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-MALES

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	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
RACE
White	2,561	2,177	86.3	84.2-88.1	91	3.5	2.6- 4.7	90	3.3	2.5- 4.4	83	3.1	2.3- 4.1	120	3.8	2.8- 5.1
African American	599	498	84.7	79.8-88.5	21	4.6	2.6- 7.9	20	3.0	1.3- 7.0	26	2.8	1.7- 4.5	34	5.0	3.0- 8.2
Asian	26	24	97.8	90.0-99.5	1	0.7	0.1- 5.1	1	1.5	0.2-10.7	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Native American	81	60	81.4	66.3-90.7	2	0.8	0.2- 3.3	7	4.4	1.6-11.1	3	3.2	0.9-11.6	9	10.2	3.6-25.5
Other Minorities	163	143	85.8	75.2-92.3	6	6.8	2.3-18.4	7	4.0	1.5-10.4	5	2.2	0.6- 7.9	2	1.3	0.3- 5.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic	170	152	87.7	77.0-93.8	6	6.8	2.4-17.9	7	3.6	1.2-10.5	5	1.9	0.5- 7.6	0	0.0	. - .
-English Speaking	54	46	83.6	62.0-94.1	3	8.6	2.0-29.8	3	6.8	1.3-29.3	2	1.0	0.2- 4.5	0	0.0	. - .
-Spanish Speaking	116	106	88.8	75.4-95.4	3	6.3	1.6-21.5	4	2.7	0.6-11.2	3	2.2	0.4-10.0	0	0.0	. - .
Non-Hispanic	3,275	2,763	85.9	84.1-87.6	116	3.6	2.8- 4.7	119	3.3	2.5- 4.3	112	3.0	2.3- 3.9	165	4.2	3.3- 5.4
AGE
18-24	219	182	85.7	78.0-91.0	16	7.7	4.0-14.3	12	4.0	1.7- 8.9	6	0.8	0.3- 2.2	3	1.9	0.4- 8.8
25-34	530	477	89.8	85.5-92.9	22	4.2	2.3- 7.4	18	3.9	2.1- 7.1	7	1.6	0.6- 4.1	6	0.7	0.3- 1.7
35-44	684	587	89.4	86.1-92.0	31	3.8	2.4- 5.9	23	2.1	1.2- 3.7	21	2.5	1.3- 4.7	22	2.3	1.3- 4.1
45-54	683	561	82.4	77.6-86.4	23	3.6	2.0- 6.4	24	2.1	1.2- 3.9	36	4.6	2.8- 7.3	39	7.3	4.6-11.3
55-64	584	472	82.3	77.6-86.2	16	1.7	1.0- 3.2	28	3.9	2.3- 6.5	22	5.2	3.1- 8.7	46	6.8	4.4-10.3
65-74	457	393	85.6	80.4-89.6	11	2.1	0.8- 5.1	13	4.0	2.0- 7.8	14	3.5	1.8- 6.4	26	4.9	2.8- 8.5
75+	271	226	82.2	74.4-88.0	3	1.3	0.3- 4.7	8	6.3	2.8-13.7	11	3.2	1.3- 7.3	23	7.0	3.8-12.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	594	472	84.4	79.5-88.2	10	2.5	0.9- 6.6	20	2.4	1.2- 4.6	28	4.0	2.3- 7.1	64	6.7	4.6- 9.7
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,024	867	86.0	82.5-89.0	37	4.1	2.5- 6.8	33	3.5	2.1- 5.7	32	2.3	1.5- 3.7	55	4.0	2.6- 6.1
Some Post-H.S.	809	685	84.4	80.1-87.9	26	3.7	2.1- 6.5	35	4.1	2.5- 6.7	32	3.3	2.1- 5.2	31	4.5	2.6- 7.7
College Graduate	1,010	885	89.0	86.1-91.4	49	4.5	3.1- 6.6	38	3.0	1.9- 4.7	24	2.4	1.4- 4.3	14	1.0	0.4- 2.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	288	192	76.8	69.1-83.1	7	2.2	0.7- 6.7	18	5.1	2.7- 9.7	21	4.9	2.3-10.4	50	10.9	7.3-16.1
$15,000- 24,999	611	490	80.8	75.3-85.3	19	3.2	1.4- 7.1	25	2.9	1.6- 5.1	37	5.0	3.2- 7.9	40	8.1	5.0-12.8
$25,000- 34,999	365	314	86.2	79.6-90.9	12	4.0	1.7- 9.2	20	6.4	3.3-11.9	10	2.3	0.9- 6.0	9	1.1	0.4- 2.5
