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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-AFRICAN AMERICAN MALES

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?

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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%)
TOTAL 894 692 75.9 71.7-79.6 53 8.1 5.7-11.4 58 7.5 5.3-10.5 47 4.6 3.2- 6.5 44 3.9 2.7- 5.6
GENDER
Male 894 692 75.9 71.7-79.6 53 8.1 5.7-11.4 58 7.5 5.3-10.5 47 4.6 3.2- 6.5 44 3.9 2.7- 5.6
RACE
African American 894 692 75.9 71.7-79.6 53 8.1 5.7-11.4 58 7.5 5.3-10.5 47 4.6 3.2- 6.5 44 3.9 2.7- 5.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 44 36 85.3 68.6-93.9 2 1.8 0.4- 7.8 3 9.4 2.6-28.5 3 3.5 1.1-10.7 0 0.0 . - .
-English Speaking 16 13 91.6 73.7-97.7 1 2.0 0.3-14.0 1 3.0 0.4-19.6 1 3.4 0.4-22.0 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 28 23 82.6 60.0-93.8 1 1.7 0.2-11.7 2 12.1 3.0-37.8 2 3.5 0.8-13.5 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 850 656 75.1 70.8-79.0 51 8.6 6.0-12.2 55 7.4 5.1-10.5 44 4.7 3.2- 6.8 44 4.3 3.0- 6.0
AGE
18-24 55 37 64.7 48.2-78.4 6 13.6 5.3-30.7 7 13.8 5.8-29.4 2 3.8 0.8-16.5 3 4.1 1.3-12.3
25-34 133 96 71.7 61.6-80.0 10 10.1 4.8-19.9 16 10.6 5.8-18.3 7 4.6 2.1- 9.9 4 3.1 1.1- 8.3
35-44 176 139 79.1 71.5-85.1 16 8.5 5.0-14.0 12 7.2 3.8-13.4 6 3.8 1.7- 8.4 3 1.4 0.4- 5.1
45-54 214 158 76.6 69.4-82.5 12 7.1 3.9-12.6 16 6.7 3.8-11.3 15 5.6 2.9-10.2 13 4.1 2.1- 7.8
55-64 159 127 81.6 73.9-87.4 7 4.2 2.0- 8.6 3 1.7 0.5- 5.7 10 5.5 2.8-10.8 12 7.1 3.6-13.5
65-74 104 89 86.1 75.7-92.5 2 4.0 0.7-19.1 3 2.3 0.8- 7.1 5 3.8 1.4- 9.9 5 3.7 1.5- 9.1
75+ 52 45 85.6 71.7-93.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.3 0.2- 8.5 2 4.8 1.2-17.4 4 8.4 3.0-21.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 192 144 75.1 64.4-83.3 10 7.8 3.4-16.8 10 7.3 2.6-19.0 13 4.7 2.5- 8.6 15 5.1 2.8- 9.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 335 257 77.4 71.5-82.5 23 6.8 4.2-10.8 23 7.4 4.4-12.3 20 4.9 3.0- 7.8 12 3.4 1.7- 6.7
Some Post-H.S. 197 157 72.8 62.3-81.3 11 12.7 6.1-24.4 8 4.6 2.1- 9.7 11 5.7 2.5-12.7 10 4.2 2.0- 8.9
College Graduate 168 132 77.3 68.6-84.1 9 5.1 2.6- 9.9 17 12.1 7.0-20.2 3 2.3 0.5- 9.5 7 3.2 1.3- 7.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 141 99 71.8 61.5-80.2 4 2.8 0.7-10.5 11 7.4 3.2-16.4 9 5.2 2.5-10.5 18 12.9 7.5-21.1
$15,000- 24,999 200 148 74.8 66.6-81.5 13 7.7 4.2-13.4 16 9.8 5.3-17.2 16 6.0 3.5-10.3 7 1.7 0.7- 4.0
$25,000- 34,999 129 100 75.6 64.6-84.0 11 10.8 5.1-21.7 5 4.0 1.4-10.6 7 4.8 2.0-10.9 6 4.8 1.8-12.3
$35,000- 49,999 122 103 84.7 76.1-90.6 3 2.3 0.7- 7.1 9 7.6 3.7-15.0 5 3.9 1.5- 9.5 2 1.5 0.4- 5.7
$50,000-74,999 85 64 69.4 52.3-82.4 10 17.2 6.9-37.0 5 4.2 1.5-11.4 4 7.3 2.0-22.8 2 1.8 0.4- 7.4
$75,000+ 88 78 85.1 72.7-92.4 1 1.3 0.2- 8.5 6 10.3 4.2-22.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 2 2.9 0.7-11.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 313 211 64.6 57.5-71.2 12 5.7 3.0-10.6 25 8.8 5.4-14.0 31 10.8 6.9-16.6 34 10.1 6.7-14.9
No 532 438 80.2 74.9-84.7 37 8.6 5.5-13.2 32 7.5 4.6-11.8 15 2.2 1.2- 3.7 10 1.5 0.8- 3.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 243 195 82.4 76.5-87.1 9 4.0 2.0- 7.9 7 3.1 1.3- 7.1 16 6.0 3.5-10.0 16 4.5 2.5- 8.0
Non-Veteran 646 493 74.0 68.9-78.5 44 9.3 6.3-13.5 51 8.8 6.1-12.6 31 4.2 2.7- 6.6 27 3.7 2.4- 5.8

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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.

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