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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 15,462 12,398 81.1 80.2-81.9 750 5.4 4.9- 5.9 797 5.2 4.8- 5.8 800 4.6 4.2- 5.0 717 3.7 3.4- 4.1
GENDER
Male 5,670 4,696 83.6 82.2-84.9 234 4.8 4.1- 5.7 231 4.4 3.7- 5.2 202 3.1 2.5- 3.7 307 4.2 3.6- 4.8
Female 9,792 7,702 78.7 77.5-79.8 516 5.9 5.3- 6.7 566 6.0 5.4- 6.7 598 6.0 5.4- 6.7 410 3.3 2.9- 3.7
RACE
White 11,660 9,349 80.7 79.7-81.7 590 5.7 5.1- 6.4 603 5.4 4.8- 6.0 564 4.5 4.0- 5.0 554 3.7 3.3- 4.1
African American 2,565 2,028 80.5 78.5-82.5 107 4.3 3.4- 5.4 131 4.9 3.8- 6.1 176 6.0 5.0- 7.3 123 4.3 3.4- 5.4
Asian 105 88 84.5 72.7-91.8 3 1.7 0.5- 5.7 5 9.2 3.5-22.3 9 4.5 2.1- 9.7 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 297 210 68.2 60.2-75.2 15 5.2 2.8- 9.3 25 10.4 6.4-16.5 28 9.0 5.2-15.1 19 7.2 4.1-12.5
Other Minorities 769 665 86.2 82.6-89.2 33 5.1 3.4- 7.7 29 3.5 2.1- 5.7 22 2.2 1.2- 3.9 20 3.0 1.6- 5.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 809 704 87.1 83.6-89.9 38 5.4 3.7- 7.8 32 3.4 2.1- 5.5 22 2.1 1.2- 3.8 13 2.1 1.0- 4.3
-English Speaking 311 252 79.5 72.4-85.1 20 8.0 5.0-12.7 19 7.5 3.8-14.5 13 3.0 1.7- 5.4 7 1.9 0.7- 5.6
-Spanish Speaking 497 451 89.8 85.8-92.8 18 4.4 2.5- 7.5 13 1.9 1.0- 3.4 9 1.8 0.8- 4.2 6 2.1 0.8- 5.2
Non-Hispanic 14,623 11,671 80.4 79.5-81.3 712 5.4 4.9- 6.0 762 5.4 4.9- 6.0 776 4.8 4.4- 5.3 702 3.9 3.5- 4.3
AGE
18-24 624 505 82.5 78.7-85.8 53 8.0 5.8-10.9 40 5.5 3.7- 8.0 19 3.1 1.9- 5.2 7 0.9 0.3- 2.2
25-34 1,858 1,537 83.1 80.8-85.2 107 5.5 4.3- 7.0 111 5.6 4.4- 7.1 76 4.4 3.3- 5.9 27 1.4 0.9- 2.3
35-44 2,657 2,125 80.6 78.7-82.5 187 7.0 5.9- 8.3 158 6.2 5.1- 7.5 114 3.3 2.7- 4.2 73 2.8 2.1- 3.9
45-54 3,065 2,399 79.3 77.5-81.1 173 5.1 4.3- 6.1 159 5.2 4.3- 6.2 183 5.4 4.6- 6.5 151 4.9 4.0- 6.1
55-64 3,074 2,370 77.8 75.9-79.5 132 4.4 3.6- 5.5 163 4.8 4.0- 5.8 211 6.7 5.7- 7.9 198 6.3 5.3- 7.4
65-74 2,326 1,912 82.3 80.4-84.1 58 2.4 1.8- 3.3 102 4.3 3.4- 5.3 106 4.5 3.6- 5.6 148 6.5 5.4- 7.8
75+ 1,748 1,459 83.5 81.3-85.5 31 1.7 1.1- 2.6 60 3.7 2.8- 4.9 86 4.9 3.8- 6.3 112 6.2 5.0- 7.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,322 1,750 77.2 74.6-79.6 56 3.5 2.4- 5.0 111 4.2 3.3- 5.4 161 6.3 5.0- 8.0 244 8.7 7.3-10.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,679 3,775 81.1 79.4-82.7 192 4.8 3.9- 5.9 226 5.4 4.4- 6.5 267 5.1 4.3- 6.0 219 3.7 3.0- 4.4
Some Post-H.S. 3,840 3,032 80.4 78.6-82.1 202 6.0 4.9- 7.2 247 6.1 5.1- 7.2 217 4.8 4.0- 5.6 142 2.8 2.3- 3.4
College Graduate 4,583 3,810 83.6 82.2-85.0 299 6.5 5.6- 7.4 212 4.9 4.1- 5.9 153 3.0 2.4- 3.7 109 2.0 1.6- 2.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,734 1,103 66.0 62.6-69.3 58 3.3 2.3- 4.7 117 6.9 5.2- 9.0 228 12.5 10.3-15.1 228 11.3 9.6-13.3
$15,000- 24,999 2,549 1,971 78.1 75.7-80.3 101 4.4 3.4- 5.8 160 6.3 5.1- 7.8 165 5.8 4.7- 7.1 152 5.4 4.3- 6.8
$25,000- 34,999 1,865 1,515 80.8 78.1-83.3 83 5.4 3.8- 7.6 103 5.6 4.3- 7.2 96 5.3 4.0- 7.0 68 2.8 2.1- 3.7
$35,000- 49,999 2,196 1,819 82.1 79.8-84.2 123 6.4 5.0- 8.1 105 5.3 4.1- 6.9 88 3.8 2.9- 4.9 61 2.4 1.7- 3.2
$50,000-74,999 2,012 1,710 85.1 82.9-87.2 119 6.6 5.1- 8.4 79 3.8 2.7- 5.2 62 2.8 2.1- 3.9 42 1.6 1.2- 2.3
$75,000+ 2,836 2,417 85.6 84.0-87.1 193 6.7 5.6- 7.9 133 4.7 3.8- 5.8 61 2.1 1.5- 2.8 32 0.9 0.6- 1.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,482 3,449 62.6 60.8-64.4 273 5.5 4.7- 6.4 459 9.2 8.1-10.4 636 11.5 10.4-12.8 665 11.2 10.1-12.3
No 9,494 8,522 89.1 88.1-90.0 460 5.4 4.8- 6.1 317 3.5 3.0- 4.1 152 1.5 1.2- 1.8 43 0.5 0.3- 0.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,260 1,833 80.8 78.5-82.8 79 4.1 3.1- 5.4 118 5.7 4.5- 7.2 91 3.6 2.8- 4.6 139 5.8 4.8- 7.1
Non-Veteran 13,172 10,537 81.1 80.1-82.0 670 5.6 5.0- 6.2 679 5.2 4.7- 5.7 708 4.7 4.3- 5.3 578 3.4 3.0- 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.

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