$35,000- 49,999	523	459	85.6	80.5-89.6	21	4.9	2.7- 8.7	22	4.6	2.6- 7.9	11	2.3	1.2- 4.6	10	2.6	1.0- 6.3
$50,000-74,999	436	393	91.8	87.8-94.6	18	3.0	1.6- 5.5	10	1.6	0.7- 3.5	9	2.2	0.9- 5.4	6	1.5	0.5- 4.0
$75,000+	502	449	90.7	86.9-93.5	25	4.5	2.7- 7.5	15	2.2	1.1- 4.5	7	0.8	0.3- 2.0	6	1.8	0.7- 4.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	178	150	85.5	77.9-90.8	9	7.1	3.1-15.4	3	1.0	0.3- 3.1	2	0.8	0.2- 3.2	14	5.6	3.2- 9.6
Guilford	164	147	88.4	80.6-93.4	4	3.8	1.2-11.1	6	2.5	1.0- 5.9	3	1.8	0.6- 6.0	4	3.4	1.1-10.6
Mecklenburg	168	152	91.4	83.5-95.7	5	4.4	1.3-13.9	3	0.7	0.2- 2.3	5	2.1	0.8- 5.0	3	1.5	0.4- 4.9
Orange	170	135	73.7	58.8-84.6	14	7.9	4.2-14.4	10	5.6	2.7-11.5	8	11.5	3.2-33.8	3	1.2	0.4- 4.0
Wake	176	148	84.6	77.4-89.8	15	6.8	3.8-11.9	5	4.0	1.5-10.2	6	3.5	1.4- 8.4	2	1.1	0.3- 4.2
Chatham/Lee	152	139	93.5	88.0-96.6	2	1.0	0.2- 4.7	3	1.2	0.3- 3.9	5	3.3	1.2- 8.8	3	1.0	0.3- 3.1
Nash/Wilson	138	123	89.3	82.4-93.7	4	4.1	1.5-10.8	2	1.0	0.2- 4.6	5	3.1	1.3- 7.2	4	2.4	0.9- 6.6
Craven/Pamlico	167	141	85.4	77.5-90.9	6	4.9	1.6-14.0	9	4.0	1.9- 8.0	5	2.9	1.1- 7.1	6	2.8	1.2- 6.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	161	136	84.4	77.0-89.7	4	3.0	1.1- 8.0	6	3.8	1.6- 8.7	4	2.8	1.0- 7.8	11	6.0	3.1-11.4
Appalachian/Wilkes	168	143	85.4	77.9-90.7	5	2.6	1.0- 6.5	5	3.8	1.4-10.3	8	5.4	2.5-11.2	7	2.7	1.1- 6.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance	176	150	84.1	73.7-90.9	9	6.6	2.6-15.7	3	1.3	0.4- 4.5	4	1.8	0.6- 4.8	10	6.2	2.4-15.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson	162	133	87.4	79.4-92.5	5	2.2	0.8- 6.1	11	4.9	2.4- 9.8	7	3.4	1.4- 8.0	6	2.1	0.8- 5.2
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	173	140	81.6	73.7-87.5	1	0.3	0.0- 2.0	9	6.1	2.6-13.5	6	2.6	1.1- 5.8	17	9.4	5.6-15.5
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	124	97	78.9	69.1-86.2	5	5.3	2.1-12.4	4	5.2	1.8-14.1	6	4.3	1.9- 9.6	12	6.3	3.1-12.4
Northeast NC I	143	117	79.8	69.5-87.2	4	4.5	1.3-14.5	5	4.1	1.6-10.0	6	5.1	2.0-12.3	11	6.5	3.2-12.9
Northeast NC II	185	155	83.7	76.0-89.2	5	4.1	1.4-11.2	6	2.2	0.9- 5.2	9	4.8	2.2-10.2	10	5.2	2.5-10.4
Northeastern Partnership	328	272	82.4	76.5-87.1	9	4.2	1.9- 9.3	11	2.8	1.5- 5.2	15	4.9	2.7- 8.8	21	5.6	3.3- 9.4
Mountain AHEC	490	403	84.3	79.5-88.2	18	3.6	1.9- 6.7	21	3.4	1.9- 6.2	17	3.5	1.9- 6.5	31	5.1	3.2- 7.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,152	960	83.9	80.2-87.0	33	4.4	2.6- 7.4	45	3.5	2.2- 5.6	44	3.3	2.2- 5.1	70	4.9	3.4- 6.9
Piedmont	1,522	1,311	87.7	85.2-89.8	64	3.9	2.7- 5.4	54	3.4	2.3- 4.9	46	2.6	1.7- 3.9	47	2.5	1.6- 3.9
Western NC	774	647	84.4	79.8-88.1	25	2.8	1.6- 4.7	27	2.7	1.6- 4.5	27	3.1	1.9- 5.0	48	7.0	4.2-11.5

