- 5.4	112	6.4	4.7- 8.5	119	6.2	4.6- 8.1	118	4.4	3.4- 5.7
Piedmont	2,498	2,011	81.7	79.5-83.8	136	5.6	4.4- 7.2	140	5.3	4.2- 6.7	102	4.0	3.1- 5.1	109	3.4	2.6- 4.4
Western NC	1,287	989	76.0	72.3-79.3	73	6.1	4.5- 8.3	80	6.3	4.3- 9.2	70	5.7	4.2- 7.8	75	5.8	4.3- 7.9

Total
Respond.^

None

1-2 days

3-7 days

8-29 days

30 days

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

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

4,314

3,409

79.6

77.8-81.4

236

5.5

4.5- 6.6

247

6.0

5.0- 7.2

204

4.7

3.8- 5.7

218

4.2

3.5- 5.1

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

Asian

79.8

50.5-93.9

7.3

1.3-32.2

0.0

. - .

11.6

2.0-45.5

1.3

0.2- 9.3

Native American

146

102

68.1

53.4-79.9

2.2

0.7- 6.8

7.6

1.8-26.8

10.6

4.4-23.6

11.5

5.8-21.7

Other Minorities

162

134

85.6

76.1-91.7

3.2

1.1- 9.2

7.4

3.1-16.9

2.3

0.9- 6.0

1.5

0.4- 5.0

HISPANIC

Hispanic

166

144

87.1

77.1-93.1

3.5

1.2-10.0

7.6

3.0-17.9

0.3

0.1- 1.2

1.5

0.5- 4.5

-English Speaking

83.3

67.0-92.5

9.0

2.5-28.0

1.8

0.3- 9.1

1.0

0.2- 3.9

4.9

1.6-14.1

-Spanish Speaking

88.8

74.7-95.5

1.0

0.2- 4.3

10.2

3.8-24.7

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Non-Hispanic

5,734

4,533

79.8

78.2-81.3

290

5.2

4.4- 6.3

324

5.7

4.8- 6.7

289

5.1

4.3- 6.0

298

4.1

3.5- 4.9

AGE

18-24

362

296

79.9

72.9-85.5

6.5

3.5-11.7

8.1

4.6-13.9

5.0

2.6- 9.4

0.5

0.1- 2.1

25-34

878

714

82.0

78.0-85.4

7.3

5.2-10.2

6.1

4.1- 8.9

3.1

1.8- 5.2

1.5

0.7- 3.4

35-44

1,094

854

81.1

77.7-84.1

6.6

4.7- 9.1

5.7

4.2- 7.8

4.1

2.7- 6.2

2.4

1.6- 3.8

45-54

1,150

885

77.9

74.0-81.4

5.5

3.7- 8.2

5.9

4.0- 8.5

5.6

3.9- 8.0

5.1

3.6- 7.1

55-64

938

737

79.6

75.7-83.0

3.9

2.4- 6.2

4.9

3.3- 7.3

5.3

3.6- 7.8

6.3

4.6- 8.7

65-74

791

640

79.7

75.1-83.7

1.5

0.7- 3.0

6.0

3.6- 9.7

5.7

3.7- 8.7

7.1

5.0-10.0

75+

646

515

79.5

74.4-83.7

1.9

1.0- 3.5

3.5

2.0- 6.2

6.7

4.4-10.0

8.5

5.5-12.7

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

964

724

77.8

73.6-81.5

2.4

1.2- 4.5

5.1

3.4- 7.5

6.3

4.4- 9.2

104

8.4

6.3-11.2

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,784

1,417

78.2

75.0-81.1

5.3

3.6- 7.6

6.0

4.5- 8.1

102

6.3

4.7- 8.3

101

4.2

3.2- 5.6

Some Post-H.S.

