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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

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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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
-Union County 430 314 75.7 71.0-79.9 24 4.6 3.0- 7.0 34 7.9 5.5-11.2 30 6.2 4.2- 9.2 28 5.5 3.7- 8.2
GENDER
Male 132 108 82.1 74.0-88.1 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 9 7.9 4.1-14.7 10 7.0 3.6-13.3 4 2.4 0.8- 6.9
Female 298 206 71.7 65.7-77.0 23 7.1 4.6-10.9 25 8.0 5.2-11.9 20 5.7 3.5- 9.2 24 7.5 4.9-11.3
RACE
White 370 266 73.6 68.3-78.3 21 4.9 3.1- 7.8 30 8.6 5.9-12.5 28 6.9 4.5-10.3 25 5.9 3.9- 8.9
Other 59 47 85.1 73.9-92.0 3 2.9 0.9- 9.3 4 4.7 1.6-12.8 2 3.3 0.8-12.6 3 3.9 1.0-13.7
AGE
18-44 189 130 71.9 64.5-78.3 13 5.8 3.3-10.0 23 12.5 8.2-18.6 14 6.2 3.5-10.9 9 3.6 1.8- 7.0
45+ 239 182 78.9 72.7-84.1 11 3.5 1.8- 6.7 11 4.0 2.0- 7.6 16 6.3 3.6-10.7 19 7.3 4.4-11.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 121 73.4 65.4-80.1 11 4.5 2.3- 8.4 13 8.3 4.6-14.5 16 9.2 5.4-15.5 9 4.6 2.3- 8.8
Some College + 260 193 77.2 71.2-82.2 13 4.6 2.6- 8.1 21 7.7 4.9-11.9 14 4.4 2.4- 7.7 19 6.1 3.7- 9.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 177 119 70.2 62.2-77.0 9 4.3 2.1- 8.5 15 9.1 5.3-15.3 16 8.1 4.6-13.8 18 8.4 5.2-13.3
$50,000+ 170 134 80.9 73.8-86.4 10 5.5 2.9-10.2 12 6.2 3.4-11.1 8 3.8 1.7- 8.0 6 3.6 1.5- 8.4

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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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