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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-WHITES

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 11,387 7,973 67.1 65.7-68.5 854 8.8 7.9- 9.7 963 9.2 8.4-10.0 859 8.9 8.0- 9.9 738 6.0 5.4- 6.7
GENDER
Male 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
Female 7,190 4,740 61.9 60.2-63.6 614 10.1 9.1-11.2 708 11.1 10.1-12.2 612 10.0 8.8-11.3 516 6.9 6.1- 7.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 113 86 75.8 64.0-84.7 8 8.4 3.7-18.2 8 5.8 2.7-11.7 6 5.5 2.1-13.8 5 4.5 1.2-15.4
-English Speaking 112 85 75.7 63.9-84.6 8 8.4 3.7-18.3 8 5.8 2.7-11.8 6 5.5 2.1-13.8 5 4.5 1.2-15.4
-Spanish Speaking 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 11,265 7,879 67.0 65.6-68.4 846 8.8 7.9- 9.7 955 9.2 8.5-10.1 853 9.0 8.0-10.0 732 6.0 5.4- 6.7
AGE
18-24 290 147 51.4 43.9-58.9 34 13.1 8.8-19.2 39 10.7 7.3-15.3 47 18.8 13.1-26.2 23 6.0 3.7- 9.7
25-34 978 581 62.6 58.6-66.4 120 12.0 9.7-14.8 120 10.6 8.4-13.2 101 9.7 7.6-12.4 56 5.1 3.6- 7.1
35-44 1,722 1,006 59.7 56.8-62.6 187 10.6 8.9-12.7 250 14.1 12.2-16.2 173 9.4 7.8-11.2 106 6.2 4.9- 7.9
45-54 2,241 1,452 66.1 63.6-68.5 197 8.8 7.4-10.3 205 8.4 7.0- 9.9 201 9.1 7.7-10.8 186 7.7 6.4- 9.1
55-64 2,470 1,736 72.5 70.2-74.6 181 6.4 5.4- 7.6 178 7.0 5.9- 8.4 194 7.4 6.2- 8.8 181 6.7 5.6- 8.1
65-74 2,033 1,633 81.8 79.7-83.7 97 4.4 3.5- 5.7 105 5.6 4.4- 6.9 86 3.4 2.6- 4.3 112 4.8 3.9- 6.1
75+ 1,604 1,376 87.1 85.1-88.9 38 2.1 1.5- 3.1 62 3.7 2.8- 4.8 54 3.2 2.4- 4.3 74 3.9 2.9- 5.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,307 877 60.9 56.2-65.4 56 5.5 3.5- 8.5 96 8.2 6.1-10.9 114 12.4 9.4-16.1 164 13.1 10.3-16.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,327 2,340 66.0 63.1-68.7 212 7.8 6.2- 9.7 267 8.9 7.5-10.4 265 10.3 8.3-12.8 243 7.1 5.9- 8.5
Some Post-H.S. 2,998 2,067 65.7 62.9-68.5 206 8.0 6.5- 9.8 262 9.8 8.2-11.6 267 10.2 8.4-12.4 196 6.2 5.1- 7.5
College Graduate 3,741 2,675 71.0 68.9-72.9 380 11.1 9.8-12.6 338 9.3 8.1-10.6 213 5.8 4.8- 6.9 135 2.9 2.3- 3.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 994 560 49.9 45.3-54.5 48 5.4 3.7- 7.7 80 8.3 6.1-11.2 126 16.7 12.9-21.4 180 19.7 16.2-23.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,614 1,070 60.1 55.7-64.4 103 6.3 4.4- 9.0 128 8.8 7.0-11.0 158 14.3 10.9-18.7 155 10.4 8.2-13.1
$25,000- 34,999 1,176 808 65.0 60.8-68.9 86 8.2 5.9-11.3 106 10.3 8.0-13.2 96 8.8 6.7-11.5 80 7.7 5.8-10.2
$35,000- 49,999 1,681 1,165 68.3 64.9-71.4 130 7.6 6.0- 9.5 167 10.2 8.3-12.5 144 9.2 7.2-11.5 75 4.8 3.6- 6.4
$50,000-74,999 1,783 1,257 66.9 63.3-70.2 168 12.3 9.8-15.3 170 9.6 7.8-11.6 121 7.8 5.8-10.5 67 3.5 2.6- 4.7
$75,000+ 2,635 1,975 72.9 70.4-75.3 245 9.8 8.4-11.3 222 9.2 7.8-10.9 126 5.7 4.3- 7.5 67 2.4 1.7- 3.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 4,081 2,413 54.4 52.0-56.8 252 6.5 5.4- 7.9 367 9.6 8.4-11.0 514 15.2 13.4-17.2 535 14.2 12.6-16.0
No 6,909 5,263 72.7 71.0-74.3 571 9.8 8.7-11.0 569 9.0 8.0-10.0 324 6.2 5.1- 7.4 182 2.4 1.9- 2.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,790 1,419 77.1 73.8-80.1 85 5.7 4.2- 7.7 95 5.6 4.4- 7.3 97 7.0 4.8-10.0 94 4.5 3.5- 5.8
Non-Veteran 9,596 6,553 65.4 63.9-66.9 769 9.3 8.4-10.3 868 9.8 8.9-10.7 762 9.3 8.3-10.4 644 6.3 5.6- 7.0

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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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