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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Healthy Days

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?

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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 14,755 10,857 74.7 73.8-75.5 918 6.0 5.6- 6.5 1,043 7.1 6.6- 7.7 920 6.1 5.6- 6.6 1,017 6.1 5.7- 6.6
-Gaston County 364 254 71.0 65.5-76.0 25 7.0 4.5-10.6 29 8.2 5.4-12.4 24 5.6 3.6- 8.5 32 8.2 5.6-12.0
GENDER
Male 134 104 77.1 68.1-84.1 7 4.9 2.2-10.6 8 8.2 3.9-16.2 7 3.5 1.6- 7.4 8 6.4 3.1-12.9
Female 230 150 65.8 58.6-72.3 18 8.7 5.3-14.2 21 8.3 5.1-13.2 17 7.4 4.4-12.2 24 9.8 6.3-15.0
RACE
White 302 212 72.0 66.1-77.3 20 7.2 4.4-11.4 24 7.1 4.5-11.0 16 4.4 2.6- 7.5 30 9.3 6.2-13.5
Other 61 41 66.1 51.4-78.3 5 6.4 2.4-15.6 5 12.9 5.0-29.5 8 10.4 4.8-20.9 2 4.2 1.0-16.7
AGE
18-44 134 86 66.8 57.6-74.9 15 11.1 6.6-18.2 13 8.3 4.4-15.0 10 6.3 3.2-12.2 10 7.4 3.7-14.3
45+ 227 167 74.6 67.4-80.6 10 4.1 1.9- 8.5 15 7.9 4.3-14.0 14 5.1 2.9- 8.8 21 8.4 5.2-13.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 132 68.3 60.5-75.2 10 6.0 3.1-11.5 13 7.5 4.1-13.2 16 7.6 4.4-12.8 22 10.6 6.7-16.2
Some College + 171 122 73.8 65.7-80.6 15 8.0 4.6-13.6 16 9.0 4.9-16.0 8 3.4 1.6- 6.9 10 5.8 2.8-11.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 219 139 65.3 57.9-72.0 17 7.2 4.3-11.9 21 9.5 5.9-15.1 18 7.6 4.6-12.3 24 10.3 6.6-15.8
$50,000+ 75 62 84.6 74.0-91.4 7 9.7 4.4-20.1 2 1.5 0.3- 6.2 3 3.2 1.0-10.0 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7

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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 (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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