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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

Healthy Days

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%)
North Carolina 16,999 12,167 71.3 70.3-72.2 1,214 8.0 7.4- 8.6 1,417 8.6 8.0- 9.2 1,197 6.9 6.4- 7.5 1,004 5.2 4.8- 5.7
-Northeast Partnership I 509 376 73.2 67.3-78.3 28 7.6 4.0-14.0 36 7.1 4.8-10.6 33 6.0 4.1- 8.8 36 6.1 4.2- 8.8
GENDER
Male 178 144 77.3 66.5-85.4 7 9.0 3.1-23.1 8 4.7 2.2- 9.8 9 4.0 1.9- 8.0 10 5.0 2.5- 9.8
Female 331 232 69.0 62.8-74.7 21 6.2 4.0- 9.6 28 9.5 5.9-14.9 24 8.1 5.1-12.5 26 7.2 4.7-10.8
RACE
White 234 179 71.5 60.8-80.2 12 11.2 4.5-25.4 14 6.4 3.2-12.4 12 5.3 2.7-10.1 17 5.6 3.2- 9.8
Other 271 194 74.6 68.2-80.1 16 4.7 2.8- 7.8 22 7.8 4.7-12.6 21 6.7 4.2-10.6 18 6.2 3.7-10.4
AGE
18-44 141 97 68.4 56.2-78.6 13 11.9 4.7-27.3 14 9.2 4.6-17.6 11 6.5 3.3-12.6 6 3.9 1.5- 9.4
45+ 367 278 75.9 69.9-80.9 15 5.0 2.3-10.8 22 5.9 3.7- 9.3 22 5.8 3.6- 9.0 30 7.4 5.0-11.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 314 232 72.1 63.7-79.2 15 8.1 3.2-19.0 19 6.8 3.8-12.0 21 6.1 3.8- 9.7 27 6.9 4.5-10.6
Some College + 193 143 75.1 67.6-81.4 13 6.8 3.8-11.8 16 7.4 4.3-12.3 12 6.0 3.1-11.4 9 4.7 2.2- 9.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 327 238 72.7 64.7-79.5 17 8.7 3.7-18.9 26 7.4 4.6-11.5 23 5.9 3.7- 9.3 23 5.3 3.2- 8.6
$50,000+ 92 66 71.4 60.0-80.6 8 7.9 3.8-16.0 6 5.4 2.4-11.9 8 8.5 3.8-18.2 4 6.7 2.5-16.7

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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.

** 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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