BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (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?)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-MALES

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	Total Respond.^	None	1-2 days	3-7 days	8-29 days	30 days
TOTAL	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
RACE
White	2,547	2,091	80.6	77.7-83.1	127	6.5	4.9- 8.6	119	5.0	3.6- 6.8	103	4.1	3.0- 5.7	107	3.9	2.8- 5.3
African American	592	471	74.2	67.9-79.7	26	4.2	2.1- 8.1	32	6.3	3.9-10.0	32	6.4	3.7-11.0	31	8.9	5.5-14.0
Asian	26	24	97.3	88.9-99.4	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.5	0.2-10.7	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.1	0.1- 8.1
Native American	79	57	56.9	35.4-76.1	3	15.2	3.2-49.4	5	12.6	2.9-41.3	6	5.4	1.7-16.3	8	9.8	3.3-25.4
Other Minorities	163	123	72.0	60.1-81.5	16	12.3	6.1-23.3	13	10.9	5.1-21.7	6	2.3	0.6- 7.8	5	2.5	0.8- 8.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic	168	131	73.0	61.1-82.3	19	11.6	5.6-22.2	11	11.1	5.3-21.9	4	2.8	0.8- 9.5	3	1.5	0.3- 7.2
-English Speaking	52	38	64.4	39.7-83.3	8	17.5	4.4-49.7	3	11.4	3.2-33.2	3	6.7	1.3-27.7	0	0.0	. - .
-Spanish Speaking	116	93	75.4	61.8-85.3	11	9.9	4.3-20.9	8	11.0	4.5-24.6	1	1.7	0.2-11.3	3	2.0	0.4- 9.2
Non-Hispanic	3,253	2,647	79.2	76.7-81.6	153	6.2	4.7- 8.0	160	5.3	4.1- 6.8	143	4.4	3.4- 5.8	150	4.9	3.8- 6.3
AGE
18-24	218	146	60.9	50.8-70.1	20	14.8	8.3-25.1	25	12.7	7.9-19.9	18	7.5	3.6-15.1	9	4.1	1.7- 9.7
25-34	532	410	77.6	71.3-82.8	47	9.5	6.4-13.9	31	4.7	2.1-10.2	26	3.2	1.8- 5.6	18	4.9	2.5- 9.5
35-44	681	532	80.3	75.7-84.3	43	6.2	4.0- 9.5	46	5.8	3.9- 8.7	29	3.8	2.2- 6.6	31	3.8	2.2- 6.5
45-54	681	525	77.7	72.4-82.3	36	3.5	2.2- 5.6	48	7.9	5.1-12.1	39	5.6	3.4- 9.1	33	5.3	3.2- 8.6
55-64	572	488	84.7	79.8-88.6	13	2.6	1.3- 5.3	11	1.6	0.8- 3.2	25	4.3	2.3- 7.9	35	6.7	4.2-10.8
65-74	455	416	91.6	87.1-94.6	10	3.2	1.4- 7.1	6	0.5	0.2- 1.4	5	1.1	0.3- 4.0	18	3.6	1.9- 6.9
75+	264	243	93.6	88.8-96.4	3	0.6	0.2- 2.4	4	0.8	0.2- 2.7	5	2.3	0.7- 7.1	9	2.7	1.2- 6.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	583	480	78.3	71.2-84.1	18	4.9	2.5- 9.5	24	6.9	3.3-14.2	20	2.1	1.0- 4.3	41	7.7	4.8-12.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,020	815	79.0	74.6-82.7	47	5.0	3.2- 7.9	48	5.5	3.5- 8.5	57	5.7	3.8- 8.3	53	4.8	3.2- 7.3
Some Post-H.S.	803	641	73.9	67.8-79.2	52	10.7	6.8-16.4	43	5.3	3.5- 8.0	37	5.2	2.8- 9.3	30	4.9	2.8- 8.5
College Graduate	1,008	836	83.4	79.8-86.5	55	5.5	3.9- 7.7	56	5.6	3.7- 8.4	32	3.1	1.8- 5.2	29	2.4	1.4- 4.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	284	193	69.8	59.5-78.4	10	8.4	3.3-19.9	14	3.6	1.8- 7.0	26	5.0	3.0- 8.4	41	13.2	7.7-21.6
$15,000- 24,999	604	463	72.7	66.1-78.5	30	5.6	3.1-10.0	41	7.6	4.6-12.3	36	7.0	4.1-11.7	34	7.1	4.2-11.9
