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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership***

Healthy Days

Now thinking about your mental health, which includes stress, depression, and problems with emotions,
for how many days during the past 30 days was your mental health not good?

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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 15,371 10,824 69.9 68.8-70.9 1,109 7.9 7.3- 8.6 1,314 8.9 8.3- 9.6 1,128 7.3 6.7- 7.9 996 6.0 5.5- 6.6
-Northeastern Partnership 1,053 757 69.8 66.0-73.4 69 6.8 5.0- 9.1 92 9.5 7.4-12.1 71 7.8 5.9-10.2 64 6.1 4.6- 8.0
GENDER
Male 379 283 73.7 67.6-79.1 18 5.4 2.9- 9.6 24 6.9 4.1-11.2 26 7.6 4.9-11.6 28 6.4 4.3- 9.6
Female 674 474 66.2 61.5-70.6 51 8.1 5.9-11.0 68 12.0 9.2-15.6 45 8.0 5.7-11.2 36 5.7 3.9- 8.4
RACE
White 659 468 68.8 64.0-73.2 48 6.5 4.7- 8.9 57 9.6 6.9-13.1 39 7.6 5.3-10.9 47 7.5 5.4-10.3
African American 340 249 69.7 62.7-75.8 17 7.1 3.5-13.6 30 9.2 6.1-13.6 29 10.0 6.6-14.8 15 4.2 2.4- 7.3
Other Minorities 51 37 76.7 61.2-87.3 4 7.6 2.6-20.1 5 10.5 4.0-25.0 3 2.7 0.7-10.0 2 2.5 0.6-10.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 32 26 83.0 64.2-93.0 2 5.8 1.3-22.6 3 6.8 1.8-22.0 1 4.3 0.6-25.3 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,017 728 68.8 64.9-72.4 67 6.9 5.0- 9.3 88 9.7 7.5-12.4 70 8.1 6.2-10.6 64 6.5 4.9- 8.6
AGE
18-24 38 25 74.3 57.5-86.1 5 10.0 3.6-25.1 4 7.9 2.5-22.4 3 5.8 1.8-17.2 1 2.0 0.3-12.9
25-34 92 57 64.3 53.0-74.2 7 6.9 3.2-14.6 11 9.6 5.0-17.7 11 12.5 6.6-22.6 6 6.6 2.9-14.6
35-44 143 89 60.9 51.5-69.5 7 4.9 2.3-10.2 19 15.5 9.6-24.0 17 12.2 7.2-20.0 11 6.5 3.4-12.1
45-54 233 148 64.9 57.5-71.5 24 8.7 5.6-13.2 29 10.1 6.8-14.9 20 9.6 5.8-15.5 12 6.7 3.6-12.2
55-64 236 174 73.0 66.1-78.9 15 6.7 3.8-11.5 15 6.6 3.9-11.2 10 3.7 1.9- 7.1 22 9.9 6.3-15.3
65-74 178 151 81.2 72.6-87.5 7 4.2 1.9- 9.2 9 7.6 3.4-15.9 5 3.7 1.4- 9.7 6 3.3 1.4- 7.9
75+ 126 106 79.6 68.8-87.3 4 3.2 1.1- 8.8 5 7.3 2.6-19.2 5 4.1 1.7- 9.7 6 5.8 2.4-13.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 218 154 70.1 61.5-77.5 14 6.2 3.4-10.9 15 6.6 3.6-11.9 18 9.8 5.5-16.7 17 7.3 4.3-12.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 364 265 70.6 63.9-76.5 23 7.1 3.9-12.5 24 7.2 4.6-11.4 25 7.5 4.7-11.7 27 7.6 4.9-11.6
Some Post-H.S. 237 167 67.1 58.6-74.6 13 5.0 2.7- 8.8 24 12.1 7.0-20.1 20 10.4 6.3-16.8 13 5.4 2.8-10.0
College Graduate 231 168 70.7 63.2-77.3 19 8.8 5.3-14.5 29 14.0 9.4-20.4 8 3.6 1.7- 7.6 7 2.8 1.2- 6.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 160 94 51.3 41.4-61.2 10 10.1 5.1-19.1 17 9.3 5.4-15.4 20 16.1 9.7-25.3 19 13.3 8.1-21.0
$15,000- 24,999 204 151 72.7 64.2-79.8 13 5.8 3.2-10.3 15 8.7 4.8-15.4 13 5.8 3.0-10.8 12 7.0 3.6-13.0
$25,000- 34,999 139 105 74.2 64.0-82.3 5 1.5 0.6- 3.9 11 8.4 4.2-16.0 13 9.8 5.3-17.5 5 6.1 2.4-14.2
$35,000- 49,999 146 100 66.0 55.0-75.5 11 7.3 3.6-14.2 18 14.2 7.5-25.2 7 7.9 3.4-17.2 10 4.6 2.3- 9.0
$50,000-74,999 120 85 69.1 58.8-77.7 14 11.5 6.6-19.4 14 12.3 7.0-20.9 2 2.6 0.6-11.3 5 4.5 1.8-10.5
$75,000+ 126 100 79.7 70.5-86.6 8 4.9 2.3-10.2 11 8.4 4.4-15.2 5 5.4 2.0-13.7 2 1.6 0.4- 6.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 427 259 54.7 48.5-60.8 26 5.4 3.5- 8.2 46 13.3 9.6-18.2 48 14.2 10.3-19.3 48 12.3 9.0-16.7
No 596 474 78.4 73.6-82.5 43 7.9 5.3-11.5 44 7.4 5.0-10.7 21 4.1 2.5- 6.7 14 2.3 1.2- 4.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 147 109 71.2 61.5-79.4 9 5.8 2.9-11.4 9 7.4 3.4-15.2 8 7.0 3.1-14.9 12 8.6 4.7-15.2
Non-Veteran 903 646 69.6 65.5-73.5 60 6.9 5.0- 9.6 82 9.8 7.5-12.7 63 8.0 5.9-10.6 52 5.6 4.1- 7.7

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^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.

**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.

***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, 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.

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