BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (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?)

	Total Respond.^	None	1-2 days	3-7 days	8-29 days	30 days
North Carolina	16,999	12,167	71.3	70.3-72.2	1,214	8.0	7.4- 8.6	1,417	8.6	8.0- 9.2	1,197	6.9	6.4- 7.5	1,004	5.2	4.8- 5.7
-Buncombe County	445	307	68.3	62.0-74.0	40	10.6	7.1-15.6	38	10.4	6.6-16.2	36	6.2	4.3- 8.8	24	4.4	2.6- 7.4
GENDER
Male	160	121	72.6	61.7-81.4	13	10.2	5.1-19.6	13	11.0	5.0-22.4	6	3.0	1.3- 6.9	7	3.1	1.4- 6.8
Female	285	186	63.9	57.0-70.3	27	11.0	7.3-16.4	25	9.9	6.4-15.1	30	9.3	6.4-13.5	17	5.8	2.9-11.1
RACE
White	376	261	69.1	63.3-74.4	34	10.7	7.4-15.0	32	9.5	6.5-13.6	29	5.9	4.0- 8.6	20	4.9	2.7- 8.5
Other	69	46	65.0	44.0-81.4	6	10.5	2.4-35.8	6	14.4	3.6-43.3	7	7.4	3.1-16.6	4	2.7	0.9- 8.5
AGE
18-44	168	104	64.3	54.4-73.1	23	13.9	8.4-22.3	22	13.6	7.5-23.4	12	4.5	2.4- 8.1	7	3.7	1.4- 9.2
45+	275	201	73.3	67.2-78.7	17	6.4	3.8-10.4	16	6.4	3.8-10.6	24	8.5	5.5-12.8	17	5.5	3.2- 9.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	175	128	71.8	59.2-81.8	8	7.5	2.5-20.2	10	9.7	3.3-25.4	16	5.9	3.4-10.1	13	5.1	2.7- 9.4
Some College +	267	176	65.8	58.7-72.2	32	12.8	8.8-18.2	28	11.0	7.4-16.2	20	6.4	4.0-10.1	11	4.1	1.8- 8.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	257	173	69.4	61.6-76.2	19	9.3	4.8-17.1	23	9.9	6.3-15.2	23	6.3	4.0- 9.9	19	5.0	3.0- 8.4
$50,000+	121	82	67.9	58.4-76.2	18	16.6	10.4-25.3	11	8.5	4.6-15.3	8	5.9	2.9-11.7	2	1.1	0.2- 4.7

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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: 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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	Total Respond.^	None			1-2 days			3-7 days			8-29 days			30 days
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	16,999	12,167	71.3	70.3-72.2	1,214	8.0	7.4- 8.6	1,417	8.6	8.0- 9.2	1,197	6.9	6.4- 7.5	1,004	5.2	4.8- 5.7
-Buncombe County	445	307	68.3	62.0-74.0	40	10.6	7.1-15.6	38	10.4	6.6-16.2	36	6.2	4.3- 8.8	24	4.4	2.6- 7.4
GENDER
Male	160	121	72.6	61.7-81.4	13	10.2	5.1-19.6	13	11.0	5.0-22.4	6	3.0	1.3- 6.9	7	3.1	1.4- 6.8
Female	285	186	63.9	57.0-70.3	27	11.0	7.3-16.4	25	9.9	6.4-15.1	30	9.3	6.4-13.5	17	5.8	2.9-11.1
RACE
White	376	261	69.1	63.3-74.4	34	10.7	7.4-15.0	32	9.5	6.5-13.6	29	5.9	4.0- 8.6	20	4.9	2.7- 8.5
Other	69	46	65.0	44.0-81.4	6	10.5	2.4-35.8	6	14.4	3.6-43.3	7	7.4	3.1-16.6	4	2.7	0.9- 8.5
AGE
18-44	168	104	64.3	54.4-73.1	23	13.9	8.4-22.3	22	13.6	7.5-23.4	12	4.5	2.4- 8.1	7	3.7	1.4- 9.2
45+	275	201	73.3	67.2-78.7	17	6.4	3.8-10.4	16	6.4	3.8-10.6	24	8.5	5.5-12.8	17	5.5	3.2- 9.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	175	128	71.8	59.2-81.8	8	7.5	2.5-20.2	10	9.7	3.3-25.4	16	5.9	3.4-10.1	13	5.1	2.7- 9.4
Some College +	267	176	65.8	58.7-72.2	32	12.8	8.8-18.2	28	11.0	7.4-16.2	20	6.4	4.0-10.1	11	4.1	1.8- 8.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	257	173	69.4	61.6-76.2	19	9.3	4.8-17.1	23	9.9	6.3-15.2	23	6.3	4.0- 9.9	19	5.0	3.0- 8.4
$50,000+	121	82	67.9	58.4-76.2	18	16.6	10.4-25.3	11	8.5	4.6-15.3	8	5.9	2.9-11.7	2	1.1	0.2- 4.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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?