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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

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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  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 14,755 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
-Piedmont NC 8,202 6,043 75.2 74.0-76.3 522 6.0 5.4- 6.7 574 7.2 6.5- 8.0 525 6.0 5.4- 6.7 538 5.6 5.0- 6.2
GENDER
Male 3,071 2,456 80.3 78.5-82.0 164 5.2 4.3- 6.2 164 6.3 5.2- 7.5 146 4.2 3.5- 5.1 141 4.0 3.3- 4.8
Female 5,131 3,587 70.2 68.6-71.7 358 6.8 6.0- 7.7 410 8.2 7.3- 9.1 379 7.7 6.8- 8.8 397 7.1 6.3- 8.1
RACE
White 6,347 4,670 74.8 73.5-76.1 431 6.8 6.1- 7.6 433 7.0 6.2- 7.9 396 5.8 5.1- 6.6 417 5.6 4.9- 6.3
African American 1,322 947 72.7 69.6-75.6 66 4.5 3.4- 6.0 107 8.1 6.5-10.2 103 7.5 6.0- 9.4 99 7.1 5.6- 9.1
Other Minorities 70 54 77.4 62.1-87.8 5 4.1 1.4-11.7 5 8.7 2.9-23.3 3 3.9 1.2-11.7 3 5.9 1.2-24.3
AGE
18-24 409 265 65.8 59.7-71.5 41 8.8 6.0-12.7 47 11.9 8.4-16.6 39 9.9 6.7-14.5 17 3.6 1.9- 6.4
25-34 1,354 932 70.8 67.7-73.7 114 8.0 6.5- 9.8 142 11.0 8.9-13.4 105 6.9 5.5- 8.6 61 3.4 2.5- 4.6
35-44 1,618 1,154 73.9 71.2-76.5 124 7.1 5.8- 8.8 136 7.9 6.4- 9.7 116 6.0 4.8- 7.4 88 5.1 3.9- 6.7
45-54 1,548 1,070 72.6 69.8-75.2 115 6.3 5.0- 7.9 115 7.3 5.9- 9.1 106 6.5 5.2- 8.2 142 7.3 5.9- 9.0
55-64 1,379 1,017 76.9 74.0-79.5 76 5.2 4.0- 6.8 76 4.8 3.6- 6.3 92 5.6 4.3- 7.3 118 7.6 6.0- 9.5
65-74 1,038 875 85.5 82.6-88.0 23 1.6 1.0- 2.6 32 3.3 2.1- 5.0 41 3.8 2.6- 5.6 67 5.8 4.3- 7.9
75+ 808 692 86.7 83.6-89.3 26 2.5 1.6- 3.9 25 2.4 1.5- 3.8 23 3.0 1.8- 4.9 42 5.3 3.7- 7.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,267 927 75.5 72.4-78.3 44 2.8 1.9- 4.0 69 6.0 4.4- 8.1 97 6.8 5.3- 8.7 130 9.0 7.3-11.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,269 1,702 76.1 73.8-78.3 118 5.2 4.2- 6.5 160 6.9 5.7- 8.4 124 5.3 4.2- 6.5 165 6.5 5.3- 7.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,987 1,421 72.3 69.7-74.8 143 7.0 5.7- 8.5 128 7.0 5.6- 8.7 145 7.7 6.3- 9.4 150 6.0 4.9- 7.4
College Graduate 2,668 1,985 76.2 74.1-78.1 216 7.4 6.3- 8.6 217 8.2 6.9- 9.6 158 5.2 4.3- 6.2 92 3.1 2.4- 4.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 822 513 65.2 60.8-69.4 31 2.7 1.8- 4.1 44 5.4 3.8- 7.8 95 11.4 8.8-14.7 139 15.2 12.4-18.4
$15,000- 24,999 1,255 905 73.6 70.3-76.7 64 5.0 3.8- 6.7 98 8.0 6.0-10.5 88 6.5 5.0- 8.4 100 6.9 5.3- 8.8
$25,000- 34,999 901 623 70.2 66.3-73.8 62 6.1 4.5- 8.1 77 8.2 6.2-10.8 74 9.0 6.7-11.9 65 6.6 4.8- 8.9
$35,000- 49,999 1,079 786 74.1 70.8-77.1 78 6.3 4.8- 8.1 77 6.8 5.3- 8.7 80 7.8 6.0-10.1 58 5.1 3.6- 7.0
$50,000-74,999 1,069 796 75.2 71.9-78.2 88 7.2 5.5- 9.2 89 9.0 7.1-11.4 61 5.0 3.8- 6.7 35 3.6 2.4- 5.4
$75,000+ 1,315 1,032 78.9 76.0-81.6 112 7.8 6.2- 9.6 86 7.4 5.6- 9.6 52 3.4 2.4- 4.7 33 2.6 1.7- 4.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,377 1,465 63.4 60.8-65.8 121 4.8 3.8- 6.0 178 8.0 6.6- 9.6 268 11.0 9.5-12.7 345 12.9 11.4-14.7
No 5,594 4,397 79.2 77.8-80.5 388 6.5 5.8- 7.3 381 7.0 6.2- 8.0 249 4.4 3.7- 5.1 179 3.0 2.4- 3.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 982 809 84.0 81.1-86.5 33 3.5 2.4- 5.3 37 2.8 2.0- 4.1 40 3.7 2.6- 5.2 63 6.0 4.4- 8.1
Non-Veteran 7,181 5,202 73.6 72.3-74.9 487 6.4 5.8- 7.2 535 8.0 7.2- 8.9 484 6.4 5.8- 7.2 473 5.5 4.9- 6.2
Currently Serving 27 23 88.3 66.0-96.7 1 2.0 0.3-13.4 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.3 1.5-34.6

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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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