BRFSS 2003 - Piedmont 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?)

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont North Carolina**

Healthy Days

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	Total Respond.^	None	1-2 days	3-7 days	8-29 days	30 days
North Carolina	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
-Piedmont NC	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
GENDER
Male	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
Female	2,476	1,759	69.8	67.2-72.4	190	7.8	6.5- 9.5	205	8.6	7.1-10.3	160	6.6	5.3- 8.1	162	7.2	5.8- 8.9
RACE
White	2,929	2,189	75.4	73.1-77.6	212	7.2	5.9- 8.6	209	6.6	5.5- 7.9	159	5.0	4.0- 6.3	160	5.8	4.7- 7.3
African American	797	587	72.7	67.7-77.1	49	5.4	3.6- 8.2	58	6.8	4.7- 9.8	51	7.6	5.0-11.3	52	7.5	5.1-11.0
Other Minorities	203	148	73.6	64.0-81.4	17	8.5	4.0-17.2	17	9.4	5.0-16.8	11	5.4	2.6-11.0	10	3.1	1.2- 7.3
AGE
18-24	242	156	63.7	54.7-71.8	30	10.5	6.1-17.6	29	13.5	8.9-19.9	15	7.0	3.4-13.7	12	5.3	2.4-11.4
25-34	633	440	73.9	69.0-78.2	63	8.5	6.1-11.9	67	6.4	4.7- 8.8	40	5.2	3.5- 7.7	23	5.9	3.5- 9.8
35-44	843	597	74.2	70.0-78.0	62	6.7	4.8- 9.4	77	7.7	5.7-10.3	63	6.5	4.6- 9.2	44	4.9	3.2- 7.3
45-54	807	565	72.0	67.6-76.0	71	8.0	5.9-10.6	65	7.7	5.5-10.5	54	5.8	4.0- 8.3	52	6.6	4.6- 9.3
55-64	598	451	76.8	71.6-81.3	32	4.6	2.9- 7.3	26	3.4	2.0- 5.8	32	6.1	3.7-10.0	57	9.1	6.2-13.1
65-74	459	398	85.3	80.4-89.2	14	4.0	2.2- 7.5	19	3.5	1.9- 6.3	10	2.8	1.3- 6.0	18	4.4	2.5- 7.7
75+	373	337	91.3	87.4-94.1	7	1.4	0.6- 3.2	5	2.0	0.8- 5.1	7	1.1	0.4- 2.7	17	4.2	2.4- 7.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	568	432	77.5	72.0-82.3	23	4.0	2.1- 7.4	32	5.1	3.0- 8.4	26	4.8	2.8- 8.1	55	8.6	5.7-12.9
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,064	785	74.6	70.6-78.2	51	4.9	3.4- 7.1	74	7.0	5.0- 9.7	73	6.0	4.3- 8.2	81	7.5	5.6-10.1
Some Post-H.S.	944	686	69.9	65.1-74.3	82	10.1	7.3-13.9	70	7.6	5.6-10.3	63	6.6	4.4- 9.8	43	5.8	3.7- 9.0
College Graduate	1,396	1,058	78.1	75.2-80.8	123	7.4	5.9- 9.2	111	7.1	5.6- 9.0	60	4.3	3.0- 6.1	44	3.1	2.1- 4.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	354	250	72.3	64.7-78.9	13	4.6	2.1- 9.6	19	4.1	2.2- 7.4	29	6.6	3.8-11.3	43	12.4	7.8-19.1
$15,000- 24,999	654	462	71.1	65.5-76.2	41	5.8	3.6- 9.2	60	8.1	5.5-11.6	39	5.9	3.8- 9.2	52	9.1	6.0-13.6
$25,000- 34,999	398	277	72.1	65.0-78.2	45	11.5	7.3-17.8	30	6.5	3.9-10.5	25	5.4	3.0- 9.5	21	4.5	2.5- 8.2
$35,000- 49,999	539	399	73.7	68.3-78.5	44	6.5	4.3- 9.7	45	9.4	6.5-13.4	29	5.7	3.6- 9.0	22	4.7	2.8- 8.0
$50,000-74,999	461	357	77.5	72.1-82.2	33	6.9	4.5-10.6	27	5.6	3.5- 8.8	30	6.4	4.0-10.0	14	3.6	1.9- 6.9
$75,000+	658	519	79.1	74.5-83.1	57	7.9	5.8-10.7	46	6.8	4.7- 9.8	25	4.4	2.2- 8.5	11	1.8	0.9- 3.6
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

