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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County 453 353 79.9 75.1-83.9 23 4.6 3.0- 7.2 31 7.2 4.7-10.9 24 4.6 2.9- 7.4 22 3.7 2.3- 5.8
GENDER
Male 161 128 80.6 72.5-86.8 5 3.0 1.2- 7.3 8 6.5 2.9-13.7 11 6.0 3.0-11.4 9 3.9 1.9- 7.6
Female 292 225 79.1 73.5-83.8 18 6.2 3.8-10.1 23 8.0 5.1-12.2 13 3.3 1.8- 5.8 13 3.4 1.8- 6.3
RACE
White 384 302 80.0 74.9-84.3 19 4.7 2.9- 7.6 28 8.3 5.3-12.7 17 3.4 1.9- 5.8 18 3.5 2.1- 5.9
Other 69 51 79.1 65.6-88.3 4 4.1 1.3-12.5 3 2.8 0.8- 9.4 7 9.8 4.1-21.7 4 4.2 1.3-12.4
AGE
18-44 170 136 82.9 75.6-88.3 8 4.2 2.1- 8.3 17 8.8 5.0-15.1 6 3.0 1.2- 7.2 3 1.2 0.3- 4.0
45+ 281 215 75.7 69.6-81.0 15 5.3 3.0- 8.9 14 5.3 3.0- 9.0 18 6.8 4.0-11.3 19 6.9 4.2-11.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 179 134 79.0 70.8-85.3 6 2.5 1.0- 5.9 13 7.3 3.8-13.7 12 5.8 2.8-11.4 14 5.4 3.0- 9.7
Some College + 271 217 80.6 74.5-85.5 17 6.0 3.6-10.0 18 7.2 4.1-12.4 11 3.6 1.8- 7.0 8 2.5 1.2- 5.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 262 192 75.7 68.8-81.4 14 5.1 2.8- 8.9 21 9.2 5.4-15.1 17 5.1 2.8- 8.9 18 5.0 2.9- 8.4
$50,000+ 122 104 85.7 77.9-91.0 6 4.6 2.0-10.3 9 7.0 3.6-13.3 2 2.0 0.5- 7.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2

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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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