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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 422 328 76.8 71.3-81.6 21 4.9 3.0- 7.8 25 7.4 4.4-12.0 22 4.0 2.5- 6.3 26 7.0 4.3-11.0
GENDER
Male 138 113 77.7 66.9-85.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 9 10.0 4.4-21.2 5 3.5 1.4- 8.6 10 8.3 3.9-16.9
Female 284 215 76.2 70.0-81.5 20 8.0 4.9-12.8 16 5.5 3.3- 9.0 17 4.3 2.6- 7.1 16 6.0 3.3-10.8
RACE
White 340 268 76.0 69.5-81.5 17 4.9 2.9- 8.0 21 8.2 4.7-14.1 15 3.9 2.2- 6.7 19 7.0 4.0-12.1
Other 80 60 82.0 71.1-89.4 4 4.9 1.2-17.1 3 2.3 0.7- 7.2 7 4.5 2.0- 9.7 6 6.3 2.6-14.5
AGE
18-44 123 94 77.6 66.6-85.8 10 5.9 3.0-11.4 7 7.6 2.7-19.7 6 2.1 0.9- 4.8 6 6.8 2.7-16.0
45+ 298 233 76.3 70.0-81.6 11 4.2 2.1- 8.2 18 7.2 4.4-11.7 16 5.2 3.0- 8.8 20 7.1 4.2-11.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 211 159 73.9 65.8-80.6 4 2.4 0.7- 7.8 11 5.3 2.8- 9.9 16 6.2 3.5-10.5 21 12.3 7.3-19.9
Some College + 211 169 79.7 71.7-85.9 17 7.3 4.4-11.9 14 9.4 4.6-18.1 6 1.9 0.8- 4.3 5 1.8 0.7- 4.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 257 194 74.4 67.4-80.3 12 5.1 2.6- 9.6 13 5.7 3.2-10.0 18 6.0 3.6- 9.8 20 8.9 5.2-15.0
$50,000+ 105 86 78.5 65.2-87.7 7 5.5 2.5-11.6 9 11.4 4.4-26.2 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 2 3.9 0.9-15.1

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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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