$25,000- 34,999	366	291	78.6	70.6-84.8	21	9.4	4.8-17.6	18	3.5	1.7- 7.0	25	4.6	2.6- 8.3	11	3.9	1.7- 8.7
$35,000- 49,999	521	431	80.2	74.7-84.8	26	5.2	3.1- 8.5	31	7.3	4.6-11.3	20	3.6	2.0- 6.6	13	3.7	1.7- 8.0
$50,000-74,999	430	359	81.0	74.1-86.4	32	10.1	5.9-16.8	17	3.5	1.8- 6.6	11	2.6	1.1- 6.0	11	2.8	1.2- 6.2
$75,000+	503	426	84.1	78.2-88.6	26	3.9	2.4- 6.1	27	7.3	4.2-12.2	16	3.9	1.6- 9.2	8	0.9	0.4- 2.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	177	152	84.4	76.3-90.2	8	4.8	2.3- 9.5	7	7.3	3.2-16.1	7	2.2	1.0- 4.6	3	1.3	0.4- 4.2
Guilford	163	129	76.6	67.5-83.8	13	7.9	4.4-13.8	10	9.7	4.6-19.3	4	1.8	0.6- 4.9	7	4.0	1.8- 8.5
Mecklenburg	168	132	76.5	65.9-84.7	10	7.7	3.1-18.0	14	8.1	4.2-14.9	6	5.5	1.7-16.2	6	2.2	0.9- 5.1
Orange	167	120	65.0	51.6-76.3	16	11.0	6.3-18.6	15	8.0	4.5-13.8	15	15.8	6.2-34.8	1	0.3	0.0- 2.0
Wake	176	144	83.0	75.9-88.4	11	5.7	2.9-11.0	13	6.5	3.6-11.8	5	3.3	1.3- 8.3	3	1.4	0.4- 5.2
Chatham/Lee	151	125	84.6	77.0-90.0	11	6.4	3.4-11.8	4	3.2	1.1- 8.9	5	2.2	0.8- 5.8	6	3.5	1.3- 9.0
Nash/Wilson	138	114	85.6	78.7-90.5	5	3.6	1.4- 8.9	9	5.5	2.8-10.6	6	3.3	1.4- 7.7	4	1.9	0.7- 5.2
Craven/Pamlico	166	144	89.1	83.0-93.1	4	1.6	0.6- 4.5	6	2.8	1.2- 6.7	3	1.8	0.5- 6.1	9	4.7	2.2- 9.5
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	159	128	80.2	72.2-86.3	4	3.2	1.1- 8.6	9	6.1	3.0-11.8	9	5.7	2.9-11.1	9	4.8	2.3- 9.7
Appalachian/Wilkes	166	142	85.2	77.4-90.7	4	4.2	1.4-11.5	9	6.0	2.9-12.3	5	2.5	1.0- 6.1	6	2.0	0.8- 4.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance	174	135	74.4	62.4-83.5	7	4.8	1.6-13.7	10	6.1	2.8-12.6	7	4.1	1.7- 9.6	15	10.6	5.2-20.7
Graham/Swain/Jackson	160	121	68.9	45.4-85.5	9	3.2	1.4- 6.9	13	20.0	5.6-51.2	5	2.6	0.9- 6.9	12	5.3	2.7-10.5
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	170	140	81.0	72.8-87.2	8	5.8	2.7-12.0	3	1.0	0.3- 3.1	13	8.4	4.3-15.8	6	3.8	1.6- 8.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	126	98	79.7	70.4-86.6	8	5.0	2.4-10.1	6	5.7	2.4-12.9	7	5.8	2.4-13.5	7	3.7	1.6- 8.4
Northeast NC I	140	118	82.0	72.0-89.0	10	9.1	4.4-17.6	3	1.9	0.5- 6.4	4	2.4	0.9- 6.3	5	4.7	1.5-13.3
Northeast NC II	185	159	86.3	79.5-91.0	4	2.3	0.8- 6.2	5	2.6	1.0- 6.3	9	4.7	2.1-10.4	8	4.1	1.9- 8.7
Northeastern Partnership	325	277	84.9	79.6-89.1	14	4.4	2.5- 7.8	8	2.4	1.1- 4.9	13	4.0	2.0- 7.8	13	4.3	2.3- 8.0
Mountain AHEC	484	394	77.4	68.0-84.6	19	2.9	1.5- 5.4	26	11.2	5.1-22.8	19	3.6	1.9- 6.6	26	4.9	2.7- 8.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,147	939	75.5	70.3-80.1	58	9.9	6.5-14.9	47	5.8	3.5- 9.2	53	4.5	2.8- 7.0	50	4.3	2.8- 6.7
Piedmont	1,511	1,215	80.5	77.3-83.3	89	5.9	4.3- 8.0	83	5.1	3.8- 6.8	63	4.2	2.9- 6.2	61	4.4	3.0- 6.3
Western NC	766	627	78.5	71.8-84.0	25	2.7	1.6- 4.5	41	8.3	4.2-15.5	31	4.3	2.3- 8.1	42	6.2	3.6-10.2

