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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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
-Gaston County 370 287 76.9 71.4-81.5 12 2.9 1.5- 5.4 13 3.6 1.9- 6.6 23 6.1 3.9- 9.3 35 10.6 7.2-15.4
GENDER
Male 134 109 79.0 69.5-86.1 3 2.2 0.7- 6.6 4 3.4 1.2- 9.2 7 5.1 2.3-11.2 11 10.3 5.2-19.5
Female 236 178 75.1 68.3-80.8 9 3.4 1.6- 7.3 9 3.8 1.8- 7.9 16 6.8 4.0-11.3 24 10.9 7.0-16.5
RACE
White 307 241 78.8 73.1-83.7 11 2.9 1.5- 5.4 9 2.9 1.3- 6.1 18 5.9 3.6- 9.6 28 9.5 6.1-14.4
Other 62 46 70.0 54.8-81.7 1 2.9 0.4-17.8 4 6.5 2.2-17.6 5 6.7 2.4-17.2 6 13.9 5.8-29.8
AGE
18-44 137 112 81.0 72.5-87.4 7 4.7 2.1-10.4 7 4.9 2.1-11.1 6 4.0 1.7- 9.3 5 5.3 2.1-12.7
45+ 229 174 75.0 67.6-81.2 5 1.6 0.6- 4.1 6 2.7 1.1- 6.6 17 7.7 4.5-12.6 27 13.1 8.3-20.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 198 146 73.0 65.4-79.5 6 3.1 1.2- 7.7 7 4.5 2.0-10.0 15 7.5 4.3-12.7 24 11.8 7.6-17.9
Some College + 171 141 81.4 73.0-87.6 6 2.6 1.1- 6.0 6 2.6 1.0- 6.2 8 4.5 2.1- 9.6 10 8.9 4.3-17.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 161 71.5 64.0-78.1 9 3.3 1.6- 6.7 8 4.7 2.2- 9.7 19 8.8 5.4-14.1 23 11.6 7.2-18.2
$50,000+ 75 71 95.7 88.6-98.5 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 2 2.3 0.5- 9.6 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 0 0.0 . - .

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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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