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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 466 362 78.6 73.7-82.7 30 6.7 4.4-10.0 29 5.9 3.8- 9.0 31 6.3 4.1- 9.4 14 2.6 1.4- 4.7
GENDER
Male 168 135 82.7 75.1-88.4 10 6.2 3.0-12.2 10 5.7 2.7-11.9 8 4.1 2.0- 8.5 5 1.2 0.5- 3.1
Female 298 227 74.5 68.1-79.9 20 7.2 4.5-11.5 19 6.0 3.7- 9.6 23 8.4 5.2-13.4 9 3.9 1.8- 8.1
RACE
White 335 267 78.9 72.9-84.0 23 7.6 4.7-12.0 17 5.9 3.3-10.4 18 5.7 3.2- 9.8 10 1.9 1.0- 3.6
Other 130 94 77.7 69.0-84.5 7 5.0 2.2-10.9 12 5.8 3.1-10.7 13 7.5 4.1-13.4 4 4.0 1.4-10.9
AGE
18-44 166 132 81.6 73.9-87.5 16 7.2 4.1-12.1 10 5.6 2.6-11.7 7 4.6 2.0-10.1 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8
45+ 298 228 75.4 69.2-80.7 14 6.3 3.4-11.7 19 6.2 3.8- 9.8 24 8.0 5.1-12.2 13 4.1 2.2- 7.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 176 130 75.6 67.0-82.6 8 3.9 1.6- 8.8 11 6.9 3.2-14.4 16 7.8 4.5-13.3 11 5.8 2.9-11.3
Some College + 289 231 80.4 74.4-85.3 22 8.5 5.3-13.4 18 5.3 3.2- 8.5 15 5.3 2.9- 9.7 3 0.5 0.2- 1.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 244 184 76.8 69.7-82.7 13 5.9 3.2-10.7 18 7.2 3.9-12.7 16 5.4 3.1- 9.1 13 4.8 2.5- 8.9
$50,000+ 144 117 82.9 74.8-88.7 14 10.2 5.6-17.8 8 4.7 2.2- 9.7 5 2.3 0.8- 6.0 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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