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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 424 350 81.4 76.5-85.4 9 2.7 1.3- 5.6 18 4.2 2.4- 7.2 22 4.9 3.1- 7.7 25 6.8 4.3-10.6
GENDER
Male 173 151 84.5 76.5-90.1 4 2.1 0.7- 5.6 5 4.2 1.6-10.2 3 1.7 0.5- 6.2 10 7.6 3.8-14.7
Female 251 199 78.1 71.6-83.5 5 3.4 1.3- 9.0 13 4.2 2.3- 7.4 19 8.2 5.1-13.0 15 6.0 3.5-10.1
RACE
White 369 303 81.0 75.7-85.3 9 3.1 1.5- 6.3 13 3.6 1.9- 6.8 20 4.9 3.0- 7.8 24 7.5 4.7-11.7
Other 55 47 84.4 69.4-92.8 0 0.0 . - . 5 8.4 2.8-22.7 2 5.1 1.2-18.8 1 2.0 0.3-13.2
AGE
18-44 175 153 85.4 77.7-90.7 5 3.7 1.4- 9.6 8 5.4 2.4-11.5 6 3.6 1.5- 8.7 3 1.9 0.5- 6.6
45+ 249 197 78.0 71.2-83.6 4 1.9 0.7- 5.2 10 3.2 1.5- 6.5 16 5.9 3.5- 9.9 22 11.0 6.8-17.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 218 177 79.7 72.5-85.4 0 0.0 . - . 9 4.2 1.9- 9.1 14 6.5 3.6-11.3 18 9.6 5.7-15.9
Some College + 205 172 83.0 75.9-88.4 9 5.6 2.7-11.2 9 4.2 1.9- 8.9 8 3.3 1.5- 6.9 7 4.0 1.6- 9.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 236 181 74.1 66.9-80.3 4 2.7 0.9- 7.7 12 4.1 2.2- 7.8 20 8.5 5.2-13.4 19 10.5 6.3-17.1
$50,000+ 98 89 90.6 81.8-95.4 5 5.0 2.0-12.2 2 2.5 0.5-11.9 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7

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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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