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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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
-Eastern NC 5,505 4,353 80.5 79.1-81.8 252 4.6 4.0- 5.4 305 6.0 5.2- 6.9 319 4.7 4.1- 5.4 276 4.2 3.6- 4.9
GENDER
Male 1,919 1,608 84.3 82.0-86.3 63 3.4 2.5- 4.7 92 5.2 3.9- 6.9 66 3.1 2.3- 4.1 90 4.0 3.0- 5.4
Female 3,586 2,745 76.9 75.2-78.6 189 5.8 4.9- 6.8 213 6.7 5.7- 7.8 253 6.3 5.4- 7.3 186 4.3 3.7- 5.2
RACE
White 3,677 2,930 80.0 78.2-81.6 186 5.3 4.4- 6.3 207 6.4 5.4- 7.6 190 4.4 3.7- 5.2 164 4.0 3.2- 5.0
African American 1,347 1,052 80.9 78.1-83.4 47 3.1 2.2- 4.4 66 4.7 3.3- 6.6 100 6.2 4.8- 7.9 82 5.2 4.0- 6.7
Other Minorities 463 360 83.1 78.6-86.9 18 4.1 2.4- 6.9 31 6.2 3.9- 9.6 28 3.5 2.2- 5.6 26 3.1 1.9- 5.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 241 199 85.7 79.9-90.0 11 3.7 1.8- 7.2 11 4.0 2.0- 8.1 9 3.1 1.4- 7.0 11 3.5 1.7- 6.9
Non-Hispanic 5,257 4,150 80.1 78.6-81.4 241 4.7 4.0- 5.5 293 6.1 5.3- 7.1 309 4.9 4.2- 5.6 264 4.2 3.6- 5.0
AGE
18-24 277 216 81.3 74.9-86.3 20 4.9 3.0- 8.0 27 9.3 5.7-14.8 9 2.5 1.1- 5.4 5 2.0 0.5- 7.2
25-34 770 620 82.5 79.0-85.4 56 7.2 5.1-10.0 45 5.4 3.9- 7.4 32 3.3 2.2- 4.9 17 1.7 0.9- 3.1
35-44 989 786 79.7 76.5-82.5 66 6.5 4.9- 8.5 61 6.6 5.0- 8.8 41 3.4 2.3- 5.0 35 3.8 2.5- 5.7
45-54 1,129 858 78.6 75.6-81.3 64 4.8 3.6- 6.3 57 5.2 3.8- 7.0 90 7.1 5.5- 9.0 60 4.5 3.2- 6.2
55-64 1,024 791 78.7 75.7-81.5 28 2.2 1.5- 3.3 52 5.0 3.7- 6.8 87 7.6 6.0- 9.7 66 6.4 4.8- 8.5
65-74 760 617 81.6 78.1-84.6 11 1.4 0.7- 2.6 38 5.4 3.7- 7.8 43 5.4 3.8- 7.8 51 6.1 4.5- 8.3
75+ 525 439 83.3 79.0-86.9 6 1.4 0.4- 4.5 25 4.5 3.0- 6.9 16 2.9 1.7- 4.9 39 7.9 5.3-11.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 840 622 78.0 74.0-81.5 12 1.5 0.8- 3.0 44 5.9 4.1- 8.5 67 5.4 4.0- 7.3 95 9.2 6.7-12.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,822 1,449 81.5 79.0-83.8 68 4.1 2.9- 5.6 102 6.1 4.6- 7.9 114 4.5 3.6- 5.6 89 3.9 3.0- 5.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,409 1,109 78.7 75.8-81.4 77 5.7 4.4- 7.4 80 6.6 4.9- 8.8 85 5.6 4.3- 7.4 58 3.3 2.3- 4.7
College Graduate 1,424 1,163 82.8 80.4-84.8 95 6.5 5.2- 8.1 79 5.2 4.1- 6.6 53 3.5 2.6- 4.8 34 2.0 1.4- 2.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 733 464 66.6 62.1-70.8 23 3.3 2.0- 5.4 46 6.5 4.6- 9.1 93 11.1 8.6-14.2 107 12.6 9.9-15.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,021 797 79.4 75.8-82.6 31 2.9 1.9- 4.5 64 6.5 4.6- 9.2 72 6.3 4.7- 8.4 57 4.8 3.4- 6.8
$25,000- 34,999 707 574 81.2 76.6-85.1 42 6.5 4.3- 9.8 42 6.2 4.3- 8.8 33 3.3 2.1- 5.0 16 2.8 1.1- 6.9
$35,000- 49,999 787 646 81.1 77.6-84.2 44 5.8 4.2- 8.1 43 6.1 4.2- 8.7 37 4.4 3.0- 6.3 17 2.6 1.5- 4.4
$50,000-74,999 714 597 83.3 79.2-86.7 42 5.3 3.6- 7.8 38 6.9 4.5-10.5 26 2.5 1.6- 3.8 11 2.0 1.0- 4.0
$75,000+ 753 635 84.5 81.0-87.4 53 6.3 4.6- 8.5 41 6.0 4.0- 9.0 17 2.3 1.4- 3.9 7 0.9 0.4- 2.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,838 1,094 60.4 57.3-63.5 78 4.6 3.4- 6.3 147 9.7 7.8-12.0 267 12.9 11.2-14.9 252 12.3 10.5-14.3
No 3,511 3,117 88.8 87.3-90.1 169 4.7 3.9- 5.6 155 4.5 3.7- 5.5 49 1.3 0.9- 1.8 21 0.7 0.3- 1.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 897 741 83.3 80.0-86.1 29 3.8 2.3- 6.3 41 3.9 2.7- 5.4 44 4.7 3.3- 6.6 42 4.3 2.9- 6.4
Non-Veteran 4,591 3,598 79.8 78.2-81.3 223 4.8 4.1- 5.6 264 6.5 5.5- 7.6 273 4.7 4.1- 5.5 233 4.2 3.5- 5.0

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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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