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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 441 362 83.3 78.7-87.1 21 5.6 3.4- 9.0 23 4.5 2.8- 7.2 17 3.1 1.7- 5.6 18 3.5 1.9- 6.2
GENDER
Male 165 145 88.4 81.6-92.9 6 4.0 1.7- 9.0 6 2.5 1.1- 5.5 2 1.8 0.4- 6.9 6 3.4 1.3- 8.9
Female 276 217 77.9 71.2-83.4 15 7.3 4.0-13.0 17 6.7 3.8-11.6 15 4.5 2.4- 8.3 12 3.6 1.9- 6.6
RACE
White 287 239 83.5 77.8-88.0 15 7.3 4.1-12.6 16 4.5 2.6- 7.8 5 1.5 0.5- 4.6 12 3.1 1.7- 5.6
Other 154 123 83.1 74.6-89.1 6 3.0 1.2- 7.6 7 4.4 1.9-10.1 12 5.5 2.7-10.9 6 4.1 1.4-11.1
AGE
18-44 176 147 84.9 77.9-90.0 12 7.6 4.0-13.9 7 3.8 1.7- 8.2 5 1.8 0.6- 5.3 5 1.8 0.7- 4.5
45+ 261 211 81.3 74.8-86.4 9 3.3 1.6- 6.3 16 5.3 3.0- 9.3 12 4.6 2.3- 9.2 13 5.5 2.7-10.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 176 135 80.2 71.9-86.5 9 5.2 2.4-11.2 12 5.8 3.0-10.8 10 3.5 1.6- 7.7 10 5.3 2.3-11.5
Some College + 263 225 85.6 79.8-90.0 12 5.8 3.1-10.8 11 3.5 1.7- 7.2 7 2.8 1.1- 6.7 8 2.2 1.1- 4.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 241 191 79.0 72.0-84.6 13 7.4 4.0-13.3 11 4.5 2.3- 8.8 15 5.6 3.0-10.3 11 3.5 1.8- 6.6
$50,000+ 142 125 90.9 84.8-94.7 6 4.3 1.8-10.2 9 4.1 2.0- 8.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9

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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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