Total
Respond.^

None

1-2 days

3-7 days

8-29 days

30 days

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

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

RACE

White

2,561

2,177

86.3

84.2-88.1

3.5

2.6- 4.7

3.3

2.5- 4.4

3.1

2.3- 4.1

120

3.8

2.8- 5.1

African American

599

498

84.7

79.8-88.5

4.6

2.6- 7.9

3.0

1.3- 7.0

2.8

1.7- 4.5

5.0

3.0- 8.2

Asian

97.8

90.0-99.5

0.7

0.1- 5.1

1.5

0.2-10.7

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Native American

81.4

66.3-90.7

0.8

0.2- 3.3

4.4

1.6-11.1

3.2

0.9-11.6

10.2

3.6-25.5

Other Minorities

163

143

85.8

75.2-92.3

6.8

2.3-18.4

4.0

1.5-10.4

2.2

0.6- 7.9

1.3

0.3- 5.3

HISPANIC

Hispanic

170

152

87.7

77.0-93.8

6.8

2.4-17.9

3.6

1.2-10.5

1.9

0.5- 7.6

0.0

. - .

-English Speaking

83.6

62.0-94.1

8.6

2.0-29.8

6.8

1.3-29.3

1.0

0.2- 4.5

0.0

. - .

-Spanish Speaking

116

106

88.8

75.4-95.4

6.3

1.6-21.5

2.7

0.6-11.2

2.2

0.4-10.0

0.0

. - .

Non-Hispanic

3,275

2,763

85.9

84.1-87.6

116

3.6

2.8- 4.7

119

3.3

2.5- 4.3

112

3.0

2.3- 3.9

165

4.2

3.3- 5.4

AGE

18-24

219

182

85.7

78.0-91.0

7.7

4.0-14.3

4.0

1.7- 8.9

0.8

0.3- 2.2

1.9

0.4- 8.8

25-34

530

477

89.8

85.5-92.9

4.2

2.3- 7.4

3.9

2.1- 7.1

1.6

0.6- 4.1

0.7

0.3- 1.7

35-44

684

587

89.4

86.1-92.0

3.8

2.4- 5.9

2.1

1.2- 3.7

2.5

1.3- 4.7

2.3

1.3- 4.1

45-54

683

561

82.4

77.6-86.4

3.6

2.0- 6.4

2.1

1.2- 3.9

4.6

2.8- 7.3

7.3

4.6-11.3

55-64

584

472

82.3

77.6-86.2

1.7

1.0- 3.2

3.9

2.3- 6.5

5.2

3.1- 8.7

6.8

4.4-10.3

65-74

457

393

85.6

80.4-89.6

2.1

0.8- 5.1

4.0

2.0- 7.8

3.5

1.8- 6.4

4.9

2.8- 8.5

75+

271

226

82.2

74.4-88.0

1.3

0.3- 4.7

6.3

2.8-13.7

3.2

1.3- 7.3

7.0

3.8-12.7

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

594

472

84.4

79.5-88.2

2.5

0.9- 6.6

2.4

1.2- 4.6

4.0

2.3- 7.1

6.7

4.6- 9.7

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,024

867

86.0

82.5-89.0

4.1

2.5- 6.8

3.5

2.1- 5.7

2.3

1.5- 3.7

4.0

2.6- 6.1

Some Post-H.S.

