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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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
-Northeast Partnership I 512 403 79.1 73.4-83.9 13 5.1 2.1-11.9 34 6.3 4.1- 9.6 29 4.9 3.2- 7.3 33 4.6 3.1- 6.7
GENDER
Male 183 151 80.2 69.7-87.7 8 8.9 3.3-22.0 7 3.4 1.4- 8.1 7 3.4 1.5- 7.4 10 4.1 2.0- 8.1
Female 329 252 78.0 72.2-82.9 5 1.3 0.5- 3.1 27 9.3 5.7-14.7 22 6.4 4.0-10.0 23 5.1 3.3- 7.7
RACE
White 234 195 79.9 68.7-87.8 9 9.6 3.4-23.9 10 4.6 1.9-10.7 9 3.3 1.6- 6.9 11 2.6 1.4- 4.8
Other 273 204 78.6 72.6-83.5 4 1.5 0.5- 4.1 24 7.8 4.8-12.4 20 6.2 3.8-10.0 21 5.9 3.6- 9.6
AGE
18-44 141 114 77.4 63.9-86.9 6 10.7 3.5-28.0 14 8.9 4.5-17.0 4 2.3 0.7- 6.7 3 0.7 0.2- 2.4
45+ 369 288 80.2 75.3-84.4 7 1.8 0.8- 4.0 20 4.8 2.9- 8.0 25 6.4 4.2- 9.9 29 6.6 4.4- 9.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 316 237 74.3 66.0-81.1 6 6.0 1.9-17.8 23 7.5 4.4-12.6 23 6.2 3.8- 9.8 27 6.0 3.9- 9.3
Some College + 194 164 87.2 81.6-91.3 7 3.6 1.6- 8.1 11 4.4 2.3- 8.0 6 2.7 1.2- 6.2 6 2.1 0.9- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 330 249 76.1 68.3-82.5 7 6.1 2.0-17.3 23 6.1 3.7-10.0 24 5.9 3.7- 9.3 27 5.7 3.7- 8.9
$50,000+ 92 82 89.9 81.3-94.8 4 3.9 1.2-11.9 4 4.3 1.6-11.1 2 1.9 0.5- 7.3 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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