BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (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?*)

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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
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
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	397	322	81.7	76.8-85.7	15	4.2	2.3- 7.6	17	4.2	2.5- 6.9	17	3.4	2.0- 5.8	26	6.5	4.1-10.1
Buncombe	364	281	75.7	70.2-80.4	29	9.0	6.0-13.2	15	5.2	3.1- 8.6	15	3.9	2.2- 6.7	24	6.3	4.0- 9.7
Cabarrus	428	363	85.3	81.2-88.7	15	3.9	2.2- 6.8	15	3.6	2.1- 6.2	15	3.5	2.0- 6.0	20	3.7	2.2- 5.9
Catawba	371	309	83.2	77.3-87.8	12	3.3	1.8- 6.3	13	5.0	2.1-11.5	20	4.7	2.8- 7.7	17	3.8	2.2- 6.4
Cumberland	446	355	79.0	74.4-83.1	14	3.1	1.8- 5.4	27	7.1	4.7-10.8	25	5.9	3.9- 9.0	25	4.8	3.2- 7.3
Davidson	380	308	79.9	74.6-84.4	13	2.9	1.6- 5.3	26	8.6	5.6-13.1	13	2.2	1.2- 4.0	20	6.3	3.8-10.2
Durham	406	321	80.6	75.9-84.6	21	4.8	3.0- 7.6	37	8.3	5.9-11.7	12	3.8	1.9- 7.4	15	2.4	1.4- 4.2
Forsyth	445	372	85.2	81.3-88.4	23	5.0	3.2- 7.8	20	3.9	2.4- 6.1	16	3.2	1.9- 5.5	14	2.7	1.5- 4.8
Gaston	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
Guilford	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
Iredell	431	355	80.5	74.8-85.2	14	3.3	1.9- 5.6	19	4.3	2.7- 6.9	20	6.5	3.2-12.7	23	5.4	3.4- 8.3
Johnston	478	390	81.8	77.1-85.7	15	3.9	2.1- 7.0	22	3.4	2.1- 5.4	17	3.5	2.0- 6.2	34	7.4	4.8-11.0
Mecklenburg	641	534	85.7	82.5-88.3	31	3.9	2.6- 5.8	31	4.3	2.9- 6.3	24	3.3	2.1- 5.3	21	2.8	1.7- 4.4
New Hanover	371	299	82.9	78.3-86.6	10	2.7	1.4- 5.0	26	6.8	4.4-10.3	20	4.5	2.8- 7.2	16	3.2	1.9- 5.5
Onslow	387	306	80.6	75.8-84.7	28	7.1	4.8-10.4	21	5.2	2.9- 9.0	14	3.0	1.7- 5.2	18	4.1	2.5- 6.7
Orange	406	334	85.1	81.1-88.3	30	6.9	4.7-10.1	20	4.0	2.5- 6.3	13	2.6	1.4- 4.7	9	1.5	0.8- 2.9
Pitt	376	316	84.7	80.2-88.4	18	4.4	2.6- 7.3	14	3.7	2.0- 6.8	5	1.1	0.4- 2.7	23	6.1	3.9- 9.5
Randolph	345	285	82.6	77.3-86.9	15	4.4	2.4- 7.9	16	5.2	2.8- 9.3	11	3.2	1.7- 5.8	18	4.6	2.7- 8.0
Robeson	370	287	78.8	73.7-83.1	19	5.2	3.0- 8.7	18	4.8	2.8- 7.9	22	5.1	3.2- 8.1	24	6.2	4.0- 9.4
Rowan	438	343	78.7	73.9-82.9	20	4.2	2.5- 6.7	19	5.9	3.4- 9.8	18	3.5	2.1- 5.6	38	7.8	5.4-11.1
Union	435	359	82.2	77.6-86.1	21	5.3	3.3- 8.5	16	3.4	1.9- 6.1	21	4.6	2.8- 7.6	18	4.4	2.6- 7.2
Wake	596	505	84.9	81.4-87.8	38	6.6	4.7- 9.2	30	5.6	3.8- 8.2	11	1.2	0.6- 2.3	12	1.8	1.0- 3.3
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	356	294	83.4	78.6-87.2	12	2.8	1.5- 5.1	14	4.2	2.4- 7.1	17	5.5	3.2- 9.3	19	4.2	2.6- 6.7
Northeast Partnership II	478	390	83.5	79.4-87.0	14	2.6	1.4- 4.7	17	3.7	1.9- 7.1	28	5.9	4.0- 8.6	29	4.3	2.9- 6.4
Northeast Partnership I	390	306	79.0	73.7-83.5	11	2.7	1.4- 5.1	17	3.8	2.0- 6.9	25	6.0	3.8- 9.3	31	8.6	5.8-12.6
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	360	286	83.0	78.3-86.9	18	3.8	2.2- 6.2	19	5.6	3.2- 9.6	11	2.1	1.1- 3.9	26	5.6	3.7- 8.5
