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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 445 356 80.4 75.5-84.5 29 8.1 5.2-12.3 20 4.0 2.4- 6.5 24 4.6 2.8- 7.2 16 3.0 1.7- 5.1
GENDER
Male 159 131 84.0 76.6-89.4 8 6.5 3.0-13.4 7 3.7 1.6- 8.5 4 1.8 0.6- 4.8 9 4.0 2.0- 8.0
Female 286 225 76.9 70.2-82.5 21 9.6 5.7-15.7 13 4.3 2.4- 7.5 20 7.2 4.3-11.9 7 2.0 0.8- 4.5
RACE
White 378 303 80.5 75.2-84.9 25 7.5 4.7-11.9 16 3.9 2.2- 6.8 20 4.8 2.8- 7.9 14 3.3 1.8- 5.8
Other 67 53 80.0 65.7-89.3 4 10.6 3.7-26.9 4 4.3 1.6-11.4 4 3.5 1.2-10.0 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3
AGE
18-44 150 117 79.0 70.3-85.7 17 12.8 7.5-21.2 5 3.0 1.1- 8.0 7 2.9 1.3- 6.3 4 2.3 0.8- 6.1
45+ 293 238 81.8 76.3-86.3 11 3.5 1.9- 6.5 15 5.0 2.9- 8.3 17 6.1 3.4-10.6 12 3.6 1.9- 6.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 145 109 75.2 65.2-83.1 7 8.0 3.3-18.2 7 4.3 1.7-10.3 12 7.2 3.6-13.8 10 5.3 2.7-10.3
Some College + 299 246 83.4 78.1-87.6 22 8.2 5.1-12.7 13 3.9 2.2- 6.7 12 3.0 1.6- 5.5 6 1.6 0.6- 3.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 217 165 77.0 69.7-82.9 12 6.9 3.7-12.4 12 5.2 2.7- 9.8 15 6.4 3.5-11.5 13 4.5 2.4- 8.2
$50,000+ 162 136 83.2 74.8-89.2 15 10.6 5.6-19.1 4 2.2 0.8- 6.0 6 3.1 1.3- 7.1 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3

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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.

** 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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