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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 8,279 6,810 83.6 82.6-84.6 364 4.4 3.9- 5.0 391 4.8 4.2- 5.4 327 3.4 3.0- 3.9 387 3.7 3.3- 4.2
GENDER
Male 3,084 2,670 87.2 85.7-88.5 106 3.7 2.9- 4.6 111 3.7 2.9- 4.6 83 2.4 1.9- 3.1 114 3.1 2.5- 3.8
Female 5,195 4,140 80.3 78.9-81.6 258 5.2 4.4- 6.0 280 5.8 5.1- 6.7 244 4.4 3.8- 5.1 273 4.3 3.7- 4.9
RACE
White 6,412 5,275 83.2 82.0-84.3 294 4.7 4.1- 5.4 297 5.0 4.3- 5.7 232 3.1 2.7- 3.7 314 4.0 3.5- 4.6
African American 1,330 1,075 82.9 80.3-85.1 52 3.9 2.8- 5.4 69 4.5 3.3- 6.0 77 5.4 4.1- 7.0 57 3.4 2.5- 4.6
Other Minorities 70 59 85.7 73.9-92.7 4 4.4 1.4-13.1 3 4.7 1.2-16.3 2 2.2 0.5- 9.5 2 2.9 0.7-11.6
AGE
18-24 417 342 84.2 79.5-88.0 28 5.9 3.6- 9.4 28 5.1 3.3- 7.9 14 3.8 2.0- 7.1 5 1.0 0.4- 2.5
25-34 1,361 1,166 86.0 83.6-88.1 71 5.4 4.1- 7.2 68 5.1 3.9- 6.8 32 2.3 1.4- 3.5 24 1.2 0.7- 1.9
35-44 1,631 1,362 84.3 82.0-86.4 94 5.7 4.4- 7.3 97 5.9 4.6- 7.6 40 1.8 1.3- 2.6 38 2.3 1.5- 3.4
45-54 1,562 1,228 80.7 78.2-82.9 91 5.4 4.2- 7.0 71 4.7 3.6- 6.2 75 4.1 3.2- 5.4 97 5.0 3.9- 6.4
55-64 1,389 1,124 82.2 79.5-84.6 45 2.9 2.1- 4.1 57 4.4 3.1- 6.2 79 5.5 4.2- 7.2 84 5.1 3.9- 6.5
65-74 1,049 867 84.6 81.8-87.1 22 1.7 1.1- 2.7 46 4.1 2.9- 6.0 49 4.3 3.1- 6.0 65 5.3 3.8- 7.2
75+ 821 682 83.8 80.7-86.6 10 1.6 0.8- 3.2 22 2.6 1.6- 4.1 37 3.7 2.4- 5.5 70 8.3 6.3-10.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,291 1,002 79.9 77.0-82.4 28 2.5 1.5- 4.0 50 4.0 2.8- 5.6 79 5.1 3.9- 6.7 132 8.6 7.0-10.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,291 1,877 83.0 81.0-84.9 86 3.9 3.0- 5.0 104 5.1 4.0- 6.6 100 4.1 3.2- 5.2 124 3.9 3.1- 4.8
Some Post-H.S. 2,007 1,644 82.5 80.4-84.5 96 5.4 4.3- 6.9 103 4.9 3.9- 6.2 87 3.9 3.0- 5.1 77 3.2 2.4- 4.3
College Graduate 2,677 2,278 86.5 84.9-88.0 154 5.0 4.1- 6.1 132 4.8 3.9- 5.9 60 1.9 1.4- 2.6 53 1.8 1.3- 2.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 836 569 70.2 66.0-74.1 12 1.2 0.6- 2.6 38 4.7 3.2- 6.7 88 11.6 8.9-14.9 129 12.3 10.0-15.1
$15,000- 24,999 1,277 996 79.7 76.6-82.4 55 4.0 2.9- 5.6 71 5.4 3.9- 7.4 68 4.7 3.4- 6.3 87 6.3 4.8- 8.1
$25,000- 34,999 907 739 83.4 80.3-86.1 52 5.1 3.7- 7.0 48 5.1 3.6- 7.1 37 3.8 2.6- 5.6 31 2.6 1.7- 4.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,082 925 85.4 82.7-87.8 57 5.3 3.9- 7.2 41 4.3 3.0- 6.1 33 2.9 1.9- 4.3 26 2.1 1.3- 3.2
$50,000-74,999 1,073 930 86.8 84.1-89.1 50 4.8 3.5- 6.7 52 4.9 3.5- 6.8 25 2.1 1.2- 3.4 16 1.3 0.7- 2.5
$75,000+ 1,320 1,157 87.9 85.5-89.9 73 5.1 3.8- 6.8 64 5.3 3.9- 7.0 14 0.9 0.5- 1.6 12 0.9 0.4- 1.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,413 1,530 64.6 62.1-67.0 101 4.3 3.4- 5.5 182 8.5 7.1-10.2 255 10.2 8.7-11.8 345 12.4 10.9-14.1
No 5,634 5,071 90.3 89.2-91.2 255 4.5 3.9- 5.3 202 3.5 3.0- 4.2 68 1.1 0.8- 1.5 38 0.6 0.4- 0.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 983 848 87.4 84.8-89.6 26 2.7 1.7- 4.2 36 3.2 2.1- 4.8 32 3.0 2.0- 4.5 41 3.7 2.6- 5.2
Non-Veteran 7,256 5,926 83.0 81.9-84.0 338 4.7 4.1- 5.4 353 5.1 4.4- 5.7 293 3.5 3.0- 4.0 346 3.7 3.3- 4.2
Currently Serving 28 25 89.8 69.3-97.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.7 0.8-31.1 2 4.5 0.9-18.8 0 0.0 . - .

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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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