BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (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?*)

	Total Respond.^	None	1-2 days	3-7 days	8-29 days	30 days
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
-Gaston County	446	348	78.7	72.5-83.8	16	3.5	2.0- 6.0	24	6.9	3.4-13.7	35	7.4	4.9-11.0	23	3.5	2.2- 5.5
GENDER
Male	151	120	78.4	65.9-87.2	4	2.6	0.9- 7.1	8	8.1	2.3-25.1	11	7.6	3.7-14.9	8	3.3	1.5- 7.1
Female	295	228	78.9	73.3-83.6	12	4.2	2.2- 7.8	16	6.0	3.5- 9.9	24	7.2	4.6-11.0	15	3.7	2.1- 6.4
RACE
White	388	299	77.3	70.4-83.0	13	3.3	1.8- 6.1	22	7.5	3.5-15.4	32	7.9	5.2-11.9	22	3.9	2.5- 6.3
Other	58	49	87.1	75.2-93.8	3	4.2	1.3-13.2	2	3.3	0.8-13.4	3	4.3	1.1-15.6	1	1.0	0.1- 6.7
AGE
18-44	145	113	77.8	65.4-86.6	9	4.9	2.4- 9.9	11	9.9	3.4-25.1	8	5.5	2.3-12.9	4	1.9	0.7- 5.2
45+	298	233	79.5	74.0-84.1	7	2.2	0.9- 5.2	13	4.5	2.5- 8.0	27	9.1	6.0-13.4	18	4.7	2.8- 7.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	230	173	78.9	71.8-84.5	6	2.6	1.0- 6.7	7	2.0	0.9- 4.4	26	11.0	6.8-17.3	18	5.5	3.2- 9.1
Some College +	216	175	78.4	67.6-86.4	10	4.4	2.2- 8.4	17	12.5	5.6-25.5	9	3.4	1.7- 6.7	5	1.3	0.5- 3.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	251	188	80.1	74.1-85.0	9	2.6	1.3- 5.3	11	3.7	1.9- 7.0	29	10.0	6.7-14.8	14	3.6	2.0- 6.3
$50,000+	123	101	81.2	71.3-88.2	6	5.3	2.3-11.9	10	7.7	4.1-14.1	3	4.3	1.0-17.5	3	1.4	0.4- 4.6

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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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	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	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
-Gaston County	446	348	78.7	72.5-83.8	16	3.5	2.0- 6.0	24	6.9	3.4-13.7	35	7.4	4.9-11.0	23	3.5	2.2- 5.5
GENDER
Male	151	120	78.4	65.9-87.2	4	2.6	0.9- 7.1	8	8.1	2.3-25.1	11	7.6	3.7-14.9	8	3.3	1.5- 7.1
Female	295	228	78.9	73.3-83.6	12	4.2	2.2- 7.8	16	6.0	3.5- 9.9	24	7.2	4.6-11.0	15	3.7	2.1- 6.4
RACE
White	388	299	77.3	70.4-83.0	13	3.3	1.8- 6.1	22	7.5	3.5-15.4	32	7.9	5.2-11.9	22	3.9	2.5- 6.3
Other	58	49	87.1	75.2-93.8	3	4.2	1.3-13.2	2	3.3	0.8-13.4	3	4.3	1.1-15.6	1	1.0	0.1- 6.7
AGE
18-44	145	113	77.8	65.4-86.6	9	4.9	2.4- 9.9	11	9.9	3.4-25.1	8	5.5	2.3-12.9	4	1.9	0.7- 5.2
45+	298	233	79.5	74.0-84.1	7	2.2	0.9- 5.2	13	4.5	2.5- 8.0	27	9.1	6.0-13.4	18	4.7	2.8- 7.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	230	173	78.9	71.8-84.5	6	2.6	1.0- 6.7	7	2.0	0.9- 4.4	26	11.0	6.8-17.3	18	5.5	3.2- 9.1
Some College +	216	175	78.4	67.6-86.4	10	4.4	2.2- 8.4	17	12.5	5.6-25.5	9	3.4	1.7- 6.7	5	1.3	0.5- 3.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	251	188	80.1	74.1-85.0	9	2.6	1.3- 5.3	11	3.7	1.9- 7.0	29	10.0	6.7-14.8	14	3.6	2.0- 6.3
$50,000+	123	101	81.2	71.3-88.2	6	5.3	2.3-11.9	10	7.7	4.1-14.1	3	4.3	1.0-17.5	3	1.4	0.4- 4.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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?*