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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham 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
-Durham County 462 375 84.6 80.4-88.0 30 6.3 4.1- 9.4 23 4.3 2.5- 7.3 19 2.9 1.8- 4.7 15 2.0 1.1- 3.5
GENDER
Male 156 135 88.8 81.9-93.3 6 3.8 1.6- 8.8 7 4.9 2.0-11.5 6 1.9 0.8- 4.5 2 0.6 0.1- 2.2
Female 306 240 80.6 75.0-85.2 24 8.5 5.3-13.4 16 3.8 2.2- 6.4 13 3.8 2.1- 6.7 13 3.3 1.8- 6.1
RACE
White 256 196 77.0 70.1-82.6 21 8.8 5.4-14.0 15 6.8 3.5-12.9 16 5.4 3.2- 8.9 8 2.1 0.9- 4.6
Other 203 176 91.2 86.2-94.5 9 4.1 1.8- 8.8 8 2.1 0.9- 4.7 3 0.7 0.2- 2.5 7 1.9 0.9- 4.3
AGE
18-44 231 190 85.0 78.8-89.6 20 8.0 4.9-13.0 12 5.1 2.5-10.1 6 1.1 0.5- 2.6 3 0.7 0.2- 2.6
45+ 230 184 83.8 78.1-88.2 10 3.4 1.7- 6.6 11 3.0 1.6- 5.5 13 5.8 3.2-10.1 12 4.1 2.2- 7.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 149 124 87.1 79.1-92.3 3 2.6 0.7- 9.9 6 4.1 1.3-12.1 8 3.4 1.6- 7.0 8 2.8 1.3- 6.0
Some College + 313 251 82.9 77.8-87.0 27 8.6 5.7-13.0 17 4.4 2.5- 7.6 11 2.6 1.3- 4.9 7 1.5 0.6- 3.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 229 183 86.8 81.6-90.6 13 5.0 2.6- 9.4 14 3.5 2.0- 6.3 9 2.5 1.2- 5.2 10 2.1 1.1- 4.2
$50,000+ 173 145 82.3 74.1-88.3 13 7.6 4.3-13.2 8 6.8 2.8-15.3 4 2.0 0.7- 5.4 3 1.3 0.4- 4.8

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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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