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	470	378	82.0	77.9-85.5	21	4.9	3.1- 7.6	25	4.9	3.2- 7.4	20	4.1	2.5- 6.5	26	4.2	2.7- 6.4
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	408	332	81.6	77.0-85.4	8	1.7	0.8- 3.7	19	4.4	2.8- 7.0	23	4.8	3.0- 7.5	26	7.5	4.9-11.2
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	403	329	82.1	77.5-85.9	21	5.2	3.1- 8.4	15	3.9	2.3- 6.7	15	4.2	2.5- 7.1	23	4.6	2.9- 7.3
Chatham/Lee/Moore	455	376	84.4	80.2-87.8	24	5.0	3.1- 8.0	21	3.6	2.2- 5.8	17	3.4	2.0- 6.0	17	3.6	2.1- 6.1
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	529	422	82.3	78.3-85.6	17	3.4	1.9- 6.1	24	3.5	2.2- 5.4	33	6.0	4.1- 8.8	33	4.8	3.3- 6.9
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	362	289	81.8	77.1-85.7	9	1.8	0.9- 3.6	23	7.1	4.6-10.7	22	5.3	3.3- 8.4	19	4.0	2.4- 6.5
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	357	283	78.6	71.7-84.2	12	3.0	1.7- 5.3	21	8.1	3.9-16.0	14	3.2	1.7- 6.0	27	7.1	4.6-10.8
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	424	350	81.4	76.5-85.4	9	2.7	1.3- 5.6	18	4.2	2.4- 7.2	22	4.9	3.1- 7.7	25	6.8	4.3-10.6
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	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
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	985	791	81.8	78.9-84.5	30	2.7	1.8- 4.0	43	4.4	3.0- 6.5	55	5.3	4.0- 7.1	66	5.7	4.3- 7.5
No	13,900	11,316	82.5	81.7-83.3	605	4.4	3.9- 4.8	662	4.8	4.4- 5.3	582	3.8	3.4- 4.2	735	4.5	4.1- 4.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	4,982	4,007	81.7	80.4-83.0	195	3.6	3.1- 4.2	243	4.9	4.2- 5.7	235	4.5	3.8- 5.2	302	5.3	4.7- 6.1
Piedmont	8,279	6,810	83.6	82.6-84.6	364	4.4	3.9- 5.0	391	4.8	4.2- 5.4	327	3.4	3.0- 3.9	387	3.7	3.3- 4.2
Western NC	1,624	1,290	79.6	77.0-81.9	76	5.0	3.7- 6.5	71	4.5	3.4- 6.1	75	4.5	3.4- 5.9	112	6.5	5.1- 8.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	937	742	79.6	76.2-82.7	56	6.4	4.6- 8.8	36	3.7	2.6- 5.4	38	4.2	2.8- 6.2	65	6.1	4.5- 8.3
Northwest	2,881	2,339	81.3	79.4-83.1	107	3.5	2.8- 4.4	138	5.3	4.3- 6.5	129	4.4	3.5- 5.4	168	5.6	4.6- 6.8
Charlotte	2,215	1,820	83.7	81.8-85.5	87	3.8	2.9- 4.8	96	4.2	3.3- 5.3	99	4.0	3.2- 5.1	113	4.3	3.4- 5.4
Greensboro	1,923	1,592	85.0	83.0-86.8	92	4.5	3.5- 5.8	88	4.2	3.2- 5.4	74	3.3	2.5- 4.3	77	3.1	2.3- 4.1
Southern Regional	1,563	1,252	80.9	78.4-83.1	64	4.2	3.1- 5.6	76	5.2	4.0- 6.7	82	4.9	3.8- 6.4	89	4.9	3.8- 6.1
Coastal	749	606	82.2	78.9-85.0	19	2.2	1.4- 3.6	42	5.1	3.7- 7.1	39	4.7	3.3- 6.6	43	5.8	4.1- 8.1
Wake	2,031	1,668	83.5	81.4-85.5	99	5.5	4.3- 7.0	111	5.4	4.3- 6.8	66	2.5	1.9- 3.4	87	3.0	2.3- 3.9
Area L	582	452	80.5	76.6-83.9	25	3.8	2.5- 5.9	29	4.7	2.9- 7.5	27	3.4	2.3- 5.2	49	7.5	5.5-10.2
Eastern	1,875	1,523	82.4	80.2-84.3	84	3.9	3.0- 5.1	81	4.4	3.4- 5.8	80	4.6	3.6- 5.9	107	4.7	3.8- 5.8

