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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 408 332 81.6 77.0-85.4 8 1.7 0.8- 3.7 19 4.4 2.8- 7.0 23 4.8 3.0- 7.5 26 7.5 4.9-11.2
GENDER
Male 158 126 80.8 73.4-86.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 8 3.8 1.9- 7.7 9 5.1 2.5-10.0 14 9.6 5.5-16.3
Female 250 206 82.4 76.6-87.0 7 2.9 1.3- 6.5 11 5.1 2.7- 9.1 14 4.4 2.4- 7.9 12 5.2 2.9- 9.3
RACE
White 310 257 82.9 77.7-87.1 4 1.3 0.5- 3.6 15 4.7 2.8- 7.9 17 5.1 3.0- 8.6 17 6.0 3.5-10.0
Other 96 73 77.2 66.2-85.4 4 3.2 1.0- 9.7 4 3.6 1.3- 9.9 6 3.8 1.6- 8.6 9 12.2 6.1-22.9
AGE
18-44 143 122 84.4 76.5-90.0 4 2.7 0.9- 7.4 8 6.1 3.0-11.8 3 1.4 0.4- 4.4 6 5.4 2.2-12.7
45+ 262 207 79.7 73.7-84.6 4 1.2 0.4- 3.5 11 3.4 1.9- 6.3 20 6.9 4.2-11.2 20 8.8 5.5-13.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 202 163 82.2 75.8-87.3 3 1.0 0.3- 3.5 7 3.3 1.5- 7.0 9 3.2 1.6- 6.3 20 10.3 6.4-16.0
Some College + 205 168 80.9 73.9-86.4 5 2.5 1.0- 6.3 12 5.6 3.1- 9.9 14 6.4 3.5-11.4 6 4.6 1.9-10.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 234 183 78.8 72.4-84.1 7 2.6 1.1- 6.0 12 4.7 2.6- 8.3 13 4.5 2.4- 8.4 19 9.3 5.8-14.6
$50,000+ 81 74 90.7 81.3-95.7 0 0.0 . - . 5 6.1 2.4-14.5 1 1.6 0.2-10.5 1 1.6 0.2-10.5

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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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