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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 1,992 1,570 80.8 78.5-82.9 106 5.7 4.4- 7.3 109 4.8 3.8- 6.0 110 4.9 3.9- 6.1 97 3.8 3.0- 4.9
GENDER
Male 711 568 81.4 77.5-84.7 37 6.0 3.9- 8.9 27 3.6 2.2- 5.6 36 4.5 3.1- 6.6 43 4.6 3.2- 6.6
Female 1,281 1,002 80.3 77.6-82.8 69 5.5 4.1- 7.4 82 5.9 4.6- 7.5 74 5.2 3.9- 6.8 54 3.1 2.3- 4.3
RACE
White 1,775 1,403 80.5 78.1-82.7 90 5.6 4.3- 7.3 98 5.2 4.1- 6.6 97 4.7 3.7- 5.9 87 4.0 3.1- 5.2
African American 94 74 83.9 73.0-90.9 3 1.7 0.5- 6.1 7 5.0 2.2-11.1 3 5.6 1.6-18.0 7 3.7 1.6- 8.3
Other Minorities 122 92 81.6 70.9-89.0 13 9.8 4.5-20.0 4 0.6 0.2- 1.9 10 6.1 2.7-13.6 3 1.8 0.5- 6.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 79 61 85.4 74.1-92.3 9 8.9 3.7-19.8 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 7 5.2 1.9-13.3 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,911 1,507 80.4 78.1-82.5 97 5.5 4.2- 7.1 107 5.2 4.1- 6.5 103 4.8 3.8- 6.1 97 4.1 3.2- 5.2
AGE
18-24 101 85 88.0 79.0-93.5 8 6.4 2.6-14.8 7 5.1 2.1-11.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 267 206 78.6 72.2-83.8 24 9.6 6.0-15.1 22 6.2 3.9- 9.8 9 3.7 1.8- 7.4 6 1.9 0.7- 4.9
35-44 312 241 80.2 74.5-85.0 17 5.5 2.9-10.3 20 4.3 2.6- 7.0 24 7.6 4.8-11.8 10 2.4 1.1- 4.9
45-54 348 259 74.0 68.1-79.2 28 7.0 4.6-10.4 16 5.1 2.9- 8.9 25 7.5 4.7-11.8 20 6.3 3.7-10.6
55-64 378 284 78.4 73.3-82.8 17 4.0 2.3- 7.1 21 4.7 2.9- 7.6 27 6.4 4.0-10.0 29 6.5 4.2- 9.8
65-74 305 260 86.3 81.3-90.1 6 1.9 0.8- 4.6 13 4.3 2.3- 8.1 15 3.9 2.1- 7.1 11 3.5 1.9- 6.6
75+ 273 228 84.3 78.5-88.7 6 2.4 0.9- 6.1 9 2.7 1.4- 5.2 9 3.1 1.5- 6.3 21 7.5 4.5-12.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 342 257 78.6 72.5-83.6 12 4.4 2.1- 9.0 17 3.8 2.1- 6.8 22 5.4 3.2- 8.9 34 7.9 5.1-11.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 610 482 81.9 77.8-85.3 31 5.2 3.3- 7.9 34 4.6 3.0- 7.0 34 4.9 3.3- 7.4 29 3.4 2.2- 5.4
Some Post-H.S. 479 369 78.8 73.7-83.1 30 7.3 4.4-12.0 30 5.4 3.6- 8.1 30 5.3 3.4- 8.0 20 3.2 2.0- 5.2
College Graduate 552 455 83.1 79.0-86.6 33 5.9 3.9- 8.9 28 5.3 3.4- 8.2 22 3.8 2.3- 6.3 14 1.8 1.0- 3.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 279 186 66.2 57.6-73.8 11 8.2 3.5-18.1 17 6.5 3.3-12.5 36 11.0 7.3-16.2 29 8.1 5.1-12.6
$15,000- 24,999 414 313 78.0 72.6-82.6 29 7.7 4.9-12.0 20 3.8 2.2- 6.3 22 4.8 2.9- 7.8 30 5.7 3.6- 9.0
$25,000- 34,999 267 202 75.0 68.1-80.8 19 8.0 4.7-13.4 25 8.8 5.6-13.4 14 6.5 3.7-11.3 7 1.7 0.7- 4.2
$35,000- 49,999 294 233 81.9 76.4-86.4 19 5.1 3.1- 8.3 22 7.4 4.5-12.0 12 2.7 1.4- 5.2 8 2.8 1.3- 6.0
$50,000-74,999 215 191 91.3 86.6-94.4 11 3.9 2.0- 7.3 6 1.6 0.6- 3.9 2 1.1 0.3- 4.4 5 2.1 0.8- 5.4
$75,000+ 226 199 89.8 84.4-93.5 10 3.1 1.2- 7.9 9 3.6 1.8- 6.9 7 3.1 1.4- 6.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 667 402 61.1 56.1-65.9 33 6.0 3.6- 9.7 54 7.4 5.5-10.1 90 13.5 10.5-17.1 88 12.0 9.3-15.2
No 1,274 1,122 88.8 86.5-90.8 72 5.8 4.3- 7.7 53 3.7 2.7- 5.2 20 1.4 0.8- 2.3 7 0.3 0.1- 0.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 263 215 83.3 77.3-87.9 7 1.7 0.7- 3.9 5 1.2 0.4- 3.7 14 5.3 2.9- 9.5 22 8.5 5.2-13.7
Non-Veteran 1,728 1,354 80.4 78.0-82.7 99 6.3 4.9- 8.1 104 5.3 4.2- 6.7 96 4.8 3.8- 6.1 75 3.1 2.4- 4.1

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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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