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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 593 479 81.8 77.6-85.4 27 5.1 3.1- 8.1 21 3.0 1.8- 4.9 24 4.2 2.6- 6.8 42 6.0 4.1- 8.7
GENDER
Male 212 180 84.3 77.0-89.5 8 5.4 2.4-11.6 4 1.2 0.4- 3.7 8 3.8 1.6- 8.9 12 5.3 2.6-10.5
Female 381 299 79.6 74.3-84.0 19 4.7 2.7- 8.1 17 4.5 2.5- 8.0 16 4.6 2.6- 8.0 30 6.6 4.2-10.0
RACE
White 500 399 81.4 77.0-85.1 24 4.7 2.9- 7.5 20 3.3 1.9- 5.5 22 4.3 2.6- 7.2 35 6.3 4.2- 9.3
Other 90 78 85.0 65.4-94.5 3 7.9 1.5-32.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 1 2.9 0.4-17.9 7 3.8 0.9-14.7
AGE
18-44 203 169 83.6 76.1-89.0 15 8.1 4.2-15.1 10 3.6 1.8- 7.0 4 2.5 0.8- 7.4 5 2.2 0.8- 6.0
45+ 385 305 80.3 74.9-84.8 12 3.2 1.7- 6.2 11 2.6 1.2- 5.6 20 5.4 3.1- 9.2 37 8.5 5.6-12.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 283 222 80.5 73.7-85.9 11 4.4 1.8-10.0 9 2.1 0.9- 4.8 16 5.1 2.6- 9.6 25 7.9 4.7-13.1
Some College + 307 256 83.3 77.8-87.7 15 5.7 3.2- 9.9 12 3.8 1.9- 7.1 7 2.9 1.3- 6.5 17 4.3 2.5- 7.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 342 268 78.5 72.2-83.7 15 4.7 2.3- 9.3 12 2.9 1.4- 6.1 18 6.1 3.5-10.5 29 7.7 4.8-12.3
$50,000+ 123 105 86.4 78.3-91.8 8 6.5 2.9-14.1 4 2.9 1.1- 7.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 5 3.3 1.3- 8.1

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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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