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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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 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
-Piedmont NC 8,648 6,961 81.4 80.3-82.6 461 5.8 5.1- 6.5 430 5.1 4.4- 5.8 435 4.6 4.1- 5.3 361 3.1 2.6- 3.5
GENDER
Male 3,219 2,698 84.5 82.7-86.2 138 4.7 3.8- 5.9 125 4.4 3.5- 5.7 106 3.0 2.3- 3.9 152 3.3 2.7- 4.1
Female 5,429 4,263 78.4 76.9-79.9 323 6.8 5.9- 7.8 305 5.7 4.9- 6.6 329 6.3 5.5- 7.2 209 2.8 2.3- 3.3
RACE
White 6,701 5,391 80.9 79.6-82.2 374 6.3 5.4- 7.2 331 5.2 4.4- 6.0 324 4.7 4.1- 5.5 281 2.9 2.5- 3.4
African American 1,327 1,051 81.4 78.5-84.0 61 4.5 3.3- 6.1 66 4.4 3.1- 6.2 87 5.8 4.4- 7.6 62 3.9 2.8- 5.6
Other Minorities 578 481 83.9 79.5-87.5 25 4.9 3.0- 8.0 31 5.6 3.5- 8.6 24 2.9 1.6- 5.1 17 2.7 1.4- 5.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 478 420 87.6 83.1-91.1 17 4.6 2.6- 8.0 19 3.7 2.0- 6.7 16 2.6 1.3- 5.1 6 1.5 0.5- 4.2
Non-Hispanic 8,153 6,527 80.7 79.5-81.9 444 5.9 5.2- 6.7 409 5.2 4.5- 6.0 418 4.9 4.3- 5.6 355 3.2 2.8- 3.7
AGE
18-24 337 275 81.1 75.6-85.6 29 8.4 5.5-12.4 18 5.4 3.1- 9.3 12 4.0 2.1- 7.3 3 1.1 0.3- 3.8
25-34 1,054 868 82.0 78.8-84.8 59 5.8 4.2- 8.0 64 6.0 4.4- 8.2 47 4.7 3.3- 6.6 16 1.5 0.8- 2.8
35-44 1,564 1,269 82.4 79.9-84.6 125 7.6 6.2- 9.3 74 4.9 3.7- 6.6 61 3.1 2.3- 4.2 35 2.0 1.3- 3.1
45-54 1,714 1,338 80.3 78.0-82.4 104 5.2 4.2- 6.5 92 5.1 4.0- 6.6 105 5.5 4.4- 6.9 75 3.8 2.9- 5.0
55-64 1,686 1,305 78.7 76.2-81.0 83 4.6 3.5- 6.1 86 4.7 3.6- 6.0 117 7.2 5.8- 9.0 95 4.8 3.8- 6.2
65-74 1,264 1,042 83.6 81.1-85.8 36 2.8 1.9- 4.1 59 4.5 3.4- 5.9 53 3.7 2.7- 5.1 74 5.4 4.1- 7.1
75+ 960 806 83.0 79.8-85.7 21 2.2 1.3- 3.7 35 3.9 2.7- 5.6 36 4.6 3.1- 6.7 62 6.4 4.8- 8.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,231 938 78.1 74.7-81.2 28 3.3 2.0- 5.5 60 4.6 3.3- 6.4 86 7.0 5.2- 9.4 119 7.0 5.4- 8.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,504 2,012 80.4 78.0-82.7 118 5.2 4.0- 6.6 131 5.8 4.4- 7.6 131 5.2 4.1- 6.6 112 3.4 2.5- 4.5
Some Post-H.S. 2,101 1,678 81.6 79.1-83.8 120 6.6 5.1- 8.6 120 5.1 4.0- 6.5 120 4.7 3.7- 6.0 63 2.0 1.5- 2.6
College Graduate 2,787 2,311 83.5 81.7-85.2 195 6.7 5.7- 8.0 119 4.7 3.7- 5.9 96 3.1 2.3- 4.0 66 2.0 1.5- 2.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 868 553 67.2 62.2-71.9 27 2.8 1.7- 4.8 66 7.9 5.4-11.5 110 11.9 9.1-15.5 112 10.1 7.8-12.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,350 1,025 75.5 71.9-78.8 72 6.3 4.5- 8.6 91 7.0 5.2- 9.5 90 6.6 4.9- 8.7 72 4.6 3.3- 6.5
$25,000- 34,999 964 784 82.6 79.0-85.7 48 4.8 3.2- 7.2 42 3.8 2.7- 5.3 56 6.6 4.5- 9.6 34 2.2 1.5- 3.3
$35,000- 49,999 1,190 985 82.4 79.2-85.2 71 6.2 4.4- 8.6 54 5.4 3.8- 7.6 44 3.7 2.6- 5.4 36 2.3 1.6- 3.4
$50,000-74,999 1,118 955 85.1 81.8-87.9 71 7.8 5.6-10.7 39 3.2 2.0- 5.1 36 2.9 1.9- 4.5 17 0.9 0.6- 1.6
$75,000+ 1,883 1,601 85.5 83.5-87.4 129 6.7 5.4- 8.2 85 4.5 3.5- 5.8 45 2.3 1.6- 3.2 23 1.0 0.6- 1.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,908 1,836 63.5 60.9-66.0 162 6.2 5.0- 7.7 245 9.4 7.8-11.3 334 11.6 10.1-13.3 331 9.3 8.1-10.7
No 5,471 4,896 88.9 87.7-90.0 288 5.7 4.8- 6.6 172 3.3 2.7- 4.0 91 1.6 1.2- 2.1 24 0.5 0.3- 0.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,138 933 81.8 78.6-84.6 43 4.5 3.0- 6.6 56 5.3 3.8- 7.4 43 3.8 2.6- 5.5 63 4.6 3.4- 6.2
Non-Veteran 7,493 6,012 81.4 80.1-82.6 417 5.9 5.2- 6.8 374 5.1 4.4- 5.8 392 4.8 4.2- 5.5 298 2.8 2.4- 3.3

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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.

** 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, 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.

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