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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 341 284 85.1 80.1-89.1 15 4.3 2.4- 7.5 9 2.7 1.2- 5.9 16 4.4 2.4- 7.8 17 3.5 2.0- 6.0
Buncombe 347 282 78.3 70.9-84.2 12 6.6 3.2-13.2 21 7.1 3.9-12.6 17 5.1 2.4-10.5 15 2.9 1.6- 4.9
Cabarrus 357 272 78.7 72.5-83.8 23 5.9 3.6- 9.5 29 8.9 5.5-14.0 21 4.8 2.7- 8.2 12 1.7 0.8- 3.5
Catawba 406 311 76.2 70.1-81.4 28 9.0 5.7-13.9 16 4.6 2.3- 9.0 20 4.7 2.6- 8.2 31 5.4 3.6- 8.2
Cumberland 374 280 75.4 69.3-80.6 22 4.6 2.8- 7.5 27 9.2 5.7-14.4 24 5.2 3.2- 8.3 21 5.6 3.4- 9.2
Davidson 364 275 76.4 69.7-82.0 16 4.0 2.3- 7.0 23 5.6 3.2- 9.5 26 9.2 5.2-15.7 24 4.9 3.1- 7.6
Durham 328 265 79.1 71.4-85.1 26 10.7 6.0-18.4 18 6.1 3.4-10.8 16 3.0 1.7- 5.2 3 1.1 0.2- 4.9
Forsyth 376 302 79.7 73.6-84.6 16 5.6 3.1- 9.8 23 6.0 3.4-10.2 18 5.7 3.1-10.4 17 3.1 1.8- 5.3
Gaston 386 289 76.7 71.0-81.6 18 4.2 2.5- 6.9 25 6.4 3.8-10.6 29 7.2 4.5-11.1 25 5.6 3.4- 8.9
Guilford 385 310 82.0 76.9-86.2 21 5.7 3.4- 9.4 18 4.8 2.7- 8.4 23 4.9 3.0- 7.8 13 2.5 1.3- 4.8
Iredell 387 306 79.2 73.2-84.1 17 6.4 3.2-12.4 28 6.2 4.0- 9.3 15 3.7 2.1- 6.6 21 4.5 2.7- 7.4
Johnston 431 331 80.0 74.0-84.8 27 6.0 3.7- 9.6 24 4.6 2.8- 7.7 17 2.4 1.4- 4.1 32 7.0 4.1-11.7
Mecklenburg 679 544 80.7 76.4-84.3 44 5.8 4.0- 8.3 28 4.9 3.1- 7.9 38 6.2 4.0- 9.4 25 2.5 1.6- 3.8
New Hanover 387 313 83.5 78.4-87.6 17 3.5 2.0- 6.1 22 5.1 3.0- 8.4 23 5.4 3.2- 8.7 12 2.5 1.3- 4.8
Onslow 375 283 74.9 68.5-80.3 23 8.9 5.4-14.5 23 5.9 3.5- 9.7 30 7.6 4.9-11.8 16 2.7 1.5- 4.8
Orange 344 276 76.5 68.1-83.2 32 13.4 7.9-21.9 16 4.9 2.5- 9.3 12 4.0 1.7- 8.9 8 1.2 0.5- 2.6
Pitt 379 294 78.7 72.9-83.6 20 6.0 3.6- 9.7 24 7.0 3.9-12.2 21 4.8 2.9- 7.7 20 3.5 2.2- 5.6
Randolph 372 308 85.4 80.1-89.5 16 4.1 2.3- 7.3 15 2.7 1.5- 4.8 15 3.6 1.8- 7.1 18 4.1 1.9- 8.8
Robeson 401 292 75.6 69.4-80.8 19 6.3 3.4-11.6 27 5.9 3.6- 9.4 25 5.9 3.4-10.2 38 6.3 4.3- 9.1
Rowan 445 344 78.9 73.6-83.4 21 4.3 2.5- 7.5 31 6.6 4.2-10.5 18 4.7 2.7- 8.3 31 5.4 3.5- 8.1
Union 371 296 80.4 74.6-85.1 27 7.2 4.7-10.9 19 5.5 3.2- 9.1 15 4.6 2.1- 9.8 14 2.4 1.4- 4.2
Wake 603 477 81.3 76.9-85.1 44 7.5 5.2-10.8 37 5.6 3.3- 9.2 27 3.3 2.2- 5.0 18 2.3 1.3- 4.0
Wayne 353 279 80.2 73.6-85.4 15 3.9 2.1- 7.2 17 4.3 2.5- 7.4 17 4.7 2.1-10.0 25 6.9 3.8-12.2
NC REGIONS
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
Piedmont 7,048 5,546 79.3 77.8-80.7 405 6.1 5.3- 7.0 381 5.6 4.8- 6.5 376 5.4 4.7- 6.2 340 3.6 3.1- 4.2
Western NC 2,866 2,267 80.2 78.0-82.2 109 4.4 3.3- 5.8 151 5.9 4.7- 7.3 167 5.0 4.0- 6.3 172 4.5 3.8- 5.4
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,890 1,504 80.4 77.5-82.9 70 4.2 2.9- 6.2 99 6.1 4.6- 8.2 109 4.9 3.7- 6.6 108 4.3 3.4- 5.4
Northwest 3,079 2,393 77.5 75.1-79.8 140 5.2 4.1- 6.5 179 6.1 4.7- 7.8 169 6.2 4.9- 7.7 198 5.1 4.2- 6.1
Charlotte 2,022 1,570 78.8 76.1-81.2 118 5.1 4.0- 6.4 121 6.5 5.1- 8.4 117 6.1 4.7- 7.9 96 3.5 2.7- 4.5
Greensboro 1,646 1,343 81.3 78.4-83.8 92 5.7 4.3- 7.5 69 4.8 3.5- 6.6 78 5.1 3.8- 6.9 64 3.1 2.2- 4.5
Southern Regional 1,343 1,018 78.2 74.9-81.1 61 5.1 3.5- 7.4 87 6.3 4.8- 8.3 86 5.1 3.9- 6.6 91 5.3 4.0- 7.0
Coastal 756 598 79.7 75.3-83.4 27 2.9 1.8- 4.8 44 6.1 4.1- 9.0 51 7.5 5.2-10.8 36 3.8 2.6- 5.5
Wake 1,573 1,235 80.9 77.9-83.5 112 7.6 5.9- 9.8 80 4.6 3.2- 6.6 80 4.0 3.0- 5.3 66 2.9 2.1- 4.1
Area L 397 317 80.4 74.1-85.5 16 5.7 2.4-13.1 15 3.3 1.7- 6.2 27 6.1 4.0- 9.3 22 4.5 2.8- 7.1
Eastern 1,926 1,504 79.4 76.8-81.8 101 5.9 4.5- 7.7 109 5.8 4.5- 7.4 107 4.7 3.7- 5.9 105 4.2 3.2- 5.6

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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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