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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 455 376 84.4 80.2-87.8 24 5.0 3.1- 8.0 21 3.6 2.2- 5.8 17 3.4 2.0- 6.0 17 3.6 2.1- 6.1
GENDER
Male 182 157 86.6 80.0-91.3 7 4.7 2.1-10.4 7 3.3 1.5- 7.0 4 1.8 0.7- 4.9 7 3.6 1.5- 8.2
Female 273 219 81.9 76.3-86.5 17 5.3 3.2- 8.7 14 4.0 2.2- 7.0 13 5.2 2.7- 9.9 10 3.6 1.8- 6.9
RACE
White 364 302 84.7 80.4-88.2 18 4.4 2.6- 7.2 20 4.8 3.0- 7.8 12 3.2 1.7- 5.7 12 2.9 1.6- 5.3
Other 89 73 83.7 72.2-91.0 5 6.3 2.2-16.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 5 4.2 1.3-12.8 5 5.4 1.9-14.4
AGE
18-44 153 132 89.3 82.1-93.8 9 4.8 2.0-11.1 6 2.2 0.9- 5.3 4 1.9 0.6- 5.2 2 1.9 0.4- 9.3
45+ 299 241 80.8 75.2-85.3 15 5.2 3.0- 9.0 15 4.6 2.6- 8.1 13 4.6 2.4- 8.7 15 4.8 2.8- 8.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 184 152 85.0 77.6-90.3 6 3.3 1.1- 9.6 7 2.6 1.1- 6.4 8 4.2 1.8- 9.5 11 4.8 2.3- 9.9
Some College + 270 224 84.3 79.1-88.4 18 6.3 3.8-10.3 13 3.9 2.2- 6.9 9 2.9 1.4- 5.8 6 2.6 1.2- 5.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 233 184 80.3 73.4-85.8 13 6.1 3.1-11.5 12 3.2 1.6- 6.2 12 5.4 2.8-10.1 12 5.1 2.6- 9.8
$50,000+ 121 104 87.9 80.6-92.7 9 6.1 2.9-12.2 5 4.0 1.6- 9.6 2 1.5 0.3- 6.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7

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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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