Total
Respond.^

None

1-2 days

3-7 days

8-29 days

30 days

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

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

RACE

White

2,547

2,091

80.6

77.7-83.1

127

6.5

4.9- 8.6

119

5.0

3.6- 6.8

103

4.1

3.0- 5.7

107

3.9

2.8- 5.3

African American

592

471

74.2

67.9-79.7

4.2

2.1- 8.1

6.3

3.9-10.0

6.4

3.7-11.0

8.9

5.5-14.0

Asian

97.3

88.9-99.4

0.0

. - .

1.5

0.2-10.7

0.0

. - .

1.1

0.1- 8.1

Native American

56.9

35.4-76.1

15.2

3.2-49.4

12.6

2.9-41.3

5.4

1.7-16.3

9.8

3.3-25.4

Other Minorities

163

123

72.0

60.1-81.5

12.3

6.1-23.3

10.9

5.1-21.7

2.3

0.6- 7.8

2.5

0.8- 8.1

HISPANIC

Hispanic

168

131

73.0

61.1-82.3

11.6

5.6-22.2

11.1

5.3-21.9

2.8

0.8- 9.5

1.5

0.3- 7.2

-English Speaking

64.4

39.7-83.3

17.5

4.4-49.7

11.4

3.2-33.2

6.7

1.3-27.7

0.0

. - .

-Spanish Speaking

116

75.4

61.8-85.3

9.9

4.3-20.9

11.0

4.5-24.6

1.7

0.2-11.3

2.0

0.4- 9.2

Non-Hispanic

3,253

2,647

79.2

76.7-81.6

153

6.2

4.7- 8.0

160

5.3

4.1- 6.8

143

4.4

3.4- 5.8

150

4.9

3.8- 6.3

AGE

18-24

218

146

60.9

50.8-70.1

14.8

8.3-25.1

12.7

7.9-19.9

7.5

3.6-15.1

4.1

1.7- 9.7

25-34

532

410

77.6

71.3-82.8

9.5

6.4-13.9

4.7

2.1-10.2

3.2

1.8- 5.6

4.9

2.5- 9.5

35-44

681

532

80.3

75.7-84.3

6.2

4.0- 9.5

5.8

3.9- 8.7

3.8

2.2- 6.6

3.8

2.2- 6.5

45-54

681

525

77.7

72.4-82.3

3.5

2.2- 5.6

7.9

5.1-12.1

5.6

3.4- 9.1

5.3

3.2- 8.6

55-64

572

488

84.7

79.8-88.6

2.6

1.3- 5.3

1.6

0.8- 3.2

4.3

2.3- 7.9

6.7

4.2-10.8

65-74

455

416

91.6

87.1-94.6

3.2

1.4- 7.1

0.5

0.2- 1.4

1.1

0.3- 4.0

3.6

1.9- 6.9

75+

264

243

93.6

88.8-96.4

0.6

0.2- 2.4

0.8

0.2- 2.7

2.3

0.7- 7.1

2.7

1.2- 6.1

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

583

480

78.3

71.2-84.1

4.9

2.5- 9.5

6.9

3.3-14.2

2.1

1.0- 4.3

7.7

4.8-12.2

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,020

815

79.0

74.6-82.7

5.0

3.2- 7.9

5.5

3.5- 8.5

5.7

3.8- 8.3

4.8

3.2- 7.3

Some Post-H.S.

