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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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?

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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 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
-Eastern NC 5,477 3,914 71.7 70.0-73.3 376 7.0 6.1- 8.0 438 7.7 6.9- 8.7 395 7.6 6.6- 8.7 354 6.0 5.3- 6.9
GENDER
Male 1,898 1,480 76.9 74.2-79.4 104 6.6 5.2- 8.4 109 5.8 4.7- 7.2 94 5.9 4.4- 7.9 111 4.8 3.8- 6.1
Female 3,579 2,434 66.9 64.9-68.8 272 7.3 6.4- 8.4 329 9.5 8.3-10.8 301 9.1 7.9-10.4 243 7.2 6.1- 8.4
RACE
White 3,662 2,603 69.9 67.9-71.9 260 7.1 6.0- 8.2 299 8.5 7.4- 9.7 258 8.3 7.0- 9.8 242 6.2 5.3- 7.3
African American 1,336 970 73.8 70.5-76.8 87 7.4 5.5- 9.8 99 6.0 4.7- 7.5 101 6.8 5.2- 8.9 79 6.1 4.6- 8.1
Other Minorities 462 329 78.4 73.3-82.8 29 5.7 3.5- 9.2 39 7.0 4.6-10.4 35 4.4 2.9- 6.6 30 4.6 2.9- 7.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 241 191 82.5 75.8-87.6 15 6.5 3.3-12.3 18 6.2 3.5-10.6 11 3.7 1.8- 7.6 6 1.1 0.4- 3.3
Non-Hispanic 5,229 3,719 70.8 69.1-72.4 361 7.0 6.1- 8.0 419 7.9 7.0- 8.8 384 7.9 6.8- 9.1 346 6.4 5.6- 7.4
AGE
18-24 273 169 63.0 55.3-70.1 17 7.0 4.0-12.0 36 10.9 7.5-15.6 35 13.5 8.7-20.5 16 5.5 3.1- 9.7
25-34 766 505 69.6 65.6-73.3 71 9.5 7.0-12.6 76 8.4 6.5-10.8 72 7.9 6.0-10.3 42 4.7 3.4- 6.5
35-44 988 633 66.1 62.5-69.6 87 8.3 6.4-10.6 119 11.6 9.4-14.2 87 7.8 6.2- 9.8 62 6.2 4.6- 8.4
45-54 1,127 769 71.5 68.3-74.6 89 7.4 5.8- 9.5 92 6.5 5.1- 8.2 98 8.1 6.4-10.1 79 6.5 5.0- 8.4
55-64 1,017 747 76.0 72.8-78.9 68 6.0 4.6- 7.7 70 5.8 4.5- 7.5 54 4.8 3.5- 6.7 78 7.4 5.6- 9.6
65-74 751 615 82.9 79.6-85.7 32 4.3 2.9- 6.2 26 3.1 2.0- 4.6 30 3.4 2.3- 5.2 48 6.3 4.5- 8.7
75+ 524 451 85.4 81.4-88.7 11 1.8 1.0- 3.4 18 3.4 2.0- 5.7 17 3.8 2.2- 6.5 27 5.5 3.5- 8.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 842 615 72.2 67.6-76.3 36 5.9 3.6- 9.4 45 6.6 4.5- 9.6 64 6.0 4.5- 8.0 82 9.3 7.0-12.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,802 1,285 71.1 68.0-74.0 114 6.7 5.3- 8.5 138 7.0 5.7- 8.6 140 8.9 6.8-11.5 125 6.3 5.0- 7.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,399 969 70.2 66.9-73.2 108 7.4 5.8- 9.5 113 7.3 5.9- 9.1 116 9.2 7.2-11.5 93 5.9 4.5- 7.6
College Graduate 1,424 1,038 73.9 71.2-76.5 117 7.6 6.2- 9.3 141 10.1 8.4-12.1 74 4.9 3.8- 6.3 54 3.5 2.6- 4.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 730 457 63.1 58.3-67.5 34 4.9 3.0- 7.9 45 5.4 3.9- 7.5 82 10.2 7.8-13.2 112 16.4 13.1-20.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,017 704 70.7 66.8-74.4 69 6.7 4.9- 9.1 88 8.2 6.3-10.6 94 9.5 7.2-12.5 62 4.8 3.4- 6.6
$25,000- 34,999 702 492 69.1 63.6-74.1 51 8.3 5.7-12.0 68 8.6 6.4-11.6 55 9.7 6.2-14.7 36 4.3 2.9- 6.3
$35,000- 49,999 780 549 71.5 67.6-75.2 78 8.6 6.6-11.0 79 9.4 7.3-12.0 42 5.5 3.9- 7.8 32 5.0 3.2- 7.7
$50,000-74,999 714 527 74.9 70.6-78.7 48 5.5 4.1- 7.4 64 9.0 6.6-12.2 48 6.8 4.6-10.0 27 3.8 2.3- 6.1
$75,000+ 753 574 76.0 72.2-79.4 62 7.4 5.6- 9.7 50 6.1 4.5- 8.3 38 6.5 4.5- 9.3 29 4.0 2.7- 5.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,830 1,088 57.7 54.4-60.8 94 5.4 4.1- 7.2 157 8.9 7.3-10.8 235 13.7 11.6-16.1 256 14.4 12.3-16.7
No 3,492 2,705 77.8 75.9-79.6 270 7.5 6.5- 8.7 269 7.1 6.2- 8.2 153 5.1 4.0- 6.4 95 2.5 2.0- 3.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 889 695 77.6 73.5-81.2 41 5.6 3.7- 8.3 48 5.5 4.0- 7.6 42 5.5 3.3- 9.0 63 5.8 4.3- 7.9
Non-Veteran 4,572 3,208 70.3 68.5-72.1 333 7.3 6.3- 8.4 389 8.2 7.3- 9.3 353 8.0 7.0- 9.3 289 6.1 5.3- 7.0

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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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