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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Healthy Days

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,885 12,107 82.5 81.7-83.2 635 4.3 3.9- 4.7 705 4.8 4.4- 5.2 637 3.9 3.5- 4.3 801 4.6 4.2- 5.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 357 283 78.6 71.7-84.2 12 3.0 1.7- 5.3 21 8.1 3.9-16.0 14 3.2 1.7- 6.0 27 7.1 4.6-10.8
GENDER
Male 133 107 77.1 64.5-86.2 5 3.0 1.2- 7.3 8 10.2 3.4-26.5 3 2.2 0.6- 7.8 10 7.5 3.9-14.1
Female 224 176 80.1 73.8-85.2 7 3.0 1.4- 6.2 13 6.0 3.3-10.6 11 4.3 2.2- 8.4 17 6.7 3.9-11.2
RACE
White 338 267 80.1 74.8-84.5 11 2.9 1.6- 5.4 19 5.4 3.2- 9.0 14 3.6 1.9- 6.7 27 7.9 5.2-11.9
Other 18 15 65.0 25.1-91.1 1 3.5 0.4-22.5 2 31.6 6.8-74.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 131 110 83.1 74.1-89.4 8 6.0 3.0-11.8 5 4.4 1.4-12.6 5 3.8 1.3-10.6 3 2.7 0.8- 8.8
45+ 226 173 75.9 66.2-83.6 4 1.2 0.4- 3.3 16 10.3 4.4-22.4 9 2.8 1.3- 6.1 24 9.7 6.1-15.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 194 142 72.3 61.8-80.7 4 1.5 0.5- 4.1 17 12.7 5.9-25.3 10 3.5 1.7- 7.1 21 10.1 6.2-16.1
Some College + 163 141 87.4 80.6-92.0 8 5.1 2.5-10.1 4 1.7 0.6- 4.9 4 2.9 0.9- 9.2 6 3.0 1.2- 7.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 173 76.2 66.3-83.8 6 2.2 0.9- 4.9 16 11.2 5.0-23.1 9 2.9 1.4- 6.2 17 7.6 4.4-12.6
$50,000+ 62 56 91.2 80.8-96.2 2 3.2 0.7-12.7 1 1.8 0.3-11.9 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 2 3.1 0.7-12.3

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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 (MAHEC): 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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