803

641

73.9

67.8-79.2

10.7

6.8-16.4

5.3

3.5- 8.0

5.2

2.8- 9.3

4.9

2.8- 8.5

College Graduate

1,008

836

83.4

79.8-86.5

5.5

3.9- 7.7

5.6

3.7- 8.4

3.1

1.8- 5.2

2.4

1.4- 4.0

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

284

193

69.8

59.5-78.4

8.4

3.3-19.9

3.6

1.8- 7.0

5.0

3.0- 8.4

13.2

7.7-21.6

$15,000- 24,999

604

463

72.7

66.1-78.5

5.6

3.1-10.0

7.6

4.6-12.3

7.0

4.1-11.7

7.1

4.2-11.9

$25,000- 34,999

366

291

78.6

70.6-84.8

9.4

4.8-17.6

3.5

1.7- 7.0

4.6

2.6- 8.3

3.9

1.7- 8.7

$35,000- 49,999

521

431

80.2

74.7-84.8

5.2

3.1- 8.5

7.3

4.6-11.3

3.6

2.0- 6.6

3.7

1.7- 8.0

$50,000-74,999

430

359

81.0

74.1-86.4

10.1

5.9-16.8

3.5

1.8- 6.6

2.6

1.1- 6.0

2.8

1.2- 6.2

$75,000+

503

426

84.1

78.2-88.6

3.9

2.4- 6.1

7.3

4.2-12.2

3.9

1.6- 9.2

0.9

0.4- 2.4

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

177

152

84.4

76.3-90.2

4.8

2.3- 9.5

7.3

3.2-16.1

2.2

1.0- 4.6

1.3

0.4- 4.2

Guilford

163

129

76.6

67.5-83.8

7.9

4.4-13.8

9.7

4.6-19.3

1.8

0.6- 4.9

4.0

1.8- 8.5

Mecklenburg

168

132

76.5

65.9-84.7

7.7

3.1-18.0

8.1

4.2-14.9

5.5

1.7-16.2

2.2

0.9- 5.1

Orange

167

120

65.0

51.6-76.3

11.0

6.3-18.6

8.0

4.5-13.8

15.8

6.2-34.8

0.3

0.0- 2.0

Wake

176

144

83.0

75.9-88.4

5.7

2.9-11.0

6.5

3.6-11.8

3.3

1.3- 8.3

1.4

0.4- 5.2

Chatham/Lee

151

125

84.6

77.0-90.0

6.4

3.4-11.8

3.2

1.1- 8.9

2.2

0.8- 5.8

3.5

1.3- 9.0

Nash/Wilson

138

114

85.6

78.7-90.5

3.6

1.4- 8.9

5.5

2.8-10.6

3.3

1.4- 7.7

1.9

0.7- 5.2

Craven/Pamlico

166

144

89.1

83.0-93.1

1.6

0.6- 4.5

2.8

1.2- 6.7

1.8

0.5- 6.1

4.7

2.2- 9.5

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

159

128

80.2

72.2-86.3

3.2

1.1- 8.6

6.1

3.0-11.8

5.7

2.9-11.1

4.8

2.3- 9.7

Appalachian/Wilkes

166

142

85.2

77.4-90.7

4.2

1.4-11.5

6.0

2.9-12.3

2.5

1.0- 6.1

2.0

0.8- 4.7

Franklin/Gran./Vance

174

135

74.4

62.4-83.5

4.8

1.6-13.7

6.1

2.8-12.6

4.1

1.7- 9.6

10.6

5.2-20.7

Graham/Swain/Jackson

160

121

68.9

45.4-85.5

3.2

1.4- 6.9

20.0

5.6-51.2

2.6

0.9- 6.9

5.3

2.7-10.5

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

170

140

81.0

72.8-87.2

5.8

2.7-12.0

1.0

0.3- 3.1

8.4

4.3-15.8

3.8

1.6- 8.5

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

126

79.7

70.4-86.6

5.0

2.4-10.1

5.7

2.4-12.9

5.8

2.4-13.5

3.7

1.6- 8.4

Northeast NC I

140

118

82.0

72.0-89.0

9.1

4.4-17.6

1.9

0.5- 6.4

2.4

0.9- 6.3

4.7

1.5-13.3

Northeast NC II

185

159

86.3

79.5-91.0

2.3

0.8- 6.2

2.6

1.0- 6.3

4.7

2.1-10.4

4.1

1.9- 8.7

Northeastern Partnership

325

277

84.9

79.6-89.1

4.4

2.5- 7.8

2.4

1.1- 4.9

4.0

2.0- 7.8

4.3

2.3- 8.0

Mountain AHEC

484

394

77.4

68.0-84.6

2.9

1.5- 5.4

11.2

5.1-22.8

3.6

1.9- 6.6

4.9

2.7- 8.8

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,147

939

75.5

70.3-80.1

9.9

6.5-14.9

5.8

3.5- 9.2

4.5

2.8- 7.0

4.3

2.8- 6.7

Piedmont

1,511

1,215

80.5

77.3-83.3

5.9

4.3- 8.0

5.1

3.8- 6.8

4.2

2.9- 6.2

4.4

3.0- 6.3

Western NC

766

627

78.5

71.8-84.0

2.7

1.6- 4.5

8.3

4.2-15.5

4.3

2.3- 8.1

6.2

3.6-10.2

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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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