BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth County: (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?)

	Total Respond.^	None	1-2 days	3-7 days	8-29 days	30 days
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
-Forsyth County	455	321	68.1	62.0-73.5	26	6.0	3.5-10.1	45	11.5	7.9-16.6	33	7.7	5.1-11.5	30	6.7	4.3-10.3
GENDER
Male	149	112	70.8	60.1-79.6	9	7.7	3.2-17.1	15	12.0	6.4-21.4	6	5.9	2.4-14.1	7	3.6	1.6- 8.0
Female	306	209	65.8	58.8-72.2	17	4.7	2.8- 7.7	30	11.2	7.0-17.3	27	9.2	6.1-13.7	23	9.2	5.5-15.0
RACE
White	339	241	66.5	59.3-73.0	16	6.0	3.0-11.8	36	12.1	7.9-18.2	24	8.5	5.2-13.6	22	6.9	4.1-11.5
Other	114	78	71.4	59.9-80.6	10	6.1	3.0-12.0	9	10.3	4.4-22.3	9	5.9	2.9-11.8	8	6.2	2.8-13.2
AGE
18-44	152	92	59.6	49.1-69.3	14	9.2	4.5-17.7	24	17.6	10.8-27.6	13	8.3	4.2-15.7	9	5.3	2.1-12.5
45+	301	227	75.6	69.7-80.6	12	3.2	1.7- 5.8	21	6.1	3.8- 9.6	20	7.2	4.5-11.4	21	7.9	5.0-12.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	159	109	69.7	59.1-78.5	8	3.1	1.4- 6.5	13	9.6	4.2-20.2	8	4.4	2.0- 9.1	21	13.3	7.8-21.9
Some College +	296	212	67.1	59.6-73.8	18	7.8	4.1-14.2	32	12.7	8.3-18.9	25	9.7	6.0-15.3	9	2.7	1.3- 5.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	224	152	65.6	56.8-73.4	14	5.5	3.1- 9.7	20	11.5	6.5-19.4	20	10.5	6.0-17.7	18	6.9	4.1-11.5
$50,000+	164	124	75.5	66.2-82.9	6	3.5	1.5- 8.0	22	14.0	7.9-23.6	8	4.2	2.0- 8.4	4	2.8	1.0- 7.4

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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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	Total Respond.^	None			1-2 days			3-7 days			8-29 days			30 days
	Total Respond.^	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
-Forsyth County	455	321	68.1	62.0-73.5	26	6.0	3.5-10.1	45	11.5	7.9-16.6	33	7.7	5.1-11.5	30	6.7	4.3-10.3
GENDER
Male	149	112	70.8	60.1-79.6	9	7.7	3.2-17.1	15	12.0	6.4-21.4	6	5.9	2.4-14.1	7	3.6	1.6- 8.0
Female	306	209	65.8	58.8-72.2	17	4.7	2.8- 7.7	30	11.2	7.0-17.3	27	9.2	6.1-13.7	23	9.2	5.5-15.0
RACE
White	339	241	66.5	59.3-73.0	16	6.0	3.0-11.8	36	12.1	7.9-18.2	24	8.5	5.2-13.6	22	6.9	4.1-11.5
Other	114	78	71.4	59.9-80.6	10	6.1	3.0-12.0	9	10.3	4.4-22.3	9	5.9	2.9-11.8	8	6.2	2.8-13.2
AGE
18-44	152	92	59.6	49.1-69.3	14	9.2	4.5-17.7	24	17.6	10.8-27.6	13	8.3	4.2-15.7	9	5.3	2.1-12.5
45+	301	227	75.6	69.7-80.6	12	3.2	1.7- 5.8	21	6.1	3.8- 9.6	20	7.2	4.5-11.4	21	7.9	5.0-12.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	159	109	69.7	59.1-78.5	8	3.1	1.4- 6.5	13	9.6	4.2-20.2	8	4.4	2.0- 9.1	21	13.3	7.8-21.9
Some College +	296	212	67.1	59.6-73.8	18	7.8	4.1-14.2	32	12.7	8.3-18.9	25	9.7	6.0-15.3	9	2.7	1.3- 5.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	224	152	65.6	56.8-73.4	14	5.5	3.1- 9.7	20	11.5	6.5-19.4	20	10.5	6.0-17.7	18	6.9	4.1-11.5
$50,000+	164	124	75.5	66.2-82.9	6	3.5	1.5- 8.0	22	14.0	7.9-23.6	8	4.2	2.0- 8.4	4	2.8	1.0- 7.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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?