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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % 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
-New Hanover County 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
GENDER
Male 147 127 87.9 81.4-92.3 6 3.3 1.4- 7.5 7 4.8 2.2-10.2 5 2.9 1.2- 7.2 2 1.1 0.3- 4.6
Female 224 172 78.0 71.4-83.5 4 2.1 0.7- 5.5 19 8.7 5.2-14.2 15 6.0 3.5-10.2 14 5.3 2.9- 9.3
RACE
White 304 247 83.4 78.5-87.4 9 2.8 1.4- 5.5 20 6.8 4.2-10.9 15 3.9 2.2- 6.6 13 3.1 1.7- 5.6
Other 64 49 79.9 67.2-88.6 1 2.0 0.3-13.1 6 6.8 2.6-16.4 5 7.4 2.9-17.7 3 3.9 1.1-12.8
AGE
18-44 141 117 84.1 76.3-89.6 8 4.9 2.4- 9.7 9 6.7 3.2-13.7 4 2.7 0.9- 7.3 3 1.7 0.5- 5.6
45+ 229 181 81.8 76.0-86.5 2 1.0 0.2- 4.1 17 6.8 4.1-11.2 16 5.9 3.5- 9.9 13 4.4 2.4- 8.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 113 87 81.1 72.4-87.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8 5 5.8 2.3-13.7 11 7.1 3.8-13.1 9 5.4 2.6-11.0
Some College + 257 211 83.7 78.2-88.0 9 3.7 1.9- 7.2 21 7.2 4.4-11.6 9 3.2 1.6- 6.5 7 2.2 1.0- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 174 136 81.0 74.1-86.4 5 2.6 1.1- 6.4 15 8.1 4.7-13.5 10 4.5 2.3- 8.6 8 3.8 1.7- 8.0
$50,000+ 105 90 87.2 79.3-92.4 3 3.2 1.0- 9.5 6 4.9 2.1-11.0 5 4.1 1.6-10.1 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1

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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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