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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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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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 14,755 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
-New Hanover County 368 267 73.8 68.5-78.5 31 8.1 5.6-11.7 23 6.4 4.1- 9.9 25 6.8 4.4-10.3 22 4.9 3.0- 7.7
GENDER
Male 144 117 83.2 75.9-88.6 15 8.1 4.8-13.4 4 3.0 1.1- 7.9 6 3.9 1.7- 9.0 2 1.8 0.4- 7.3
Female 224 150 64.9 57.4-71.7 16 8.2 4.7-13.7 19 9.7 6.0-15.4 19 9.5 5.7-15.3 20 7.7 4.8-12.3
RACE
White 301 213 71.6 65.6-77.0 29 9.7 6.6-14.0 18 6.7 4.1-10.7 22 7.2 4.5-11.3 19 4.9 2.9- 8.0
Other 64 52 83.5 71.0-91.2 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 5 5.7 2.0-15.4 3 5.2 1.6-15.6 3 5.0 1.5-15.6
AGE
18-44 141 99 71.8 62.7-79.4 16 9.5 5.4-16.0 9 6.0 2.9-11.7 12 9.9 5.5-17.3 5 2.9 1.0- 8.1
45+ 226 167 75.3 68.7-80.9 15 7.1 4.2-11.7 14 6.9 3.9-11.8 13 4.3 2.4- 7.7 17 6.4 3.8-10.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 112 84 74.1 63.7-82.3 4 3.7 1.3- 9.8 6 5.9 2.5-13.1 7 7.6 3.3-16.5 11 8.7 4.5-16.2
Some College + 255 182 73.6 67.3-79.1 27 10.4 6.9-15.3 17 6.7 4.0-11.1 18 6.4 3.9-10.3 11 2.9 1.5- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 120 69.5 61.3-76.6 16 8.8 5.1-15.0 17 9.5 5.6-15.6 12 6.8 3.7-12.0 11 5.4 2.8-10.2
$50,000+ 103 77 73.6 63.3-81.9 10 10.3 5.6-18.3 4 4.8 1.8-12.5 10 9.8 4.8-19.0 2 1.4 0.3- 5.6

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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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