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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Western NC 1,624 1,290 79.6 77.0-81.9 76 5.0 3.7- 6.5 71 4.5 3.4- 6.1 75 4.5 3.4- 5.9 112 6.5 5.1- 8.1
GENDER
Male 610 507 82.0 77.8-85.6 25 4.8 3.0- 7.5 25 4.4 2.6- 7.3 18 2.9 1.6- 5.2 35 5.8 3.9- 8.6
Female 1,014 783 77.2 73.9-80.2 51 5.2 3.7- 7.2 46 4.7 3.3- 6.5 57 6.0 4.4- 8.0 77 7.0 5.4- 9.1
RACE
White 1,442 1,139 79.3 76.6-81.7 70 5.0 3.8- 6.6 64 4.4 3.3- 5.8 70 4.7 3.5- 6.2 99 6.7 5.2- 8.5
African American 72 58 81.2 68.8-89.5 3 2.9 0.9- 8.9 3 2.6 0.8- 8.1 3 5.7 1.7-17.9 5 7.5 2.8-18.6
Other Minorities 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 90 74 84.2 73.7-91.0 8 8.3 3.6-18.0 2 2.0 0.4- 8.8 5 5.2 2.0-13.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3
25-34 210 175 80.9 72.5-87.2 15 8.6 4.3-16.3 14 6.9 3.8-12.5 4 2.2 0.6- 7.7 2 1.4 0.3- 5.8
35-44 296 231 79.7 73.9-84.5 20 6.4 3.7-10.7 13 4.0 2.2- 7.1 15 4.7 2.6- 8.2 17 5.3 3.1- 9.0
45-54 304 224 71.9 64.8-78.1 15 4.6 2.6- 8.1 22 9.5 5.4-16.1 15 5.0 2.7- 9.1 28 9.0 5.7-13.9
55-64 280 223 79.9 73.2-85.3 9 3.4 1.5- 7.6 9 1.8 0.9- 3.8 17 4.5 2.6- 7.7 22 10.3 6.2-16.8
65-74 248 200 80.5 73.8-85.8 8 2.9 1.4- 6.2 7 2.9 1.2- 6.8 13 6.6 3.4-12.5 20 7.1 4.4-11.3
75+ 190 157 86.2 79.6-91.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.4 4 1.7 0.5- 5.5 6 3.1 1.0- 9.4 22 8.5 5.2-13.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 300 214 73.2 66.2-79.2 9 4.2 1.7-10.3 14 3.8 2.0- 6.9 22 5.7 3.3- 9.8 41 13.1 9.0-18.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 480 391 81.8 76.8-86.0 11 1.7 0.8- 3.6 21 5.1 2.7- 9.6 22 5.0 3.1- 8.1 35 6.3 4.2- 9.4
Some Post-H.S. 425 344 80.2 75.0-84.5 27 6.6 4.2-10.3 15 3.9 2.1- 7.0 15 3.8 2.0- 6.9 24 5.6 3.4- 9.0
College Graduate 416 340 81.5 76.8-85.4 28 7.7 5.1-11.5 21 5.3 3.3- 8.3 15 3.1 1.8- 5.4 12 2.4 1.2- 4.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 210 127 59.1 49.2-68.3 8 4.3 1.2-14.7 16 8.7 3.8-18.7 19 7.0 3.7-12.6 40 20.9 14.2-29.6
$15,000- 24,999 299 236 77.3 70.9-82.7 8 2.5 1.1- 5.6 17 5.1 3.0- 8.4 14 6.2 3.4-11.2 24 8.9 5.6-13.9
$25,000- 34,999 226 183 78.8 71.4-84.7 9 4.6 2.1- 9.8 9 5.6 2.7-11.3 12 6.9 3.7-12.8 13 4.1 2.2- 7.5
$35,000- 49,999 220 183 84.5 78.0-89.3 14 5.9 3.2-10.6 6 2.5 0.9- 6.5 13 4.5 2.3- 8.5 4 2.7 0.9- 8.0
$50,000-74,999 183 157 86.2 79.5-91.0 16 8.7 4.9-14.8 4 2.5 0.9- 6.6 3 1.2 0.3- 4.2 3 1.4 0.4- 4.5
$75,000+ 148 133 88.8 81.6-93.4 6 5.2 2.3-11.6 4 2.4 0.9- 6.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 4 2.6 0.9- 7.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 569 332 57.9 52.7-63.0 23 3.8 2.2- 6.3 47 8.9 6.0-12.9 64 11.7 8.7-15.4 103 17.8 14.1-22.1
No 1,016 925 90.5 88.0-92.6 51 5.5 3.9- 7.6 22 2.3 1.4- 3.7 10 0.9 0.4- 2.0 8 0.8 0.4- 1.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 223 184 82.7 74.8-88.5 4 1.3 0.3- 4.6 10 6.9 3.0-15.0 9 3.0 1.2- 7.5 16 6.1 3.3-10.9
Non-Veteran 1,393 1,100 79.0 76.3-81.6 70 5.5 4.1- 7.3 61 4.1 3.0- 5.5 66 4.8 3.6- 6.4 96 6.5 5.1- 8.4
Currently Serving 5 3 35.6 6.2-82.1 2 64.4 17.9-93.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 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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