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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 2,656 2,129 81.8 79.9-83.5 98 3.6 2.8- 4.5 124 4.5 3.6- 5.5 149 5.3 4.4- 6.4 156 4.9 4.1- 5.9
GENDER
Male 887 726 83.3 80.4-86.0 29 3.5 2.4- 5.3 33 3.8 2.5- 5.7 49 4.8 3.5- 6.5 50 4.5 3.3- 6.2
Female 1,769 1,403 80.5 78.2-82.6 69 3.6 2.7- 4.8 91 5.0 3.9- 6.4 100 5.7 4.5- 7.3 106 5.1 4.1- 6.4
AGE
18-24 176 143 85.1 78.0-90.2 11 3.9 1.9- 8.0 12 5.3 2.7- 9.9 8 5.3 2.3-11.8 2 0.4 0.1- 2.0
25-34 464 406 87.4 83.3-90.7 20 3.8 2.2- 6.3 14 3.9 2.1- 6.9 17 3.5 2.0- 6.2 7 1.4 0.6- 3.2
35-44 530 429 81.9 77.7-85.5 29 6.6 4.3- 9.9 28 3.8 2.4- 5.9 27 4.2 2.7- 6.4 17 3.5 2.0- 6.1
45-54 517 388 77.5 72.9-81.6 22 3.6 2.2- 5.8 29 6.1 3.9- 9.5 37 6.5 4.3- 9.5 41 6.3 4.4- 9.1
55-64 422 331 78.4 73.2-82.8 6 1.6 0.5- 4.6 19 4.8 2.8- 8.4 30 7.5 5.0-11.1 36 7.7 5.2-11.1
65-74 317 253 83.3 78.4-87.2 7 1.8 0.8- 3.9 13 3.9 2.1- 7.1 19 4.7 2.9- 7.6 25 6.3 4.1- 9.6
75+ 214 165 76.7 69.0-82.9 3 1.0 0.3- 3.3 8 2.8 1.2- 6.4 11 7.2 3.5-14.3 27 12.2 8.0-18.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 587 415 72.2 67.6-76.4 14 1.6 0.9- 3.0 30 5.2 3.3- 8.1 52 9.7 7.1-13.1 76 11.3 8.7-14.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 916 748 84.0 81.1-86.6 37 3.8 2.5- 5.6 36 3.8 2.6- 5.7 49 4.7 3.4- 6.4 46 3.7 2.7- 5.2
Some Post-H.S. 654 538 83.8 80.2-86.8 20 3.0 1.8- 5.0 40 5.8 4.0- 8.3 34 4.2 2.8- 6.3 22 3.2 1.9- 5.3
College Graduate 495 426 85.4 80.9-89.0 27 6.1 3.9- 9.4 18 3.2 1.8- 5.7 13 2.8 1.4- 5.9 11 2.5 1.3- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 514 357 70.7 65.7-75.2 9 1.6 0.7- 3.4 33 5.9 4.1- 8.6 52 11.1 8.0-15.2 63 10.7 8.0-14.1
$15,000- 24,999 617 480 80.4 76.5-83.9 27 3.4 2.2- 5.1 30 4.7 2.9- 7.3 38 5.1 3.5- 7.4 42 6.5 4.5- 9.1
$25,000- 34,999 342 286 84.9 80.0-88.8 19 5.1 2.9- 8.6 11 2.7 1.4- 5.3 17 5.0 2.8- 8.7 9 2.4 1.2- 4.7
$35,000- 49,999 301 263 86.8 81.5-90.8 13 4.7 2.5- 8.8 11 4.4 2.2- 8.5 10 3.2 1.7- 6.2 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6
$50,000-74,999 192 172 88.6 81.7-93.1 5 3.3 1.2- 8.7 8 4.2 1.9- 9.4 4 2.4 0.7- 7.9 3 1.4 0.4- 4.6
$75,000+ 145 127 87.7 80.1-92.7 6 5.6 2.3-12.8 5 2.9 1.0- 7.8 4 2.1 0.7- 5.9 3 1.7 0.5- 5.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 921 563 61.8 57.9-65.5 28 2.9 1.9- 4.6 78 8.2 6.3-10.7 112 13.1 10.6-16.1 140 13.9 11.5-16.7
No 1,631 1,475 90.8 89.0-92.4 66 4.0 3.0- 5.3 44 2.8 1.9- 4.0 33 1.8 1.2- 2.8 13 0.6 0.3- 1.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 309 256 83.0 77.4-87.4 7 2.9 1.3- 6.6 16 5.1 2.7- 9.2 15 4.6 2.7- 8.0 15 4.4 2.5- 7.7
Non-Veteran 2,302 1,833 81.3 79.4-83.2 89 3.6 2.8- 4.7 108 4.5 3.6- 5.6 132 5.5 4.5- 6.7 140 5.0 4.1- 6.1
Currently Serving 38 34 94.5 84.1-98.2 1 2.6 0.4-16.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.9 0.5- 7.6 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9

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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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