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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 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
GENDER
Male 148 126 85.4 77.3-90.9 5 3.8 1.5- 9.2 5 3.9 1.1-13.0 5 2.8 1.2- 6.7 7 4.1 1.9- 8.5
Female 239 180 76.1 69.7-81.4 23 10.3 6.8-15.3 16 6.4 3.8-10.7 9 3.2 1.6- 6.3 11 4.1 2.1- 8.0
RACE
White 290 225 80.6 75.4-84.9 24 7.9 5.2-11.8 17 4.3 2.5- 7.1 9 2.7 1.4- 5.3 15 4.6 2.6- 7.9
Other 94 78 80.4 67.4-89.1 4 4.9 1.7-13.1 4 8.0 2.3-24.1 5 3.9 1.5- 9.7 3 2.8 0.9- 8.8
AGE
18-44 189 150 79.0 71.3-85.1 20 10.3 6.5-16.0 9 6.1 2.6-13.5 6 2.4 1.0- 5.6 4 2.2 0.7- 6.5
45+ 195 153 82.1 76.1-86.9 8 3.4 1.7- 7.0 12 4.3 2.3- 7.8 8 3.7 1.8- 7.6 14 6.4 3.7-11.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 176 134 75.1 66.7-81.9 14 8.3 4.8-14.0 8 6.2 2.4-14.8 8 3.8 1.8- 7.7 12 6.6 3.6-11.9
Some College + 209 170 85.2 79.6-89.4 14 6.1 3.5-10.5 13 4.4 2.4- 7.8 6 2.3 1.0- 5.5 6 2.0 0.8- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 229 172 76.8 69.8-82.6 17 7.5 4.5-12.1 16 7.3 3.7-13.8 9 3.0 1.5- 6.1 15 5.4 3.1- 9.1
$50,000+ 87 73 84.3 74.2-90.9 6 7.4 3.2-16.3 4 3.5 1.3- 9.2 2 1.9 0.4- 7.6 2 3.0 0.7-12.1

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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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