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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-WHITES

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 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
GENDER
Male 4,756 3,957 83.4 81.9-84.8 221 5.6 4.7- 6.7 209 4.6 3.8- 5.5 177 3.4 2.8- 4.0 192 3.1 2.5- 3.7
Female 8,156 6,389 78.3 77.2-79.5 462 6.4 5.7- 7.1 498 6.7 6.0- 7.5 472 5.3 4.7- 5.9 335 3.2 2.8- 3.7
AGE
18-24 513 403 79.1 74.4-83.2 46 8.5 5.9-11.9 46 8.6 6.0-12.2 14 3.1 1.7- 5.5 4 0.7 0.2- 3.5
25-34 1,557 1,244 81.2 78.7-83.5 123 8.2 6.5-10.1 114 6.3 5.0- 7.9 50 2.9 2.0- 4.1 26 1.4 0.9- 2.3
35-44 2,271 1,810 80.9 79.0-82.7 161 6.9 5.8- 8.2 139 5.5 4.5- 6.6 102 4.2 3.4- 5.3 59 2.5 1.8- 3.4
45-54 2,487 1,918 78.6 76.6-80.5 171 6.6 5.5- 7.8 133 5.4 4.5- 6.6 160 5.7 4.7- 6.8 105 3.7 2.9- 4.7
55-64 2,489 1,965 79.8 77.9-81.6 91 4.1 3.2- 5.2 133 5.6 4.6- 6.8 171 6.0 5.0- 7.1 129 4.5 3.7- 5.6
65-74 1,959 1,643 84.8 82.8-86.5 48 2.4 1.8- 3.4 87 4.4 3.4- 5.7 85 4.0 3.1- 5.2 96 4.4 3.5- 5.5
75+ 1,581 1,317 83.3 80.9-85.4 40 2.7 1.8- 4.0 53 3.2 2.4- 4.4 66 4.3 3.3- 5.7 105 6.4 5.0- 8.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,609 1,211 74.7 71.2-77.8 36 3.3 2.0- 5.4 85 6.6 4.8- 9.0 116 7.3 5.6- 9.4 161 8.2 6.5-10.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,820 3,055 80.9 79.2-82.5 168 4.9 4.0- 5.9 203 6.0 5.0- 7.2 213 4.4 3.7- 5.2 181 3.8 3.2- 4.5
Some Post-H.S. 3,254 2,595 79.7 77.7-81.5 179 7.0 5.7- 8.5 184 5.8 4.8- 7.0 186 5.1 4.2- 6.1 110 2.4 1.9- 3.1
College Graduate 4,206 3,467 83.8 82.4-85.1 300 7.3 6.4- 8.3 235 5.0 4.3- 5.8 131 2.6 2.1- 3.2 73 1.3 1.0- 1.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,230 805 66.9 63.0-70.6 39 4.0 2.4- 6.6 83 8.6 6.3-11.7 149 10.5 8.6-12.9 154 10.0 8.1-12.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,986 1,528 76.7 73.9-79.3 86 5.3 4.0- 7.1 111 5.9 4.5- 7.7 136 6.7 5.3- 8.4 125 5.3 4.2- 6.8
$25,000- 34,999 1,537 1,220 78.9 76.0-81.5 100 6.7 5.1- 8.6 96 6.7 5.3- 8.5 71 4.7 3.5- 6.2 50 3.0 1.9- 4.7
$35,000- 49,999 1,900 1,551 82.2 80.0-84.2 117 6.2 5.0- 7.7 112 6.0 4.8- 7.5 79 3.5 2.7- 4.5 41 2.1 1.4- 3.0
$50,000-74,999 1,918 1,608 84.8 82.7-86.7 117 6.3 5.0- 7.8 107 4.9 4.0- 6.1 55 2.4 1.7- 3.4 31 1.6 1.0- 2.4
$75,000+ 2,463 2,113 85.5 83.7-87.2 155 7.1 5.8- 8.7 119 4.8 3.8- 5.9 57 2.0 1.5- 2.8 19 0.5 0.3- 0.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,913 2,392 61.2 59.1-63.2 195 6.0 5.0- 7.2 338 9.5 8.3-10.8 507 12.6 11.2-14.0 481 10.8 9.7-12.0
No 8,713 7,700 87.6 86.6-88.6 477 6.1 5.4- 6.9 361 4.4 3.8- 5.1 133 1.4 1.1- 1.8 42 0.4 0.2- 0.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,888 1,551 83.3 81.1-85.3 71 4.2 3.0- 5.7 78 3.4 2.7- 4.4 86 4.4 3.4- 5.6 102 4.6 3.6- 5.9
Non-Veteran 11,010 8,781 80.3 79.3-81.3 612 6.4 5.7- 7.0 629 6.1 5.5- 6.8 563 4.4 3.9- 4.9 425 2.9 2.5- 3.3

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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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