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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 392 309 80.9 76.0-85.0 21 5.5 3.4- 9.0 26 7.3 4.8-11.0 25 4.2 2.7- 6.4 11 2.0 1.1- 3.9
GENDER
Male 134 113 87.3 79.7-92.4 5 4.4 1.6-11.6 7 4.7 2.1-10.4 3 1.1 0.3- 3.4 6 2.5 1.0- 5.9
Female 258 196 75.1 68.6-80.7 16 6.6 3.9-10.8 19 9.6 5.9-15.2 22 7.0 4.5-10.8 5 1.7 0.6- 4.3
RACE
White 303 238 80.8 75.0-85.4 17 5.7 3.2- 9.9 23 8.1 5.2-12.6 18 3.5 2.1- 5.7 7 1.9 0.9- 4.1
Other 87 71 82.3 71.8-89.4 4 4.9 1.8-12.8 3 4.1 1.3-12.4 6 6.6 2.9-14.4 3 2.2 0.6- 7.6
AGE
18-44 196 154 82.0 75.4-87.2 16 6.9 3.9-12.0 15 7.3 4.2-12.4 8 2.5 1.2- 5.1 3 1.2 0.4- 3.8
45+ 194 154 78.8 71.6-84.6 5 2.7 1.1- 6.8 11 7.3 3.8-13.3 16 7.4 4.4-12.2 8 3.8 1.8- 7.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 172 140 84.2 76.4-89.7 5 3.5 1.1-10.9 12 6.8 3.5-12.7 9 3.1 1.5- 6.2 6 2.4 1.0- 5.8
Some College + 220 169 78.1 71.4-83.5 16 7.3 4.4-11.9 14 7.7 4.4-13.2 16 5.2 3.1- 8.7 5 1.7 0.7- 4.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 239 190 81.3 75.0-86.3 8 3.3 1.6- 6.8 16 7.9 4.5-13.3 17 4.9 2.9- 8.1 8 2.6 1.2- 5.5
$50,000+ 109 86 81.8 73.3-88.0 12 10.0 5.6-17.5 5 4.6 1.9-10.8 5 3.0 1.2- 7.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8

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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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