Total
Respond.^

None

1-2 days

3-7 days

8-29 days

30 days

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

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

-Piedmont NC

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

GENDER

Male

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

Female

2,476

1,759

69.8

67.2-72.4

190

7.8

6.5- 9.5

205

8.6

7.1-10.3

160

6.6

5.3- 8.1

162

7.2

5.8- 8.9

RACE

White

2,929

2,189

75.4

73.1-77.6

212

7.2

5.9- 8.6

209

6.6

5.5- 7.9

159

5.0

4.0- 6.3

160

5.8

4.7- 7.3

African American

797

587

72.7

67.7-77.1

5.4

3.6- 8.2

6.8

4.7- 9.8

7.6

5.0-11.3

7.5

5.1-11.0

Other Minorities

203

148

73.6

64.0-81.4

8.5

4.0-17.2

9.4

5.0-16.8

5.4

2.6-11.0

3.1

1.2- 7.3

AGE

18-24

242

156

63.7

54.7-71.8

10.5

6.1-17.6

13.5

8.9-19.9

7.0

3.4-13.7

5.3

2.4-11.4

25-34

633

440

73.9

69.0-78.2

8.5

6.1-11.9

6.4

4.7- 8.8

5.2

3.5- 7.7

5.9

3.5- 9.8

35-44

843

597

74.2

70.0-78.0

6.7

4.8- 9.4

7.7

5.7-10.3

6.5

4.6- 9.2

4.9

3.2- 7.3

45-54

807

565

72.0

67.6-76.0

8.0

5.9-10.6

7.7

5.5-10.5

5.8

4.0- 8.3

6.6

4.6- 9.3

55-64

598

451

76.8

71.6-81.3

4.6

2.9- 7.3

3.4

2.0- 5.8

6.1

3.7-10.0

9.1

6.2-13.1

65-74

459

398

85.3

80.4-89.2

4.0

2.2- 7.5

3.5

1.9- 6.3

2.8

1.3- 6.0

4.4

2.5- 7.7

75+

373

337

91.3

87.4-94.1

1.4

0.6- 3.2

2.0

0.8- 5.1

1.1

0.4- 2.7

4.2

2.4- 7.3

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

568

432

77.5

72.0-82.3

4.0

2.1- 7.4

5.1

3.0- 8.4

4.8

2.8- 8.1

8.6

5.7-12.9

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,064

785

74.6

70.6-78.2

4.9

3.4- 7.1

7.0

5.0- 9.7

6.0

4.3- 8.2

7.5

5.6-10.1

Some Post-H.S.

