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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Western NC 1,602 1,138 71.1 68.2-73.8 88 6.1 4.7- 7.8 133 7.8 6.3- 9.6 105 7.3 5.8- 9.2 138 7.7 6.3- 9.4
GENDER
Male 604 465 75.7 71.2-79.7 32 6.1 4.0- 9.0 36 5.8 3.9- 8.6 36 7.1 4.8-10.4 35 5.4 3.6- 7.9
Female 998 673 66.7 63.0-70.2 56 6.1 4.4- 8.4 97 9.7 7.7-12.1 69 7.5 5.7- 9.8 103 10.0 8.0-12.5
RACE
White 1,420 1,011 71.4 68.4-74.1 76 5.9 4.4- 7.7 119 7.8 6.3- 9.5 94 7.0 5.6- 8.9 120 8.0 6.5- 9.8
African American 73 51 67.3 53.0-79.0 4 10.6 3.8-26.4 6 5.3 2.0-13.5 6 6.5 2.5-15.8 6 10.3 4.3-22.4
Other Minorities 2 1 26.7 2.2-85.3 1 73.3 14.7-97.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 87 51 60.1 47.6-71.4 9 7.9 3.4-17.2 11 14.2 7.3-25.9 9 10.0 4.7-20.2 7 7.8 3.4-17.1
25-34 205 126 62.1 53.3-70.2 16 9.3 5.2-16.2 29 13.9 8.8-21.3 19 8.5 5.1-14.0 15 6.2 3.2-11.7
35-44 292 180 61.5 54.7-67.9 23 8.8 5.4-14.0 31 10.9 7.3-16.0 24 8.6 5.6-13.2 34 10.2 6.8-14.8
45-54 300 194 64.1 56.8-70.9 24 9.2 5.5-15.0 24 5.7 3.6- 8.8 29 12.8 7.9-19.9 29 8.2 5.4-12.4
55-64 275 216 82.4 76.8-87.0 9 2.7 1.3- 5.5 21 5.1 3.1- 8.2 10 3.1 1.5- 6.3 19 6.6 3.7-11.5
65-74 248 202 83.4 77.4-88.0 7 2.4 1.0- 5.4 11 4.1 2.2- 7.7 10 4.1 2.1- 7.8 18 6.0 3.3-10.8
75+ 189 163 86.0 78.4-91.3 0 0.0 . - . 6 2.5 0.9- 6.9 4 2.2 0.6- 8.1 16 9.2 5.1-16.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 286 209 73.4 66.4-79.4 9 3.9 1.8- 8.1 20 8.1 4.5-14.2 15 5.2 2.9- 9.1 33 9.4 6.2-14.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 478 323 66.8 61.3-72.0 20 3.9 2.3- 6.4 46 9.4 6.7-13.0 41 9.9 6.7-14.5 48 10.0 7.1-14.0
Some Post-H.S. 418 308 73.4 67.9-78.3 21 6.3 3.8-10.4 31 5.8 3.9- 8.8 25 7.3 4.5-11.5 33 7.1 4.8-10.5
College Graduate 416 296 72.3 66.7-77.2 37 10.3 6.9-15.1 36 7.9 5.4-11.4 24 5.7 3.6- 8.9 23 3.9 2.3- 6.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 206 131 64.6 54.8-73.3 8 4.0 1.5-10.8 17 7.0 3.7-12.8 18 11.9 6.0-22.3 32 12.5 8.1-18.9
$15,000- 24,999 297 198 65.0 57.7-71.6 17 6.8 3.8-11.7 31 10.3 6.4-16.3 24 9.6 6.1-14.8 27 8.4 5.1-13.4
$25,000- 34,999 221 152 69.5 61.8-76.2 13 6.0 3.1-11.4 16 7.1 4.1-11.9 14 6.3 3.4-11.2 26 11.1 7.0-17.1
$35,000- 49,999 219 164 74.3 66.9-80.5 10 3.8 1.9- 7.3 20 9.6 5.9-15.2 15 6.7 3.7-11.7 10 5.7 2.8-11.2
$50,000-74,999 181 135 74.3 65.9-81.2 14 9.5 5.1-16.9 18 7.3 4.2-12.5 9 5.9 2.9-11.7 5 3.0 1.1- 7.5
$75,000+ 148 105 70.2 60.8-78.1 13 9.3 4.9-16.8 18 12.1 7.1-19.7 7 5.8 2.5-12.9 5 2.7 1.0- 7.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 555 336 58.3 53.0-63.4 21 4.2 2.5- 7.1 45 8.4 5.8-12.1 61 12.4 9.0-16.9 92 16.6 13.1-20.9
No 1,009 773 77.0 73.7-80.1 67 7.3 5.4- 9.7 85 7.6 5.9- 9.7 40 4.7 3.3- 6.6 44 3.4 2.4- 5.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 223 177 78.8 70.5-85.3 8 2.5 1.1- 5.4 9 4.1 1.5-10.6 15 8.6 4.3-16.5 14 6.1 3.2-11.3
Non-Veteran 1,371 955 69.6 66.6-72.5 80 6.8 5.2- 8.9 123 8.4 6.8-10.3 90 7.1 5.5- 8.9 123 8.1 6.5-10.0
Currently Serving 5 3 35.7 6.3-82.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 54.0 11.1-91.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.3 1.1-54.4

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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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