Total
Respond.^

None

1-2 days

3-7 days

8-29 days

30 days

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

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

397

322

81.7

76.8-85.7

4.2

2.3- 7.6

4.2

2.5- 6.9

3.4

2.0- 5.8

6.5

4.1-10.1

Buncombe

364

281

75.7

70.2-80.4

9.0

6.0-13.2

5.2

3.1- 8.6

3.9

2.2- 6.7

6.3

4.0- 9.7

Cabarrus

428

363

85.3

81.2-88.7

3.9

2.2- 6.8

3.6

2.1- 6.2

3.5

2.0- 6.0

3.7

2.2- 5.9

Catawba

371

309

83.2

77.3-87.8

3.3

1.8- 6.3

5.0

2.1-11.5

4.7

2.8- 7.7

3.8

2.2- 6.4

Cumberland

446

355

79.0

74.4-83.1

3.1

1.8- 5.4

7.1

4.7-10.8

5.9

3.9- 9.0

4.8

3.2- 7.3

Davidson

380

308

79.9

74.6-84.4

2.9

1.6- 5.3

8.6

5.6-13.1

2.2

1.2- 4.0

6.3

3.8-10.2

Durham

406

321

80.6

75.9-84.6

4.8

3.0- 7.6

8.3

5.9-11.7

3.8

1.9- 7.4

2.4

1.4- 4.2

Forsyth

445

372

85.2

81.3-88.4

5.0

3.2- 7.8

3.9

2.4- 6.1

3.2

1.9- 5.5

2.7

1.5- 4.8

Gaston

370

287

76.9

71.4-81.5

2.9

1.5- 5.4

3.6

1.9- 6.6

6.1

3.9- 9.3

10.6

7.2-15.4

Guilford

419

362

87.2

83.3-90.3

4.7

2.9- 7.4

3.5

1.9- 6.1

2.9

1.7- 5.1

1.8

0.9- 3.7

Iredell

431

355

80.5

74.8-85.2

3.3

1.9- 5.6

4.3

2.7- 6.9

6.5

3.2-12.7

5.4

3.4- 8.3

Johnston

478

390

81.8

77.1-85.7

3.9

2.1- 7.0

3.4

2.1- 5.4

3.5

2.0- 6.2

7.4

4.8-11.0

Mecklenburg

641

534

85.7

82.5-88.3

3.9

2.6- 5.8

4.3

2.9- 6.3

3.3

2.1- 5.3

2.8

1.7- 4.4

New Hanover

371

299

82.9

78.3-86.6

2.7

1.4- 5.0

6.8

4.4-10.3

4.5

2.8- 7.2

3.2

1.9- 5.5

Onslow

387

306

80.6

75.8-84.7

7.1

4.8-10.4

5.2

2.9- 9.0

3.0

1.7- 5.2

4.1

2.5- 6.7

Orange

406

334

85.1

81.1-88.3

6.9

4.7-10.1

4.0

2.5- 6.3

2.6

1.4- 4.7

1.5

0.8- 2.9

Pitt

376

316

84.7

80.2-88.4

4.4

2.6- 7.3

3.7

2.0- 6.8

1.1

0.4- 2.7

6.1

3.9- 9.5

Randolph

345

285

82.6

77.3-86.9

4.4

2.4- 7.9

5.2

2.8- 9.3

3.2

1.7- 5.8

4.6

2.7- 8.0

Robeson

370

287

78.8

73.7-83.1

5.2

3.0- 8.7

4.8

2.8- 7.9

5.1

3.2- 8.1

6.2

4.0- 9.4

Rowan

438

343

78.7

73.9-82.9

4.2

2.5- 6.7

5.9

3.4- 9.8

3.5

2.1- 5.6

7.8

5.4-11.1

Union

435

359

82.2

77.6-86.1

5.3

3.3- 8.5

3.4

1.9- 6.1

4.6

2.8- 7.6

4.4

2.6- 7.2

Wake

596

505

84.9

81.4-87.8

6.6

4.7- 9.2

5.6

3.8- 8.2

1.2

0.6- 2.3

1.8

1.0- 3.3

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

356

294

83.4

78.6-87.2

2.8

1.5- 5.1

4.2

2.4- 7.1

5.5

3.2- 9.3

4.2

2.6- 6.7

Northeast Partnership II

478

390

83.5

79.4-87.0

2.6

1.4- 4.7

3.7

1.9- 7.1

5.9

4.0- 8.6

4.3

2.9- 6.4

Northeast Partnership I

390

306

79.0

73.7-83.5

2.7

1.4- 5.1

3.8

2.0- 6.9

6.0

3.8- 9.3

8.6

5.8-12.6

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

360

286

83.0

78.3-86.9

3.8

2.2- 6.2

5.6

3.2- 9.6

2.1

1.1- 3.9

5.6

3.7- 8.5

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

470

378

82.0

77.9-85.5

4.9

3.1- 7.6

4.9

3.2- 7.4

4.1

2.5- 6.5

4.2

2.7- 6.4

