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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 6,140 5,120 84.2 83.0-85.4 264 5.0 4.3- 5.8 268 4.4 3.8- 5.2 233 3.3 2.8- 3.9 255 3.0 2.6- 3.6
Female 10,968 8,580 78.5 77.5-79.5 591 6.1 5.5- 6.7 670 6.4 5.8- 7.1 651 5.4 4.9- 6.0 476 3.6 3.2- 4.0
RACE
White 12,912 10,346 80.8 79.8-81.7 683 6.0 5.5- 6.6 707 5.7 5.2- 6.3 649 4.4 3.9- 4.8 527 3.2 2.8- 3.5
African American 3,006 2,392 81.4 79.5-83.2 115 4.2 3.3- 5.3 164 4.7 3.9- 5.8 175 5.1 4.2- 6.2 160 4.5 3.7- 5.5
Asian 114 93 84.0 75.2-90.1 6 3.8 1.6- 8.7 10 7.5 3.5-15.1 4 4.4 1.6-11.2 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6
Native American 290 212 75.7 68.9-81.4 13 4.7 2.3- 9.4 19 6.4 3.5-11.3 22 6.5 4.0-10.5 24 6.8 4.0-11.2
Other Minorities 726 612 86.7 83.4-89.5 36 4.9 3.2- 7.5 34 4.1 2.7- 6.2 29 2.5 1.5- 4.1 15 1.7 0.9- 3.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 877 743 86.9 83.9-89.5 46 4.8 3.3- 7.0 38 3.5 2.3- 5.1 31 3.0 1.9- 4.7 19 1.8 1.0- 3.1
-English Speaking 264 202 75.3 67.7-81.6 19 9.0 5.0-15.6 12 5.3 2.5-10.7 19 6.4 3.6-11.1 12 4.0 2.1- 7.7
-Spanish Speaking 613 541 90.2 87.0-92.7 27 3.6 2.2- 6.0 26 3.0 1.9- 4.7 12 2.0 1.0- 4.1 7 1.1 0.5- 2.7
Non-Hispanic 16,216 12,946 80.7 79.9-81.5 809 5.6 5.2- 6.2 898 5.6 5.2- 6.2 852 4.5 4.2- 5.0 711 3.5 3.1- 3.8
AGE
18-24 816 654 81.1 77.5-84.2 61 7.4 5.5-10.0 68 7.4 5.5-10.0 24 3.0 1.9- 4.8 9 1.0 0.4- 2.4
25-34 2,397 1,946 83.0 81.1-84.8 168 6.8 5.6- 8.2 161 5.8 4.8- 7.1 80 2.9 2.2- 3.8 42 1.4 1.0- 2.1
35-44 3,189 2,561 81.6 79.9-83.2 210 6.7 5.7- 7.9 195 5.4 4.6- 6.4 137 3.8 3.1- 4.7 86 2.4 1.9- 3.2
45-54 3,309 2,555 79.0 77.3-80.6 203 5.8 4.9- 6.8 169 4.9 4.1- 5.9 235 6.3 5.4- 7.3 147 4.0 3.2- 4.8
55-64 3,118 2,432 79.1 77.4-80.8 110 3.7 2.9- 4.6 170 5.6 4.7- 6.6 223 6.4 5.4- 7.4 183 5.3 4.4- 6.3
65-74 2,361 1,967 83.6 81.7-85.3 55 2.5 1.8- 3.4 102 4.3 3.4- 5.4 105 4.2 3.4- 5.3 132 5.4 4.4- 6.6
75+ 1,832 1,513 82.5 80.2-84.5 45 2.8 1.9- 4.1 70 3.6 2.8- 4.7 77 4.2 3.3- 5.5 127 6.8 5.5- 8.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,674 2,035 78.2 75.8-80.4 68 3.5 2.5- 5.0 149 5.7 4.5- 7.2 181 5.9 4.9- 7.3 241 6.6 5.5- 7.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 5,162 4,131 81.5 80.1-82.9 224 4.7 4.0- 5.6 280 5.6 4.8- 6.5 293 4.5 3.9- 5.3 234 3.6 3.1- 4.2
Some Post-H.S. 4,178 3,344 80.6 78.9-82.1 218 6.2 5.2- 7.4 227 5.6 4.6- 6.6 233 4.9 4.1- 5.7 156 2.8 2.3- 3.5
College Graduate 5,059 4,161 83.4 82.1-84.6 345 7.1 6.3- 8.1 282 5.1 4.4- 5.9 174 2.9 2.4- 3.5 97 1.4 1.1- 1.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 2,031 1,365 69.5 66.6-72.3 62 3.9 2.6- 5.9 139 7.6 5.9- 9.6 226 9.9 8.3-11.7 239 9.1 7.7-10.7
$15,000- 24,999 3,066 2,409 80.2 78.2-82.1 121 4.7 3.7- 6.0 169 5.2 4.2- 6.4 196 5.5 4.6- 6.6 171 4.4 3.6- 5.4
$25,000- 34,999 2,109 1,673 79.8 77.4-82.0 136 6.5 5.2- 8.0 141 6.7 5.5- 8.2 96 4.1 3.2- 5.3 63 2.9 2.0- 4.2
$35,000- 49,999 2,341 1,918 82.5 80.6-84.3 143 6.0 5.0- 7.3 130 5.7 4.6- 7.0 100 3.6 2.8- 4.5 50 2.2 1.6- 3.1
$50,000-74,999 2,239 1,878 84.5 82.5-86.3 132 6.1 4.9- 7.6 125 5.4 4.3- 6.7 66 2.4 1.8- 3.3 38 1.6 1.1- 2.3
$75,000+ 2,790 2,398 85.9 84.1-87.5 174 6.8 5.6- 8.2 132 4.7 3.8- 5.8 62 1.9 1.4- 2.6 24 0.7 0.4- 1.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,288 3,222 61.7 59.9-63.5 248 5.4 4.5- 6.3 459 9.4 8.4-10.6 700 12.6 11.5-13.8 659 10.9 9.9-11.9
No 11,346 10,050 88.2 87.4-89.0 592 5.8 5.2- 6.4 466 4.1 3.6- 4.6 173 1.4 1.1- 1.7 65 0.5 0.3- 0.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,305 1,887 83.0 81.1-84.8 85 4.2 3.2- 5.6 89 3.2 2.5- 4.1 111 4.5 3.6- 5.6 133 5.0 4.1- 6.2
Non-Veteran 14,773 11,787 81.0 80.1-81.8 770 5.8 5.3- 6.4 848 5.8 5.3- 6.4 771 4.4 4.0- 4.8 597 3.0 2.7- 3.4

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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.

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