BRFSS 2005 - Gaston 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
-Gaston County	440	310	72.0	66.5-76.9	14	2.7	1.5- 4.8	35	8.3	5.6-12.2	40	8.4	5.8-11.9	41	8.6	6.0-12.0
GENDER
Male	149	106	74.9	65.4-82.4	6	2.4	1.0- 5.7	11	8.5	4.2-16.5	10	7.0	3.4-13.7	16	7.2	4.2-12.1
Female	291	204	69.6	63.2-75.3	8	3.0	1.5- 6.2	24	8.2	5.3-12.3	30	9.5	6.5-13.9	25	9.7	6.2-14.8
RACE
White	383	266	71.3	65.4-76.6	12	2.6	1.4- 4.9	29	8.2	5.2-12.6	37	8.3	5.8-11.8	39	9.6	6.7-13.5
Other	57	44	76.3	60.7-87.0	2	3.2	0.8-12.2	6	9.1	3.8-20.2	3	8.9	2.4-27.7	2	2.5	0.6- 9.7
AGE
18-44	144	89	67.1	56.8-75.9	6	2.7	1.2- 6.4	18	11.5	6.5-19.5	16	9.4	5.3-16.2	15	9.3	5.3-15.9
45+	293	219	76.1	70.3-81.0	8	2.7	1.3- 5.7	16	5.5	3.3- 9.2	24	7.6	4.9-11.6	26	8.0	5.3-12.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	224	161	73.6	65.7-80.2	3	1.3	0.4- 3.9	14	6.4	3.2-12.5	20	8.6	5.0-14.4	26	10.2	6.6-15.3
Some College +	215	148	70.2	62.4-77.0	11	4.3	2.3- 8.1	21	10.4	6.5-16.4	20	8.2	5.0-13.0	15	6.9	3.8-12.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	246	162	68.8	61.0-75.6	10	3.6	1.8- 6.9	17	6.2	3.6-10.7	24	8.9	5.5-14.3	33	12.5	8.4-18.1
$50,000+	122	88	71.5	61.2-79.9	4	2.8	1.0- 7.7	16	14.9	8.4-25.0	9	6.6	3.2-13.0	5	4.3	1.7-10.8

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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
-Gaston County	440	310	72.0	66.5-76.9	14	2.7	1.5- 4.8	35	8.3	5.6-12.2	40	8.4	5.8-11.9	41	8.6	6.0-12.0
GENDER
Male	149	106	74.9	65.4-82.4	6	2.4	1.0- 5.7	11	8.5	4.2-16.5	10	7.0	3.4-13.7	16	7.2	4.2-12.1
Female	291	204	69.6	63.2-75.3	8	3.0	1.5- 6.2	24	8.2	5.3-12.3	30	9.5	6.5-13.9	25	9.7	6.2-14.8
RACE
White	383	266	71.3	65.4-76.6	12	2.6	1.4- 4.9	29	8.2	5.2-12.6	37	8.3	5.8-11.8	39	9.6	6.7-13.5
Other	57	44	76.3	60.7-87.0	2	3.2	0.8-12.2	6	9.1	3.8-20.2	3	8.9	2.4-27.7	2	2.5	0.6- 9.7
AGE
18-44	144	89	67.1	56.8-75.9	6	2.7	1.2- 6.4	18	11.5	6.5-19.5	16	9.4	5.3-16.2	15	9.3	5.3-15.9
45+	293	219	76.1	70.3-81.0	8	2.7	1.3- 5.7	16	5.5	3.3- 9.2	24	7.6	4.9-11.6	26	8.0	5.3-12.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	224	161	73.6	65.7-80.2	3	1.3	0.4- 3.9	14	6.4	3.2-12.5	20	8.6	5.0-14.4	26	10.2	6.6-15.3
Some College +	215	148	70.2	62.4-77.0	11	4.3	2.3- 8.1	21	10.4	6.5-16.4	20	8.2	5.0-13.0	15	6.9	3.8-12.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	246	162	68.8	61.0-75.6	10	3.6	1.8- 6.9	17	6.2	3.6-10.7	24	8.9	5.5-14.3	33	12.5	8.4-18.1
$50,000+	122	88	71.5	61.2-79.9	4	2.8	1.0- 7.7	16	14.9	8.4-25.0	9	6.6	3.2-13.0	5	4.3	1.7-10.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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?