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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 2,121 1,487 68.5 65.3-71.6 128 6.1 4.8- 7.8 199 11.4 9.0-14.2 171 7.9 6.5- 9.6 136 6.1 4.7- 7.8
GENDER
Male 660 497 72.9 67.2-77.9 30 4.5 2.8- 7.3 49 11.0 7.1-16.7 43 6.3 4.4- 9.0 41 5.3 3.4- 8.2
Female 1,461 990 64.6 61.0-68.0 98 7.6 5.8- 9.8 150 11.7 9.4-14.5 128 9.4 7.5-11.6 95 6.8 5.1- 9.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 20 12 58.6 30.9-81.8 2 16.5 3.8-49.5 2 3.5 0.8-14.2 1 2.3 0.3-15.4 3 19.1 5.0-51.5
-English Speaking 20 12 58.6 30.9-81.8 2 16.5 3.8-49.5 2 3.5 0.8-14.2 1 2.3 0.3-15.4 3 19.1 5.0-51.5
Non-Hispanic 2,091 1,469 68.7 65.5-71.8 126 6.1 4.7- 7.7 195 11.4 9.1-14.3 168 7.8 6.4- 9.4 133 6.0 4.7- 7.7
AGE
18-24 103 63 58.1 46.1-69.2 7 7.0 3.2-14.7 17 21.7 12.8-34.4 9 6.3 2.9-13.0 7 6.9 2.7-16.1
25-34 262 155 61.0 51.7-69.6 21 7.3 3.9-13.0 44 17.9 10.8-28.0 26 8.6 5.5-13.4 16 5.3 2.7-10.0
35-44 364 235 65.5 58.8-71.7 32 8.6 5.5-13.3 35 8.6 5.5-13.0 39 9.7 6.5-14.3 23 7.5 4.5-12.4
45-54 462 306 70.6 65.1-75.5 30 5.5 3.5- 8.4 43 8.2 5.7-11.8 44 10.2 7.2-14.4 39 5.5 3.6- 8.3
55-64 441 317 73.7 67.8-78.9 27 5.2 3.3- 8.1 31 6.9 4.2-11.0 33 7.4 4.3-12.2 33 6.8 4.5-10.2
65-74 303 253 83.0 76.6-87.8 9 3.4 1.5- 7.5 16 4.6 2.5- 8.5 14 3.8 2.0- 7.0 11 5.2 2.5-10.7
75+ 171 145 85.7 78.2-90.9 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 12 5.3 2.5-10.8 5 4.0 1.5-10.3 7 4.2 1.9- 9.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 426 292 63.6 55.8-70.8 21 6.0 3.1-11.4 37 14.1 8.7-22.2 36 6.9 4.5-10.5 40 9.3 5.9-14.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 716 500 69.8 64.4-74.7 51 7.4 5.2-10.5 70 9.6 6.4-14.0 50 6.2 4.3- 8.9 45 7.0 4.4-10.9
Some Post-H.S. 568 397 67.6 60.8-73.7 32 4.7 2.8- 7.7 48 12.0 7.1-19.6 55 10.8 7.7-14.9 36 5.0 3.2- 7.6
College Graduate 409 296 71.8 65.5-77.3 24 6.0 3.4-10.4 44 11.2 7.8-15.9 30 7.8 5.0-12.0 15 3.2 1.7- 6.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 351 209 59.7 51.8-67.2 20 6.2 3.1-12.0 38 11.9 7.0-19.6 48 14.3 9.8-20.4 36 7.9 5.2-11.8
$15,000- 24,999 481 340 66.1 58.2-73.3 28 7.0 4.0-11.8 43 11.8 6.2-21.3 34 7.6 5.0-11.6 36 7.5 4.7-11.7
$25,000- 34,999 307 219 68.3 59.3-76.1 24 6.3 3.6-10.7 31 15.2 8.8-25.1 20 6.2 3.7-10.1 13 4.0 2.1- 7.5
$35,000- 49,999 290 205 70.9 63.3-77.5 18 6.7 3.4-12.7 27 7.0 4.5-10.7 28 11.3 6.9-18.0 12 4.1 2.1- 7.7
$50,000-74,999 211 159 74.1 64.3-81.9 13 5.1 2.2-11.5 17 6.5 3.7-11.2 12 6.4 3.0-13.0 10 7.9 3.2-18.2
$75,000+ 169 129 71.4 60.7-80.2 11 6.0 3.2-11.1 18 17.2 9.7-28.8 8 3.9 1.8- 8.4 3 1.4 0.4- 4.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 773 449 53.2 47.4-58.8 44 6.6 4.2-10.2 82 14.0 9.1-20.8 91 12.5 9.5-16.2 107 13.8 10.7-17.6
No 1,228 958 76.3 72.5-79.7 73 5.5 4.0- 7.6 103 9.9 7.4-13.1 68 5.7 4.2- 7.7 26 2.6 1.4- 4.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 274 205 73.8 64.8-81.1 13 3.2 1.7- 6.2 15 7.0 2.5-18.0 23 10.0 6.0-16.3 18 6.0 3.3-10.4
Non-Veteran 1,847 1,282 67.7 64.3-71.0 115 6.6 5.1- 8.4 184 12.0 9.5-15.1 148 7.6 6.1- 9.4 118 6.1 4.6- 8.0

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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.

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