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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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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  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%)
TOTAL 2,641 1,932 74.0 71.9-76.0 152 5.6 4.6- 6.8 192 7.0 5.9- 8.3 189 6.9 5.8- 8.1 176 6.5 5.5- 7.8
GENDER
Male 878 698 78.9 75.5-81.9 34 4.1 2.8- 6.0 41 5.7 4.0- 7.9 57 6.1 4.6- 8.2 48 5.2 3.8- 7.2
Female 1,763 1,234 70.1 67.4-72.7 118 6.8 5.5- 8.4 151 8.1 6.7- 9.8 132 7.4 6.1- 9.1 128 7.6 6.1- 9.4
AGE
18-24 174 114 66.7 57.4-74.9 12 6.0 3.1-11.5 24 13.1 7.9-20.9 14 9.8 5.4-17.1 10 4.4 2.1- 9.1
25-34 459 322 71.2 66.0-76.0 36 6.9 4.6-10.2 39 9.0 6.3-12.8 37 6.8 4.7- 9.9 25 6.0 3.9- 9.3
35-44 524 377 74.1 69.3-78.5 35 6.7 4.5- 9.8 51 8.1 5.7-11.4 36 6.3 4.3- 9.1 25 4.8 2.9- 7.9
45-54 518 366 72.0 67.1-76.4 30 5.3 3.4- 8.0 33 6.5 4.4- 9.5 43 7.6 5.4-10.7 46 8.6 6.0-12.3
55-64 419 312 76.0 70.6-80.6 20 5.0 2.9- 8.7 26 5.2 3.2- 8.3 33 7.0 4.7-10.2 28 6.8 4.3-10.6
65-74 319 259 81.3 75.3-86.2 12 3.7 1.9- 7.0 11 3.5 1.7- 7.1 17 5.4 2.8-10.1 20 6.1 3.5-10.3
75+ 213 171 79.6 72.1-85.5 5 2.1 0.9- 5.1 8 2.7 1.3- 5.5 9 5.7 2.7-11.8 20 9.9 5.8-16.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 578 402 69.7 64.9-74.0 28 4.6 2.9- 7.0 36 6.0 4.1- 8.7 52 9.3 6.9-12.5 60 10.4 7.8-13.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 916 681 75.5 71.9-78.8 52 5.4 3.9- 7.5 68 6.9 5.1- 9.2 62 5.9 4.4- 7.9 53 6.3 4.5- 8.7
Some Post-H.S. 650 470 72.9 68.4-77.0 41 6.5 4.5- 9.3 48 6.8 4.8- 9.6 49 8.0 5.7-11.2 42 5.8 3.9- 8.6
College Graduate 493 377 77.5 72.7-81.8 31 5.8 3.8- 8.8 40 8.7 5.9-12.6 26 4.7 3.0- 7.3 19 3.2 1.9- 5.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 520 337 64.9 59.7-69.8 25 5.1 2.9- 8.9 33 6.3 4.3- 9.1 59 10.7 8.0-14.2 66 13.0 9.8-16.9
$15,000- 24,999 606 437 73.5 68.8-77.6 39 6.7 4.7- 9.6 51 6.8 4.8- 9.5 41 7.0 4.7-10.1 38 6.0 4.1- 8.7
$25,000- 34,999 340 250 73.5 67.3-78.9 22 5.2 3.3- 8.2 29 8.5 5.5-13.0 25 6.7 4.1-10.6 14 6.1 3.2-11.2
$35,000- 49,999 299 217 73.4 67.1-79.0 22 5.8 3.5- 9.4 26 8.2 5.1-12.8 21 8.1 5.0-12.7 13 4.5 2.3- 8.4
$50,000-74,999 190 147 74.7 66.1-81.7 11 6.6 3.3-12.5 14 9.3 5.2-16.0 12 5.9 3.1-11.0 6 3.6 1.1-11.1
$75,000+ 144 113 79.4 70.4-86.2 10 7.2 3.5-14.3 9 7.3 3.4-15.1 6 2.7 1.2- 6.1 6 3.3 1.3- 8.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 919 575 62.3 58.4-66.0 44 4.3 3.0- 6.1 71 8.3 6.3-10.9 110 11.9 9.7-14.6 119 13.1 10.7-16.1
No 1,618 1,285 79.8 77.2-82.2 96 5.8 4.6- 7.4 115 6.5 5.2- 8.2 72 4.5 3.4- 6.0 50 3.3 2.3- 4.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 311 243 78.2 72.0-83.3 7 3.0 1.2- 7.2 14 4.0 2.2- 7.2 25 7.3 4.7-11.2 22 7.5 4.4-12.6
Non-Veteran 2,285 1,652 73.1 70.8-75.3 141 6.0 4.9- 7.3 178 7.7 6.4- 9.2 162 6.9 5.7- 8.2 152 6.4 5.3- 7.7
Currently Serving 38 32 85.8 67.3-94.7 3 6.3 1.9-18.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.9 0.1- 6.5 2 7.0 1.3-30.4

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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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