1,530

1,212

80.1

76.8-83.1

6.3

4.6- 8.6

6.6

4.7- 9.1

4.2

3.0- 5.8

2.9

2.0- 4.2

College Graduate

1,613

1,317

84.1

81.5-86.4

110

5.6

4.3- 7.3

4.8

3.6- 6.5

3.3

2.2- 4.7

2.3

1.5- 3.4

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

790

552

71.0

65.9-75.6

1.4

0.8- 2.5

7.5

4.7-11.6

10.5

7.8-14.1

9.6

7.1-12.7

$15,000- 24,999

1,103

859

77.6

73.5-81.3

4.0

2.7- 6.0

7.1

4.8-10.3

7.2

5.1-10.2

4.1

2.8- 5.9

$25,000- 34,999

671

548

81.5

76.4-85.7

5.5

3.3- 9.0

4.5

2.8- 7.0

4.8

2.6- 8.7

3.7

2.0- 6.8

$35,000- 49,999

714

582

84.2

80.0-87.7

4.9

3.1- 7.7

6.0

4.0- 8.9

2.7

1.4- 5.2

2.1

1.1- 4.2

$50,000-74,999

574

457

77.5

72.0-82.2

10.1

7.1-14.2

7.1

4.3-11.7

3.5

1.8- 6.5

1.8

0.8- 4.0

$75,000+

653

555

87.8

84.3-90.6

4.9

3.3- 7.2

4.6

2.9- 7.4

1.7

0.9- 3.4

0.9

0.4- 2.0

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

271

215

79.7

74.0-84.4

5.0

2.9- 8.6

7.9

5.1-12.2

4.0

2.1- 7.4

3.3

1.6- 6.8

Guilford

280

219

75.8

69.1-81.4

7.1

4.4-11.5

7.6

4.3-13.1

3.1

1.6- 6.1

6.3

3.5-11.2

Mecklenburg

279

229

83.6

78.3-87.8

4.7

2.6- 8.4

3.5

1.9- 6.3

5.1

2.8- 9.2

3.0

1.6- 5.8

Orange

282

214

76.1

65.9-84.0

9.4

6.0-14.3

5.8

3.6- 9.4

7.1

2.0-22.5

1.6

0.7- 3.5

Wake

275

232

84.1

78.2-88.6

5.0

2.7- 9.0

5.8

3.0-10.9

2.5

1.2- 5.1

2.6

1.3- 5.4

Chatham/Lee

245

203

85.8

80.8-89.7

3.6

1.9- 6.8

4.1

2.1- 7.6

4.2

2.4- 7.3

2.4

1.1- 4.8

Nash/Wilson

236

181

73.6

66.6-79.6

3.7

1.6- 8.1

10.0

6.1-15.9

5.9

3.2-10.6

6.8

4.1-11.1

Craven/Pamlico

278

220

78.6

72.6-83.5

5.9

3.6- 9.6

6.7

4.0-11.1

6.0

3.6-10.0

2.7

1.1- 6.5

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

272

214

77.9

71.3-83.3

5.1

3.0- 8.5

6.4

3.1-12.7

4.4

2.5- 7.5

6.2

3.6-10.5

Appalachian/Wilkes

283

213

77.0

69.8-82.9

8.3

4.5-14.9

4.9

2.6- 9.0

4.1

2.3- 7.2

5.6

3.5- 9.0

Franklin/Gran./Vance

296

242

83.6

77.3-88.3

3.2

1.6- 6.4

3.3

1.9- 5.9

4.6

1.7-11.7

5.3

3.3- 8.4

Graham/Swain/Jackson

262

201

79.2

73.4-84.1

5.5

3.3- 9.1

6.7

4.0-11.0

2.7

1.4- 5.2

5.9

3.5- 9.8

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

296

231

81.7

76.7-85.8

4.0

2.2- 7.0

3.6

2.1- 6.1

6.1

3.7- 9.9

4.7

2.9- 7.6

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

290

224

78.6

72.8-83.4

4.2

2.4- 7.4

4.9

2.4- 9.6

6.6

4.2-10.2

5.7

3.4- 9.4

Northeast NC I

314

258

83.5

78.6-87.5

2.5

1.3- 4.8

3.7

2.0- 6.5

4.7

2.6- 8.3

5.7

3.5- 9.0

Northeast NC II

321

256

79.6

74.2-84.2

3.7

2.1- 6.6

4.8

2.8- 8.4

6.1

3.5-10.4

5.8

3.6- 9.0

Northeastern Partnership

635

514

81.1

77.3-84.4

3.2

2.1- 5.1

4.4

2.9- 6.7

5.5

3.6- 8.3

5.7

4.1- 8.0

Mountain AHEC

807

621

74.6

70.1-78.6

6.7

4.5- 9.8

6.6

4.6- 9.5

6.6

4.4- 9.8

5.5

3.6- 8.2

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

2,122

1,683

79.2

76.2-81.9

3.9

2.8- 5.4

112

6.4

4.7- 8.5

119

6.2

4.6- 8.1

118

4.4

3.4- 5.7

Piedmont

2,498

2,011

81.7

79.5-83.8

136

5.6

4.4- 7.2

140

5.3

4.2- 6.7

102

4.0

3.1- 5.1

109

3.4

2.6- 4.4

Western NC

1,287

989

76.0

72.3-79.3

6.1

4.5- 8.3

6.3

4.3- 9.2

5.7

4.2- 7.8

5.8

4.3- 7.9

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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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