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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 420 333 81.4 76.7-85.4 27 6.0 3.9- 9.2 26 6.3 4.0- 9.7 21 4.3 2.6- 6.9 13 2.0 1.1- 3.6
GENDER
Male 159 122 79.7 71.9-85.8 16 8.9 5.1-14.9 9 5.6 2.7-11.3 6 3.3 1.3- 8.1 6 2.5 1.1- 5.6
Female 261 211 83.1 77.2-87.7 11 3.1 1.6- 6.2 17 7.0 4.0-11.9 15 5.2 3.0- 9.0 7 1.6 0.7- 3.4
RACE
White 349 272 78.5 73.0-83.2 24 6.9 4.4-10.7 25 8.0 5.1-12.3 17 4.5 2.6- 7.6 11 2.1 1.1- 4.0
Other 68 58 91.3 81.5-96.1 3 2.9 0.6-13.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 4 3.7 1.1-11.3 2 1.6 0.3- 7.5
AGE
18-44 166 134 83.3 76.0-88.7 8 4.6 2.2- 9.4 16 8.0 4.5-13.8 8 4.1 1.9- 8.7 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 251 196 78.7 72.3-83.9 19 7.9 4.7-13.1 10 4.3 2.2- 8.6 13 4.5 2.5- 8.1 13 4.5 2.5- 8.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 91 74 88.3 79.3-93.6 4 2.4 0.7- 7.7 3 4.0 1.1-13.7 4 1.9 0.6- 5.6 6 3.5 1.4- 8.3
Some College + 328 258 78.7 73.0-83.5 23 7.4 4.6-11.6 23 7.2 4.5-11.3 17 5.2 3.0- 8.7 7 1.5 0.7- 3.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 165 128 83.7 76.5-89.0 6 2.7 1.0- 7.2 10 3.6 1.8- 7.3 13 6.6 3.5-12.2 8 3.4 1.6- 7.0
$50,000+ 193 154 78.3 70.9-84.3 18 9.9 6.0-16.0 13 8.3 4.6-14.5 7 3.1 1.4- 6.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5

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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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