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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 14,632 11,482 79.4 78.4-80.4 737 5.5 5.0- 6.1 803 5.7 5.1- 6.3 824 5.4 4.9- 5.9 786 4.0 3.6- 4.4
-Eastern NC 4,718 3,669 79.4 77.8-81.0 223 4.9 4.1- 5.9 271 5.7 4.9- 6.7 281 5.4 4.6- 6.3 274 4.6 3.9- 5.3
GENDER
Male 1,629 1,300 82.0 79.5-84.3 60 3.6 2.7- 4.9 84 5.1 3.9- 6.7 87 4.9 3.7- 6.4 98 4.4 3.4- 5.6
Female 3,089 2,369 76.9 74.8-79.0 163 6.1 4.8- 7.8 187 6.3 5.2- 7.6 194 5.9 4.9- 6.9 176 4.7 3.9- 5.8
RACE
White 3,195 2,506 79.4 77.3-81.3 157 5.3 4.1- 6.7 180 5.9 4.8- 7.2 181 5.1 4.2- 6.1 171 4.4 3.6- 5.4
African American 1,070 835 80.7 77.5-83.6 30 2.3 1.6- 3.5 70 6.3 4.6- 8.4 63 5.6 3.9- 7.9 72 5.1 3.9- 6.6
Other Minorities 432 309 76.6 71.0-81.4 35 8.4 5.5-12.6 21 3.9 2.3- 6.5 36 6.7 4.4-10.1 31 4.5 2.7- 7.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 214 169 82.5 75.5-87.8 15 6.4 3.4-11.7 9 3.2 1.4- 6.8 14 5.1 2.6- 9.5 7 2.9 1.1- 7.4
Non-Hispanic 4,487 3,486 79.3 77.6-80.9 207 4.8 3.9- 5.8 262 6.0 5.1- 7.0 265 5.3 4.5- 6.2 267 4.7 4.0- 5.5
AGE
18-24 176 145 85.7 78.8-90.6 12 6.2 3.0-12.6 11 4.6 2.4- 8.5 4 1.1 0.4- 3.2 4 2.4 0.8- 6.5
25-34 551 433 80.4 75.8-84.4 45 6.9 4.8- 9.9 41 7.2 4.8-10.7 26 4.3 2.6- 7.2 6 1.1 0.4- 2.9
35-44 749 589 78.5 74.6-81.9 42 5.0 3.5- 6.9 53 7.2 5.2- 9.8 47 6.7 4.7- 9.3 18 2.7 1.5- 4.9
45-54 927 691 75.8 72.4-78.8 51 4.7 3.5- 6.4 47 5.3 3.8- 7.2 74 8.2 6.3-10.6 64 6.1 4.6- 8.0
55-64 987 730 74.5 71.1-77.6 42 4.2 3.0- 5.9 60 5.7 4.2- 7.8 66 6.4 4.8- 8.5 89 9.1 7.2-11.6
65-74 768 624 82.5 79.2-85.4 17 2.4 1.4- 4.2 36 3.9 2.7- 5.7 41 5.0 3.5- 7.1 50 6.1 4.4- 8.4
75+ 532 430 80.1 75.5-84.1 14 2.3 1.3- 4.1 23 4.3 2.6- 6.9 22 5.4 3.3- 8.9 43 7.8 5.4-11.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 701 496 76.3 71.6-80.5 31 3.8 2.4- 5.9 35 4.9 3.0- 7.8 51 6.7 4.7- 9.7 88 8.2 6.2-10.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,526 1,178 78.2 75.3-80.9 61 4.7 3.4- 6.4 90 5.8 4.5- 7.5 101 6.5 5.0- 8.4 96 4.8 3.7- 6.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,261 967 78.4 74.8-81.6 69 6.3 4.2- 9.2 82 6.6 4.8- 9.0 77 4.4 3.4- 5.7 66 4.3 3.0- 6.0
College Graduate 1,224 1,022 84.3 81.6-86.6 62 4.5 3.3- 5.9 64 5.1 3.8- 6.9 52 4.1 2.9- 5.6 24 2.1 1.3- 3.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 522 334 69.6 63.9-74.7 16 3.2 1.6- 6.3 32 4.3 2.7- 6.8 64 11.1 7.9-15.2 76 11.8 9.0-15.5
$15,000- 24,999 836 612 72.3 67.6-76.6 40 6.0 4.0- 8.9 63 7.7 5.6-10.6 67 8.0 5.8-11.1 54 5.9 4.0- 8.6
$25,000- 34,999 584 450 77.4 72.4-81.7 28 4.3 2.8- 6.7 39 8.1 5.3-12.2 35 5.7 3.8- 8.4 32 4.6 2.9- 7.1
$35,000- 49,999 658 533 81.4 77.1-85.0 35 5.4 3.4- 8.5 36 5.1 3.4- 7.8 27 3.8 2.4- 6.1 27 4.3 2.7- 6.6
$50,000-74,999 654 537 83.5 79.6-86.7 37 5.4 3.6- 7.9 39 5.5 3.7- 8.1 27 3.9 2.5- 5.8 14 1.8 0.8- 3.8
$75,000+ 793 672 83.9 80.3-87.0 44 4.9 3.5- 7.0 37 5.4 3.5- 8.1 28 3.7 2.4- 5.7 12 2.1 1.0- 4.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,752 1,039 60.3 56.8-63.6 84 4.7 3.6- 6.1 148 8.9 7.1-11.1 223 13.0 11.0-15.4 258 13.1 11.2-15.3
No 2,775 2,463 88.3 86.5-90.0 132 5.2 4.0- 6.7 116 4.3 3.4- 5.4 52 1.8 1.3- 2.5 12 0.3 0.2- 0.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 783 620 80.0 76.2-83.3 30 3.9 2.5- 6.0 41 5.6 3.8- 8.3 40 4.8 3.3- 6.9 52 5.7 4.1- 7.8
Non-Veteran 3,934 3,048 79.3 77.5-81.0 193 5.1 4.1- 6.3 230 5.7 4.8- 6.8 241 5.5 4.7- 6.5 222 4.3 3.6- 5.2

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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.

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