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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County 457 355 75.8 70.2-80.6 44 13.1 9.1-18.5 27 4.7 3.0- 7.0 20 4.3 2.6- 7.2 11 2.1 1.1- 4.0
GENDER
Male 149 126 79.8 69.5-87.3 12 12.9 6.7-23.5 4 2.8 1.1- 7.5 4 2.7 0.8- 8.9 3 1.7 0.5- 5.8
Female 308 229 72.5 65.9-78.2 32 13.3 8.9-19.5 23 6.1 3.9- 9.5 16 5.6 3.3- 9.4 8 2.5 1.2- 5.0
RACE
White 341 267 75.2 68.5-80.9 34 14.3 9.5-21.0 22 5.4 3.4- 8.5 14 4.3 2.3- 7.9 4 0.8 0.3- 2.3
Other 114 86 76.6 65.4-85.0 10 10.4 4.6-21.9 5 2.9 1.0- 8.0 6 4.6 1.9-10.5 7 5.5 2.4-11.9
AGE
18-44 152 111 71.1 60.9-79.6 24 20.0 12.5-30.3 11 4.8 2.5- 9.2 4 3.1 1.1- 8.9 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9
45+ 303 242 79.8 74.3-84.4 20 7.0 4.4-11.1 16 4.5 2.6- 7.6 16 5.4 3.2- 9.2 9 3.2 1.6- 6.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 161 122 77.0 67.8-84.2 15 11.2 5.9-20.1 6 2.5 1.0- 6.0 11 5.5 2.8-10.4 7 3.8 1.6- 8.5
Some College + 296 233 75.0 67.7-81.1 29 14.3 9.1-21.6 21 5.9 3.7- 9.5 9 3.6 1.7- 7.7 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 225 172 79.2 72.4-84.6 21 9.2 5.6-14.6 16 5.1 2.9- 8.9 10 4.1 2.0- 8.0 6 2.5 1.0- 6.2
$50,000+ 164 132 73.9 63.9-82.0 17 16.6 9.7-26.8 9 4.7 2.4- 9.2 4 3.7 1.2-10.8 2 1.0 0.2- 4.2

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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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