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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 521 435 84.4 79.9-88.0 12 1.7 0.9- 3.2 28 5.4 3.3- 8.5 29 6.1 3.7- 9.9 17 2.4 1.4- 4.2
GENDER
Male 185 160 88.8 83.0-92.9 5 2.2 0.9- 5.4 6 3.4 1.3- 8.9 5 2.1 0.8- 5.2 9 3.4 1.6- 7.0
Female 336 275 80.4 73.6-85.8 7 1.3 0.6- 2.8 22 7.1 4.2-11.9 24 9.7 5.6-16.3 8 1.5 0.7- 3.2
RACE
White 433 360 84.5 79.9-88.1 11 1.9 1.0- 3.6 25 6.5 3.9-10.6 24 4.8 3.1- 7.3 13 2.3 1.2- 4.3
Other 85 73 84.6 70.8-92.6 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1 3 2.2 0.7- 7.0 4 9.1 2.9-25.1 4 2.9 0.9- 8.4
AGE
18-44 153 125 82.9 73.8-89.3 5 1.9 0.7- 4.9 11 6.6 3.1-13.6 9 7.1 3.0-15.9 3 1.5 0.4- 5.1
45+ 365 308 85.7 81.4-89.2 7 1.6 0.7- 3.6 17 4.4 2.6- 7.3 19 5.0 3.1- 8.1 14 3.2 1.8- 5.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 221 182 81.7 73.8-87.6 3 1.0 0.3- 3.1 11 5.1 2.4-10.5 15 8.6 4.4-16.2 10 3.6 1.8- 7.1
Some College + 298 251 86.9 82.0-90.7 9 2.4 1.1- 5.0 17 5.6 3.0-10.2 14 3.7 2.1- 6.5 7 1.3 0.6- 2.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 286 233 82.7 76.4-87.6 6 1.6 0.6- 3.9 18 6.7 3.6-12.1 18 6.2 3.5-10.8 11 2.8 1.4- 5.5
$50,000+ 156 138 91.4 86.2-94.8 5 2.3 0.9- 5.9 7 3.1 1.3- 7.1 6 3.1 1.4- 6.9 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: 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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