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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 419 342 85.2 81.0-88.7 15 2.6 1.5- 4.5 22 4.5 2.6- 7.8 25 5.0 3.1- 7.8 15 2.6 1.5- 4.6
GENDER
Male 153 133 89.7 83.2-93.9 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 6 4.0 1.5-10.4 7 3.2 1.4- 7.2 6 2.5 1.0- 6.0
Female 266 209 80.0 74.0-85.0 14 5.0 2.9- 8.7 16 5.2 3.0- 8.8 18 7.0 4.0-11.9 9 2.7 1.3- 5.5
RACE
White 287 233 84.7 79.6-88.7 11 3.1 1.6- 5.7 18 4.9 2.9- 8.1 15 4.7 2.5- 8.5 10 2.7 1.3- 5.4
Other 131 108 86.4 77.4-92.2 4 1.7 0.5- 5.3 4 3.7 0.8-16.0 10 5.7 2.8-11.0 5 2.5 1.0- 6.1
AGE
18-44 152 130 89.7 83.7-93.6 7 3.1 1.4- 6.5 7 2.8 1.2- 6.5 5 3.0 1.1- 8.0 3 1.4 0.4- 5.5
45+ 266 211 80.8 74.4-85.8 8 2.3 1.1- 4.7 15 6.3 3.2-12.1 20 7.0 4.2-11.2 12 3.7 2.1- 6.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 230 187 86.7 80.9-90.9 7 1.6 0.7- 3.7 13 5.5 2.7-11.1 14 4.0 2.2- 7.0 9 2.2 1.1- 4.5
Some College + 189 155 83.3 76.5-88.4 8 4.1 2.0- 8.1 9 3.2 1.6- 6.4 11 6.3 3.2-12.3 6 3.1 1.3- 7.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 224 171 80.5 73.5-86.1 9 2.9 1.4- 6.0 16 6.3 3.2-12.0 19 7.5 4.4-12.7 9 2.7 1.2- 6.0
$50,000+ 125 115 94.0 88.9-96.8 6 3.4 1.5- 7.6 3 1.9 0.6- 5.9 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 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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