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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 419 362 87.2 83.3-90.3 19 4.7 2.9- 7.4 16 3.5 1.9- 6.1 14 2.9 1.7- 5.1 8 1.8 0.9- 3.7
GENDER
Male 172 157 91.8 86.3-95.3 6 3.3 1.4- 7.5 4 2.7 0.9- 7.7 3 1.3 0.4- 4.2 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8
Female 247 205 82.1 76.2-86.9 13 6.2 3.5-10.7 12 4.2 2.2- 7.9 11 4.7 2.5- 8.6 6 2.8 1.2- 6.3
RACE
White 288 247 85.8 80.7-89.7 13 4.6 2.6- 8.0 12 4.2 2.2- 8.0 8 2.7 1.3- 5.4 8 2.7 1.3- 5.6
Other 129 114 90.6 83.9-94.7 5 3.9 1.5-10.0 4 2.0 0.6- 6.4 6 3.5 1.4- 8.1 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 146 123 86.7 79.9-91.4 10 5.9 3.0-11.3 7 3.7 1.6- 8.3 6 3.7 1.6- 8.3 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 268 234 87.2 82.0-91.1 9 3.9 1.9- 7.7 9 3.4 1.5- 7.3 8 2.5 1.2- 5.1 8 3.0 1.5- 6.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 139 115 82.9 74.6-88.8 7 5.7 2.6-12.2 4 2.9 0.8-10.2 7 4.5 2.1- 9.4 6 4.0 1.7- 9.0
Some College + 279 246 89.4 85.0-92.6 12 4.1 2.2- 7.4 12 3.8 2.0- 6.9 7 2.1 0.9- 4.7 2 0.6 0.1- 2.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 191 164 86.6 80.4-91.0 7 4.3 2.0- 9.3 6 2.5 1.0- 6.0 8 3.5 1.7- 7.3 6 3.0 1.3- 6.9
$50,000+ 143 127 89.8 83.5-93.9 8 4.7 2.2- 9.7 6 3.9 1.7- 8.7 2 1.6 0.4- 6.4 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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