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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 435 359 82.2 77.6-86.1 21 5.3 3.3- 8.5 16 3.4 1.9- 6.1 21 4.6 2.8- 7.6 18 4.4 2.6- 7.2
GENDER
Male 133 119 89.8 82.2-94.3 4 3.4 1.2- 9.6 4 1.9 0.6- 6.1 3 2.3 0.7- 7.8 3 2.6 0.7- 9.0
Female 302 240 77.5 71.4-82.7 17 6.5 3.8-11.0 12 4.3 2.2- 8.4 18 6.1 3.5-10.3 15 5.5 3.2- 9.2
RACE
White 375 310 81.9 76.8-86.1 18 5.4 3.2- 8.9 16 4.1 2.3- 7.3 14 3.7 1.9- 6.9 17 4.9 2.9- 8.2
Other 59 49 86.9 75.6-93.4 2 1.8 0.4- 7.6 0 0.0 . - . 7 9.6 4.2-20.4 1 1.7 0.2-11.3
AGE
18-44 190 166 87.4 80.9-92.0 13 6.8 3.7-12.1 6 3.0 1.1- 8.2 2 1.5 0.4- 5.9 3 1.3 0.4- 4.0
45+ 243 192 78.0 71.2-83.6 8 4.1 1.8- 9.0 10 3.8 1.9- 7.4 18 6.9 3.9-11.8 15 7.2 4.1-12.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 171 132 78.1 70.2-84.4 9 5.8 2.7-11.9 7 2.4 1.1- 5.2 10 5.3 2.6-10.4 13 8.3 4.6-14.7
Some College + 264 227 84.8 78.8-89.3 12 5.0 2.7- 9.3 9 4.0 1.9- 8.4 11 4.3 2.1- 8.4 5 1.9 0.8- 4.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 180 141 78.2 70.4-84.5 9 4.6 2.2- 9.1 6 2.2 1.0- 4.9 11 6.6 3.2-13.1 13 8.4 4.7-14.8
$50,000+ 171 150 86.7 79.5-91.7 9 5.8 2.8-11.5 8 5.4 2.4-11.6 2 1.3 0.3- 4.9 2 0.8 0.2- 3.3

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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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