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

408

332

81.6

77.0-85.4

1.7

0.8- 3.7

4.4

2.8- 7.0

4.8

3.0- 7.5

7.5

4.9-11.2

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

403

329

82.1

77.5-85.9

5.2

3.1- 8.4

3.9

2.3- 6.7

4.2

2.5- 7.1

4.6

2.9- 7.3

Chatham/Lee/Moore

455

376

84.4

80.2-87.8

5.0

3.1- 8.0

3.6

2.2- 5.8

3.4

2.0- 6.0

3.6

2.1- 6.1

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

529

422

82.3

78.3-85.6

3.4

1.9- 6.1

3.5

2.2- 5.4

6.0

4.1- 8.8

4.8

3.3- 6.9

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

362

289

81.8

77.1-85.7

1.8

0.9- 3.6

7.1

4.6-10.7

5.3

3.3- 8.4

4.0

2.4- 6.5

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes

357

283

78.6

71.7-84.2

3.0

1.7- 5.3

8.1

3.9-16.0

3.2

1.7- 6.0

7.1

4.6-10.8

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

424

350

81.4

76.5-85.4

2.7

1.3- 5.6

4.2

2.4- 7.2

4.9

3.1- 7.7

6.8

4.3-10.6

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

593

479

81.8

77.6-85.4

5.1

3.1- 8.1

3.0

1.8- 4.9

4.2

2.6- 6.8

6.0

4.1- 8.7

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

985

791

81.8

78.9-84.5

2.7

1.8- 4.0

4.4

3.0- 6.5

5.3

4.0- 7.1

5.7

4.3- 7.5

13,900

11,316

82.5

81.7-83.3

605

4.4

3.9- 4.8

662

4.8

4.4- 5.3

582

3.8

3.4- 4.2

735

4.5

4.1- 4.9

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

4,982

4,007

81.7

80.4-83.0

195

3.6

3.1- 4.2

243

4.9

4.2- 5.7

235

4.5

3.8- 5.2

302

5.3

4.7- 6.1

Piedmont

8,279

6,810

83.6

82.6-84.6

364

4.4

3.9- 5.0

391

4.8

4.2- 5.4

327

3.4

3.0- 3.9

387

3.7

3.3- 4.2

Western NC

1,624

1,290

79.6

77.0-81.9

5.0

3.7- 6.5

4.5

3.4- 6.1

4.5

3.4- 5.9

112

6.5

5.1- 8.1

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

937

742

79.6

76.2-82.7

6.4

4.6- 8.8

3.7

2.6- 5.4

4.2

2.8- 6.2

6.1

4.5- 8.3

Northwest

2,881

2,339

81.3

79.4-83.1

107

3.5

2.8- 4.4

138

5.3

4.3- 6.5

129

4.4

3.5- 5.4

168

5.6

4.6- 6.8

Charlotte

2,215

1,820

83.7

81.8-85.5

3.8

2.9- 4.8

4.2

3.3- 5.3

4.0

3.2- 5.1

113

4.3

3.4- 5.4

Greensboro

1,923

1,592

85.0

83.0-86.8

4.5

3.5- 5.8

4.2

3.2- 5.4

3.3

2.5- 4.3

3.1

2.3- 4.1

Southern Regional

1,563

1,252

80.9

78.4-83.1

4.2

3.1- 5.6

5.2

4.0- 6.7

4.9

3.8- 6.4

4.9

3.8- 6.1

Coastal

749

606

82.2

78.9-85.0

2.2

1.4- 3.6

5.1

3.7- 7.1

4.7

3.3- 6.6

5.8

4.1- 8.1

Wake

2,031

1,668

83.5

81.4-85.5

5.5

4.3- 7.0

111

5.4

4.3- 6.8

2.5

1.9- 3.4

3.0

2.3- 3.9

Area L

582

452

80.5

76.6-83.9

3.8

2.5- 5.9

4.7

2.9- 7.5

3.4

2.3- 5.2

7.5

5.5-10.2

Eastern

1,875

1,523

82.4

80.2-84.3

3.9

3.0- 5.1

4.4

3.4- 5.8

4.6

3.6- 5.9

107

4.7

3.8- 5.8

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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, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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