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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-MALES

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 5,263 4,061 73.7 71.7-75.6 289 6.7 5.6- 7.9 320 7.2 6.1- 8.5 310 7.3 6.1- 8.7 283 5.1 4.3- 6.0
RACE
White 4,197 3,233 72.9 70.6-75.0 240 7.3 6.0- 8.8 255 7.1 6.0- 8.3 247 7.7 6.3- 9.4 222 5.0 4.2- 6.1
African American 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
Asian 40 35 88.1 71.4-95.7 2 7.8 1.9-26.9 1 1.7 0.2-11.1 2 2.4 0.6- 9.4 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 90 69 72.4 59.5-82.4 2 2.5 0.6-10.2 4 6.2 2.0-17.6 6 9.1 3.9-20.0 9 9.9 4.5-20.1
Other Minorities 252 207 79.4 70.8-86.0 11 6.0 2.9-11.9 11 2.4 1.2- 4.8 12 7.1 3.0-16.0 11 5.1 2.5-10.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 243 204 83.6 76.5-88.9 13 6.9 3.5-13.0 9 1.9 0.8- 4.2 6 2.6 1.0- 6.4 11 5.0 2.4-10.3
-English Speaking 79 66 84.8 72.5-92.2 5 8.0 2.9-20.1 4 2.2 0.7- 6.2 2 2.6 0.6-10.8 2 2.5 0.4-13.4
-Spanish Speaking 164 138 83.3 74.5-89.5 8 6.6 2.8-14.5 5 1.8 0.7- 5.0 4 2.5 0.8- 7.7 9 5.8 2.6-12.5
Non-Hispanic 5,002 3,845 72.8 70.7-74.8 274 6.6 5.6- 7.9 310 7.8 6.6- 9.2 302 7.8 6.5- 9.3 271 5.0 4.2- 6.0
AGE
18-24 201 131 60.2 51.3-68.6 16 8.9 5.1-15.2 14 9.1 5.1-15.9 23 14.8 8.9-23.4 17 7.0 4.0-12.0
25-34 472 330 71.4 66.0-76.2 41 8.6 6.0-12.2 45 9.5 6.4-13.8 36 6.7 4.6- 9.8 20 3.8 2.2- 6.3
35-44 856 611 72.4 68.4-76.0 68 8.3 6.0-11.5 80 8.3 6.4-10.7 62 6.7 5.0- 8.9 35 4.4 2.8- 6.7
45-54 1,115 810 73.2 69.9-76.3 69 5.9 4.5- 7.8 77 6.9 5.3- 8.9 82 7.6 5.8- 9.8 77 6.4 4.9- 8.3
55-64 1,155 909 78.3 75.1-81.2 60 4.5 3.3- 6.1 48 4.7 3.3- 6.7 70 6.7 5.0- 9.0 68 5.7 4.2- 7.7
65-74 906 774 86.7 83.9-89.0 28 3.3 2.1- 5.1 38 3.8 2.6- 5.4 24 2.3 1.5- 3.7 42 3.9 2.7- 5.6
75+ 541 480 89.5 85.8-92.3 7 1.2 0.5- 3.0 18 3.1 1.7- 5.6 12 2.4 1.1- 4.9 24 3.8 2.3- 6.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 761 557 69.1 63.4-74.2 29 5.9 3.4-10.0 49 7.1 4.5-11.1 46 7.6 5.2-10.9 80 10.2 7.4-14.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,534 1,165 71.1 67.1-74.8 84 6.5 4.7- 9.0 88 7.1 5.3- 9.5 96 9.2 6.6-12.6 101 6.1 4.5- 8.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,242 955 74.5 70.3-78.3 60 5.7 3.9- 8.4 77 8.3 5.7-12.1 93 7.4 5.6- 9.6 57 4.0 2.8- 5.8
College Graduate 1,717 1,375 78.0 74.8-80.8 116 7.9 6.2-10.1 106 6.4 5.1- 8.1 75 5.4 3.6- 8.0 45 2.2 1.5- 3.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 394 233 60.8 52.8-68.4 21 4.8 2.5- 9.2 30 7.2 3.8-13.2 41 13.3 8.7-19.8 69 13.8 9.5-19.7
$15,000- 24,999 809 599 71.1 65.2-76.3 38 6.1 3.7- 9.8 44 6.3 3.4-11.5 58 8.8 5.8-12.9 70 7.8 5.5-10.8
$25,000- 34,999 590 446 67.6 61.2-73.5 39 7.5 4.5-12.3 40 11.4 7.5-17.1 37 7.9 5.0-12.2 28 5.6 3.5- 8.8
$35,000- 49,999 812 632 75.8 71.3-79.8 44 5.9 3.9- 8.8 55 6.5 4.5- 9.4 56 8.6 6.2-11.8 25 3.2 1.8- 5.4
$50,000-74,999 836 663 73.9 68.5-78.7 56 10.4 7.0-15.0 53 7.0 5.0- 9.7 44 6.3 3.7-10.7 20 2.4 1.3- 4.6
$75,000+ 1,316 1,091 78.8 74.9-82.3 75 6.3 4.8- 8.2 77 7.1 5.2- 9.5 48 5.7 3.4- 9.5 25 2.2 1.2- 3.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,832 1,178 57.3 53.5-61.0 95 5.1 3.9- 6.7 143 9.8 7.4-12.9 196 14.6 11.8-18.0 220 13.1 10.9-15.8
No 3,199 2,694 80.3 78.0-82.5 184 7.7 6.2- 9.4 161 6.1 4.9- 7.5 101 4.2 3.1- 5.7 59 1.7 1.2- 2.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,924 1,543 77.3 74.0-80.3 85 5.3 3.8- 7.3 91 5.6 4.0- 7.7 105 7.1 5.1- 9.8 100 4.7 3.7- 6.1
Non-Veteran 3,336 2,515 72.5 70.1-74.8 204 7.1 5.9- 8.7 229 7.7 6.4- 9.4 205 7.4 6.0- 9.1 183 5.2 4.2- 6.4

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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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