809

685

84.4

80.1-87.9

3.7

2.1- 6.5

4.1

2.5- 6.7

3.3

2.1- 5.2

4.5

2.6- 7.7

College Graduate

1,010

885

89.0

86.1-91.4

4.5

3.1- 6.6

3.0

1.9- 4.7

2.4

1.4- 4.3

1.0

0.4- 2.3

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

288

192

76.8

69.1-83.1

2.2

0.7- 6.7

5.1

2.7- 9.7

4.9

2.3-10.4

10.9

7.3-16.1

$15,000- 24,999

611

490

80.8

75.3-85.3

3.2

1.4- 7.1

2.9

1.6- 5.1

5.0

3.2- 7.9

8.1

5.0-12.8

$25,000- 34,999

365

314

86.2

79.6-90.9

4.0

1.7- 9.2

6.4

3.3-11.9

2.3

0.9- 6.0

1.1

0.4- 2.5

$35,000- 49,999

523

459

85.6

80.5-89.6

4.9

2.7- 8.7

4.6

2.6- 7.9

2.3

1.2- 4.6

2.6

1.0- 6.3

$50,000-74,999

436

393

91.8

87.8-94.6

3.0

1.6- 5.5

1.6

0.7- 3.5

2.2

0.9- 5.4

1.5

0.5- 4.0

$75,000+

502

449

90.7

86.9-93.5

4.5

2.7- 7.5

2.2

1.1- 4.5

0.8

0.3- 2.0

1.8

0.7- 4.2

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

178

150

85.5

77.9-90.8

7.1

3.1-15.4

1.0

0.3- 3.1

0.8

0.2- 3.2

5.6

3.2- 9.6

Guilford

164

147

88.4

80.6-93.4

3.8

1.2-11.1

2.5

1.0- 5.9

1.8

0.6- 6.0

3.4

1.1-10.6

Mecklenburg

168

152

91.4

83.5-95.7

4.4

1.3-13.9

0.7

0.2- 2.3

2.1

0.8- 5.0

1.5

0.4- 4.9

Orange

170

135

73.7

58.8-84.6

7.9

4.2-14.4

5.6

2.7-11.5

11.5

3.2-33.8

1.2

0.4- 4.0

Wake

176

148

84.6

77.4-89.8

6.8

3.8-11.9

4.0

1.5-10.2

3.5

1.4- 8.4

1.1

0.3- 4.2

Chatham/Lee

152

139

93.5

88.0-96.6

1.0

0.2- 4.7

1.2

0.3- 3.9

3.3

1.2- 8.8

1.0

0.3- 3.1

Nash/Wilson

138

123

89.3

82.4-93.7

4.1

1.5-10.8

1.0

0.2- 4.6

3.1

1.3- 7.2

2.4

0.9- 6.6

Craven/Pamlico

167

141

85.4

77.5-90.9

4.9

1.6-14.0

4.0

1.9- 8.0

2.9

1.1- 7.1

2.8

1.2- 6.3

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

161

136

84.4

77.0-89.7

3.0

1.1- 8.0

3.8

1.6- 8.7

2.8

1.0- 7.8

6.0

3.1-11.4

Appalachian/Wilkes

168

143

85.4

77.9-90.7

2.6

1.0- 6.5

3.8

1.4-10.3

5.4

2.5-11.2

2.7

1.1- 6.1

Franklin/Gran./Vance

176

150

84.1

73.7-90.9

6.6

2.6-15.7

1.3

0.4- 4.5

1.8

0.6- 4.8

6.2

2.4-15.0

Graham/Swain/Jackson

162

133

87.4

79.4-92.5

2.2

0.8- 6.1

4.9

2.4- 9.8

3.4

1.4- 8.0

2.1

0.8- 5.2

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

173

140

81.6

73.7-87.5

0.3

0.0- 2.0

6.1

2.6-13.5

2.6

1.1- 5.8

9.4

5.6-15.5

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

124

78.9

69.1-86.2

5.3

2.1-12.4

5.2

1.8-14.1

4.3

1.9- 9.6

6.3

3.1-12.4

Northeast NC I

143

117

79.8

69.5-87.2

4.5

1.3-14.5

4.1

1.6-10.0

5.1

2.0-12.3

6.5

3.2-12.9

Northeast NC II

185

155

83.7

76.0-89.2

4.1

1.4-11.2

2.2

0.9- 5.2

4.8

2.2-10.2

5.2

2.5-10.4

Northeastern Partnership

328

272

82.4

76.5-87.1

4.2

1.9- 9.3

2.8

1.5- 5.2

4.9

2.7- 8.8

5.6

3.3- 9.4

Mountain AHEC

490

403

84.3

79.5-88.2

3.6

1.9- 6.7

3.4

1.9- 6.2

3.5

1.9- 6.5

5.1

3.2- 7.9

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,152

960

83.9

80.2-87.0

4.4

2.6- 7.4

3.5

2.2- 5.6

3.3

2.2- 5.1

4.9

3.4- 6.9

Piedmont

1,522

1,311

87.7

85.2-89.8

3.9

2.7- 5.4

3.4

2.3- 4.9

2.6

1.7- 3.9

2.5

1.6- 3.9

Western NC

774

647

84.4

79.8-88.1

2.8

1.6- 4.7

2.7

1.6- 4.5

3.1

1.9- 5.0

7.0

4.2-11.5

Back to Health Status.

* 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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