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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 5,307 4,289 82.0 80.4-83.4 213 4.5 3.7- 5.4 253 5.0 4.2- 6.1 265 4.8 4.0- 5.7 287 3.7 3.2- 4.3
Female 9,325 7,193 77.0 75.7-78.3 524 6.5 5.8- 7.4 550 6.3 5.5- 7.1 559 5.9 5.3- 6.6 499 4.3 3.8- 4.8
RACE
White 11,480 9,021 78.9 77.7-80.0 592 5.6 5.0- 6.3 619 5.8 5.2- 6.6 641 5.5 4.9- 6.1 607 4.2 3.7- 4.7
African American 2,133 1,666 79.6 76.9-82.0 77 5.0 3.5- 7.0 131 5.7 4.5- 7.2 127 5.6 4.4- 7.1 132 4.2 3.4- 5.3
Asian 103 86 90.2 82.7-94.7 6 2.8 1.1- 6.9 8 5.7 2.3-13.2 2 0.7 0.2- 2.8 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1
Native American 271 175 65.0 56.1-72.9 18 4.7 2.7- 8.2 21 7.4 4.4-12.3 28 13.4 7.5-22.8 29 9.4 5.5-15.6
Other Minorities 589 481 84.3 80.2-87.6 43 6.7 4.6- 9.7 24 3.9 2.4- 6.5 25 3.3 1.9- 5.6 16 1.8 0.9- 3.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 593 487 86.5 82.9-89.4 37 4.7 3.2- 6.9 31 4.1 2.6- 6.3 21 3.0 1.7- 5.3 17 1.8 1.0- 3.3
-English Speaking 237 185 82.1 75.2-87.3 14 6.2 3.2-11.8 16 4.9 2.8- 8.5 12 2.8 1.5- 5.3 10 4.0 1.7- 9.2
-Spanish Speaking 356 302 88.0 83.7-91.3 23 4.1 2.6- 6.6 15 3.8 2.1- 6.7 9 3.0 1.4- 6.3 7 1.0 0.4- 2.4
Non-Hispanic 14,002 10,964 78.9 77.8-79.9 699 5.6 5.0- 6.3 772 5.8 5.2- 6.5 800 5.5 5.0- 6.1 767 4.2 3.8- 4.6
AGE
18-24 490 383 79.7 74.9-83.8 37 7.3 4.9-10.8 38 7.8 5.2-11.6 24 4.0 2.4- 6.4 8 1.2 0.6- 2.6
25-34 1,498 1,196 82.8 80.2-85.0 127 7.2 5.8- 8.9 92 5.2 4.0- 6.8 65 4.0 2.9- 5.5 18 0.9 0.5- 1.5
35-44 2,329 1,803 77.6 75.3-79.7 165 6.6 5.4- 8.0 164 6.8 5.6- 8.3 124 5.6 4.4- 7.0 73 3.5 2.6- 4.7
45-54 2,908 2,188 75.9 73.8-77.8 180 5.7 4.7- 6.8 165 5.9 4.8- 7.1 198 7.0 5.9- 8.3 177 5.6 4.6- 6.7
55-64 3,046 2,318 76.8 74.8-78.7 128 4.0 3.3- 4.9 172 5.2 4.3- 6.2 202 6.7 5.6- 8.0 226 7.3 6.1- 8.7
65-74 2,444 2,000 82.9 81.1-84.6 66 2.7 2.0- 3.6 100 3.9 3.1- 4.9 134 5.2 4.2- 6.3 144 5.3 4.4- 6.5
75+ 1,830 1,515 84.0 81.8-86.0 34 1.7 1.1- 2.5 69 3.1 2.3- 4.1 74 4.4 3.3- 5.9 138 6.8 5.6- 8.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,070 1,484 74.2 71.1-77.1 70 4.0 2.7- 5.8 102 5.7 4.1- 7.7 168 7.7 6.2- 9.5 246 8.5 7.1-10.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,383 3,426 78.2 76.1-80.1 173 4.4 3.5- 5.5 239 6.2 5.0- 7.8 275 6.6 5.5- 7.8 270 4.6 3.9- 5.5
Some Post-H.S. 3,794 2,963 78.9 76.9-80.8 177 5.8 4.6- 7.2 241 6.3 5.3- 7.5 229 5.3 4.5- 6.4 184 3.6 2.9- 4.4
College Graduate 4,367 3,592 83.7 82.2-85.0 317 7.2 6.3- 8.3 221 4.5 3.8- 5.4 152 3.0 2.5- 3.7 85 1.5 1.2- 2.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,499 922 63.7 59.8-67.4 49 3.5 2.5- 5.1 91 5.4 3.9- 7.5 190 12.8 10.4-15.8 247 14.5 12.2-17.2
$15,000- 24,999 2,388 1,783 75.8 73.1-78.3 101 5.0 3.8- 6.6 147 6.6 5.1- 8.4 190 7.3 5.9- 8.9 167 5.4 4.4- 6.6
$25,000- 34,999 1,608 1,268 78.8 75.7-81.6 74 5.4 3.9- 7.5 104 6.6 5.0- 8.7 91 5.2 3.9- 6.9 71 4.0 2.9- 5.5
$35,000- 49,999 2,086 1,667 80.6 78.1-82.8 120 5.4 4.2- 6.8 123 6.0 4.7- 7.5 93 4.5 3.4- 6.0 83 3.6 2.7- 4.8
$50,000-74,999 2,089 1,732 83.0 80.5-85.2 117 5.6 4.2- 7.4 117 5.3 4.2- 6.7 83 4.4 3.3- 5.9 40 1.7 1.2- 2.5
$75,000+ 2,918 2,485 83.9 81.8-85.8 197 7.3 6.0- 8.7 129 4.9 3.8- 6.5 79 3.1 2.3- 4.2 28 0.8 0.5- 1.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,185 3,092 57.9 55.8-60.0 246 5.4 4.5- 6.4 441 10.0 8.7-11.6 671 14.0 12.6-15.5 735 12.7 11.5-14.0
No 8,838 7,859 88.4 87.4-89.4 464 5.7 4.9- 6.5 340 3.8 3.3- 4.5 137 1.7 1.4- 2.2 38 0.3 0.2- 0.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,163 1,733 80.0 77.6-82.3 76 4.2 3.1- 5.7 107 5.3 4.2- 6.8 113 4.9 3.8- 6.3 134 5.5 4.4- 6.9
Non-Veteran 12,465 9,745 79.3 78.2-80.4 661 5.7 5.1- 6.4 696 5.7 5.1- 6.4 711 5.4 4.9- 6.0 652 3.8 3.4- 4.2

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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.

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