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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Healthy Days

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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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 14,755 10,857 74.7 73.8-75.5 918 6.0 5.6- 6.5 1,043 7.1 6.6- 7.7 920 6.1 5.6- 6.6 1,017 6.1 5.7- 6.6
-Northeastern Partnership 980 730 76.9 73.8-79.8 59 5.6 4.2- 7.4 63 5.8 4.4- 7.6 58 5.5 4.1- 7.3 70 6.2 4.7- 8.2
GENDER
Male 340 278 83.0 78.1-87.0 19 4.8 3.0- 7.8 12 3.6 2.0- 6.4 14 4.0 2.3- 6.9 17 4.6 2.5- 8.1
Female 640 452 71.5 67.4-75.2 40 6.3 4.5- 8.7 51 7.7 5.6-10.5 44 6.8 4.9- 9.3 53 7.7 5.7-10.3
RACE
White 565 422 76.6 72.4-80.3 33 5.3 3.7- 7.6 36 5.8 4.1- 8.3 23 3.8 2.4- 5.9 51 8.5 6.1-11.8
African American 374 277 75.9 70.5-80.5 24 6.6 4.2-10.1 25 6.4 4.0-10.1 32 7.9 5.4-11.5 16 3.2 1.9- 5.5
AGE
18-24 36 27 83.8 67.8-92.7 2 6.0 1.4-22.7 4 6.0 2.1-15.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 2 3.8 0.8-15.5
25-34 126 89 74.8 65.1-82.4 16 10.5 6.2-17.3 9 5.3 2.6-10.4 5 3.4 1.3- 8.7 7 6.0 2.1-16.3
35-44 156 105 75.0 66.7-81.9 19 9.0 5.3-14.8 14 5.8 3.1-10.7 8 5.0 2.4-10.1 10 5.1 2.5-10.4
45-54 195 143 74.5 67.0-80.7 8 3.2 1.5- 6.4 13 8.2 4.5-14.4 17 7.3 4.3-12.1 14 6.9 3.9-12.0
55-64 193 137 73.8 66.6-80.0 6 2.6 1.1- 6.0 16 6.6 3.8-11.1 17 9.2 5.5-15.0 17 7.9 4.8-12.7
65-74 161 134 82.8 75.0-88.6 4 3.1 1.0- 9.1 4 4.0 1.4-11.1 6 3.4 1.4- 8.3 13 6.6 3.7-11.4
75+ 112 94 84.3 75.7-90.2 4 4.4 1.6-11.3 3 1.6 0.5- 5.0 4 4.9 1.8-12.5 7 4.8 2.2-10.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 212 155 74.6 67.2-80.7 8 4.5 2.2- 9.3 10 4.1 2.0- 8.0 20 10.3 6.5-16.1 19 6.5 4.0-10.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 345 264 79.9 74.5-84.4 19 5.3 3.2- 8.6 21 4.4 2.7- 7.2 16 3.4 2.0- 5.8 25 7.0 4.1-11.5
Some Post-H.S. 228 168 76.5 69.8-82.0 18 6.9 4.2-11.2 18 7.7 4.5-12.8 12 4.5 2.3- 8.5 12 4.4 2.3- 8.4
College Graduate 195 143 74.6 67.3-80.7 14 5.6 3.1- 9.9 14 7.8 4.4-13.4 10 5.2 2.6-10.0 14 6.8 3.9-11.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 166 102 61.4 52.5-69.5 8 4.1 2.0- 8.3 17 9.6 5.6-16.0 20 14.5 9.1-22.3 19 10.4 6.5-16.5
$15,000- 24,999 196 151 80.1 72.8-85.8 10 5.7 2.8-11.3 11 4.3 2.2- 8.3 12 5.4 2.8-10.0 12 4.5 2.4- 8.1
$25,000- 34,999 101 75 78.8 69.2-85.9 11 8.8 4.6-16.2 7 5.1 2.2-11.6 3 3.0 0.9- 9.8 5 4.4 1.7-10.8
$35,000- 49,999 128 98 76.1 66.6-83.5 13 8.8 4.9-15.3 7 6.6 2.9-14.6 6 5.6 2.4-12.5 4 3.0 1.0- 8.9
$50,000-74,999 88 63 76.8 66.5-84.7 8 8.0 3.6-16.6 5 5.6 2.1-13.7 7 4.8 2.1-10.6 5 4.8 2.0-11.4
$75,000+ 82 63 79.2 68.4-86.9 3 2.7 0.8- 8.4 8 10.1 4.8-19.8 3 3.3 1.1-10.0 5 4.8 1.8-12.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 371 237 67.1 61.4-72.4 15 3.4 2.0- 5.9 25 6.5 4.0-10.3 40 10.6 7.6-14.7 54 12.3 9.2-16.3
No 575 465 81.9 78.0-85.2 40 6.4 4.6- 9.0 37 5.5 3.9- 7.8 18 3.0 1.8- 5.0 15 3.2 1.7- 6.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 119 96 81.0 72.2-87.5 8 6.4 3.1-12.7 5 4.4 1.6-11.1 4 3.5 1.2- 9.5 6 4.9 2.1-11.0
Non-Veteran 851 626 76.2 72.8-79.3 50 5.3 3.9- 7.2 58 6.1 4.6- 8.2 54 5.9 4.4- 7.9 63 6.5 4.8- 8.7
Currently Serving 8 7 92.3 58.7-99.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.7 1.0-41.3

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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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