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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

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 17,108 13,700 81.3 80.5-82.0 855 5.6 5.1- 6.1 938 5.5 5.0- 5.9 884 4.4 4.0- 4.8 731 3.3 3.0- 3.6
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 505 390 79.0 74.5-82.9 28 5.8 3.7- 9.0 28 5.5 3.6- 8.3 32 5.1 3.4- 7.6 27 4.7 3.0- 7.1
GENDER
Male 178 148 84.9 77.5-90.2 8 5.1 2.1-11.9 6 3.1 1.2- 7.8 9 3.4 1.4- 7.7 7 3.5 1.6- 7.4
Female 327 242 73.7 67.8-78.8 20 6.4 4.0-10.0 22 7.6 4.8-11.8 23 6.6 4.2-10.2 20 5.7 3.4- 9.4
RACE
White 446 344 78.9 74.1-83.1 25 6.0 3.7- 9.7 22 5.3 3.3- 8.3 31 5.1 3.5- 7.6 24 4.6 2.9- 7.3
Other 59 46 79.6 64.3-89.4 3 4.1 1.2-12.6 6 6.9 2.7-16.7 1 4.5 0.6-25.9 3 4.9 1.4-15.8
AGE
18-44 177 132 78.1 70.4-84.3 13 7.2 3.7-13.4 14 6.2 3.4-11.2 11 4.7 2.3- 9.2 7 3.8 1.7- 7.9
45+ 327 258 80.2 75.0-84.5 14 4.0 2.2- 7.1 14 4.7 2.7- 8.1 21 5.5 3.5- 8.6 20 5.6 3.4- 9.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 287 210 75.2 68.7-80.8 21 7.5 4.4-12.6 19 6.6 4.0-10.9 20 5.8 3.4- 9.6 17 4.8 2.8- 8.2
Some College + 216 178 84.4 78.4-89.0 7 3.2 1.4- 7.2 9 3.8 1.8- 7.6 12 4.1 2.2- 7.5 10 4.5 2.2- 8.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 313 219 71.0 64.5-76.7 22 7.4 4.4-12.2 23 7.7 4.8-12.0 30 8.5 5.6-12.6 19 5.5 3.3- 9.1
$50,000+ 120 109 90.3 81.9-95.0 3 3.2 0.8-11.7 3 2.6 0.8- 8.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 3.9 1.5-10.1

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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