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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 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
GENDER
Male 150 132 90.2 84.2-94.1 9 5.5 2.7-10.9 5 2.1 0.8- 5.5 2 1.4 0.3- 6.3 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8
Female 256 202 80.6 74.9-85.2 21 8.2 5.2-12.6 15 5.5 3.2- 9.3 11 3.5 1.9- 6.6 7 2.1 1.0- 4.5
RACE
White 318 264 85.3 80.7-88.9 24 7.4 4.8-11.1 15 3.7 2.1- 6.3 8 2.2 1.0- 4.9 7 1.5 0.7- 3.1
Other 85 67 84.0 74.7-90.4 6 5.7 2.2-14.0 5 4.9 2.0-11.8 5 3.8 1.5- 9.2 2 1.5 0.4- 6.0
AGE
18-44 194 163 86.9 81.2-91.0 14 6.1 3.5-10.6 10 4.2 2.1- 8.1 4 1.9 0.6- 5.7 3 0.9 0.3- 2.8
45+ 211 170 83.1 77.1-87.8 16 7.8 4.6-13.1 10 3.7 1.9- 7.0 9 3.3 1.6- 6.5 6 2.1 0.9- 4.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 70 86.8 76.8-92.9 5 6.5 2.3-16.5 3 3.5 1.1-10.8 2 1.3 0.3- 5.1 3 2.0 0.6- 6.5
Some College + 323 264 84.6 80.1-88.2 25 7.1 4.7-10.6 17 4.1 2.5- 6.8 11 2.9 1.5- 5.7 6 1.3 0.6- 2.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 150 113 79.1 71.4-85.2 14 9.3 5.2-16.1 8 4.9 2.3- 9.9 8 3.6 1.7- 7.2 7 3.2 1.5- 6.7
$50,000+ 168 143 87.0 80.9-91.3 12 6.8 3.8-12.0 7 3.6 1.7- 7.6 4 1.8 0.6- 5.3 2 0.8 0.2- 3.0

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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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