944

686

69.9

65.1-74.3

10.1

7.3-13.9

7.6

5.6-10.3

6.6

4.4- 9.8

5.8

3.7- 9.0

College Graduate

1,396

1,058

78.1

75.2-80.8

123

7.4

5.9- 9.2

111

7.1

5.6- 9.0

4.3

3.0- 6.1

3.1

2.1- 4.5

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

354

250

72.3

64.7-78.9

4.6

2.1- 9.6

4.1

2.2- 7.4

6.6

3.8-11.3

12.4

7.8-19.1

$15,000- 24,999

654

462

71.1

65.5-76.2

5.8

3.6- 9.2

8.1

5.5-11.6

5.9

3.8- 9.2

9.1

6.0-13.6

$25,000- 34,999

398

277

72.1

65.0-78.2

11.5

7.3-17.8

6.5

3.9-10.5

5.4

3.0- 9.5

4.5

2.5- 8.2

$35,000- 49,999

539

399

73.7

68.3-78.5

6.5

4.3- 9.7

9.4

6.5-13.4

5.7

3.6- 9.0

4.7

2.8- 8.0

$50,000-74,999

461

357

77.5

72.1-82.2

6.9

4.5-10.6

5.6

3.5- 8.8

6.4

4.0-10.0

3.6

1.9- 6.9

$75,000+

658

519

79.1

74.5-83.1

7.9

5.8-10.7

6.8

4.7- 9.8

4.4

2.2- 8.5

1.8

0.9- 3.6

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

448

341

76.5

71.4-81.0

6.7

4.6- 9.7

8.8

5.6-13.6

4.5

3.0- 6.7

3.5

2.0- 5.9

Guilford

443

328

72.0

66.4-76.9

9.2

6.4-13.0

9.3

6.0-14.2

4.1

2.4- 6.9

5.4

3.5- 8.1

Mecklenburg

443

326

73.0

67.0-78.3

7.2

4.2-12.1

9.3

6.5-13.3

6.6

3.8-11.4

3.9

2.4- 6.1

Orange

446

325

69.7

61.5-76.9

10.1

7.1-14.2

6.9

4.7- 9.9

9.5

4.6-18.7

3.7

0.9-13.8

Wake

451

340

75.6

70.7-80.0

7.4

5.0-10.9

8.7

6.2-12.2

5.8

3.7- 9.0

2.4

1.3- 4.3

Chatham/Lee

394

311

80.4

75.4-84.5

6.1

3.9- 9.3

5.4

3.3- 8.8

4.4

2.8- 7.0

3.7

2.0- 6.7

Nash/Wilson

372

287

78.7

73.7-82.9

4.8

2.9- 7.9

6.4

4.2- 9.6

5.5

3.4- 8.6

4.7

2.9- 7.4

Craven/Pamlico

443

338

78.4

73.8-82.4

4.4

2.8- 6.9

6.1

4.0- 9.2

5.1

3.4- 7.7

5.9

3.9- 8.9

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

426

305

73.1

68.0-77.7

5.3

3.3- 8.4

7.6

5.2-11.0

7.7

5.4-10.8

6.3

4.2- 9.3

Appalachian/Wilkes

443

322

75.3

70.1-79.9

5.1

3.1- 8.4

9.2

6.5-12.8

4.8

2.9- 7.8

5.6

3.9- 8.0

Franklin/Gran./Vance

465

341

72.7

65.7-78.7

7.0

4.1-11.9

7.5

4.8-11.6

4.7

2.9- 7.7

8.0

4.8-13.1

Graham/Swain/Jackson

421

316

72.2

58.4-82.8

3.6

2.2- 5.9

15.0

5.7-33.9

4.4

2.7- 7.2

4.7

2.9- 7.5

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

459

362

79.6

74.9-83.6

4.5

2.7- 7.6

3.9

2.5- 6.1

6.9

4.4-10.6

5.1

3.4- 7.6

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

410

302

74.9

69.5-79.6

6.2

3.9- 9.9

6.2

4.0- 9.4

7.4

4.9-11.0

5.3

3.4- 8.2

Northeast NC I

453

354

78.3

73.1-82.7

7.6

4.9-11.7

4.7

3.1- 7.2

3.1

1.9- 5.1

6.2

3.9- 9.8

Northeast NC II

503

396

79.4

74.9-83.2

3.8

2.3- 6.3

4.3

2.7- 6.7

5.8

3.8- 8.9

6.8

4.7- 9.7

Northeastern Partnership

956

750

79.0

75.6-82.0

5.2

3.7- 7.2

4.4

3.2- 6.1

4.9

3.4- 6.9

6.6

4.9- 8.7

Mountain AHEC

1,284

969

73.6

68.8-77.9

4.4

3.3- 6.0

9.4

5.8-15.0

5.5

4.0- 7.6

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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