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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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 14,510 10,194 68.4 67.1-69.6 1,048 8.0 7.3- 8.8 1,234 9.2 8.4- 9.9 1,103 8.5 7.7- 9.4 931 5.9 5.4- 6.5
-Eastern NC 4,671 3,297 68.3 66.2-70.3 332 7.5 6.4- 8.7 383 9.7 8.4-11.3 355 8.1 7.1- 9.3 304 6.3 5.4- 7.5
GENDER
Male 1,617 1,244 73.3 69.9-76.5 88 5.6 4.1- 7.5 99 8.5 6.4-11.3 93 6.5 5.1- 8.3 93 6.1 4.5- 8.1
Female 3,054 2,053 63.4 61.0-65.8 244 9.3 7.9-11.0 284 10.9 9.4-12.8 262 9.7 8.3-11.4 211 6.6 5.6- 7.8
RACE
White 3,163 2,242 67.5 64.9-70.0 242 8.5 7.1-10.1 240 9.2 7.6-11.0 238 8.5 7.2-10.1 201 6.4 5.2- 7.8
African American 1,062 740 67.0 62.4-71.2 59 6.0 4.2- 8.5 105 12.3 8.9-16.6 81 7.7 5.9-10.1 77 7.1 5.0- 9.9
Other Minorities 425 300 75.5 69.8-80.4 29 5.0 3.0- 8.3 37 7.9 5.3-11.8 33 6.7 4.4-10.2 26 4.9 3.0- 7.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 211 163 81.5 74.4-87.0 13 4.7 2.2- 9.7 11 4.8 2.5- 9.1 16 5.6 3.0-10.1 8 3.4 1.5- 7.7
Non-Hispanic 4,443 3,121 67.2 65.1-69.3 318 7.7 6.6- 9.0 371 10.2 8.7-11.9 337 8.2 7.1- 9.5 296 6.6 5.6- 7.8
AGE
18-24 173 99 56.0 46.6-64.9 16 10.2 5.9-17.0 26 17.6 11.2-26.6 19 9.5 5.6-15.6 13 6.8 3.5-12.5
25-34 548 339 66.0 60.8-70.9 50 7.5 5.3-10.5 72 11.4 8.6-15.0 57 9.0 6.6-12.1 30 6.1 3.6-10.1
35-44 747 471 65.1 60.8-69.3 78 10.2 7.9-13.1 85 10.9 8.3-14.1 70 8.9 6.7-11.7 43 4.9 3.5- 7.0
45-54 919 607 67.6 63.9-71.1 78 7.5 5.8- 9.6 77 8.2 6.3-10.6 79 8.6 6.7-11.1 78 8.1 6.3-10.3
55-64 978 686 71.4 68.0-74.7 68 6.4 4.9- 8.3 62 5.9 4.4- 7.9 82 9.1 7.1-11.6 80 7.2 5.6- 9.3
65-74 746 628 85.1 82.0-87.8 24 2.9 1.9- 4.5 35 4.6 3.1- 6.6 27 3.2 2.1- 5.0 32 4.2 2.8- 6.2
75+ 532 444 81.3 76.8-85.1 18 3.2 1.8- 5.5 24 4.6 3.0- 7.1 18 4.3 2.5- 7.4 28 6.6 4.3-10.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 701 482 68.2 62.2-73.8 32 4.2 2.6- 6.7 60 10.8 7.0-16.2 57 8.0 5.7-11.3 70 8.8 6.0-12.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,504 1,058 66.3 62.4-69.9 108 7.9 5.9-10.3 111 10.0 7.5-13.2 115 8.0 6.2-10.1 112 7.9 6.0-10.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,246 866 67.6 63.4-71.5 85 7.4 5.3-10.0 109 9.8 7.4-13.0 113 10.0 7.8-12.8 73 5.2 3.7- 7.3
College Graduate 1,213 884 71.9 68.6-75.1 107 9.3 7.4-11.6 103 8.7 6.8-11.0 70 6.3 4.7- 8.4 49 3.8 2.7- 5.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 516 308 61.8 55.2-68.0 28 3.6 2.3- 5.5 53 12.5 7.8-19.5 55 10.1 7.0-14.2 72 12.0 9.1-15.7
$15,000- 24,999 827 556 65.6 60.5-70.5 59 6.5 4.5- 9.3 62 8.1 5.9-11.2 72 9.8 7.0-13.5 78 9.9 7.2-13.6
$25,000- 34,999 583 399 61.5 55.2-67.5 45 7.5 5.0-11.1 52 13.2 8.5-19.9 48 8.9 6.3-12.5 39 8.8 5.8-13.1
$35,000- 49,999 653 454 67.3 62.0-72.1 49 7.5 5.1-11.1 65 11.1 7.9-15.4 64 10.7 7.9-14.3 21 3.4 2.0- 5.7
$50,000-74,999 651 468 69.2 63.8-74.2 48 10.8 7.2-15.7 59 9.9 6.9-13.8 50 7.2 5.2-10.0 26 2.9 1.8- 4.7
$75,000+ 789 615 76.5 72.0-80.5 73 8.7 6.7-11.3 50 7.3 4.6-11.4 35 5.5 3.7- 8.2 16 1.9 1.1- 3.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,730 1,039 56.9 53.3-60.5 102 5.4 4.1- 7.0 155 10.2 8.0-12.9 209 13.3 11.2-15.8 225 14.1 11.7-16.9
No 2,757 2,120 73.8 71.2-76.3 218 8.6 7.2-10.4 215 9.8 8.0-11.9 134 5.5 4.4- 6.9 70 2.3 1.7- 3.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 777 599 76.3 71.6-80.5 40 4.6 3.2- 6.5 45 7.1 4.1-11.8 48 6.8 4.9- 9.5 45 5.2 3.6- 7.4
Non-Veteran 3,893 2,698 66.6 64.3-68.9 292 8.1 6.8- 9.5 337 10.3 8.8-12.0 307 8.4 7.2- 9.8 259 6.6 5.5- 7.9

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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.

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