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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Healthy Days

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%)
North Carolina 14,510 10,194 68.4 67.1-69.6 1,048 8.0 7.3- 8.8 1,234 9.2 8.4- 9.9 1,103 8.5 7.7- 9.4 931 5.9 5.4- 6.5
-Piedmont NC 7,001 4,903 68.2 66.4-69.9 538 8.6 7.6- 9.7 616 8.8 7.9- 9.9 528 8.8 7.6-10.1 416 5.6 4.9- 6.5
GENDER
Male 2,589 2,000 73.7 70.8-76.4 147 7.5 5.9- 9.3 154 6.4 5.0- 8.1 156 7.7 5.9- 9.9 132 4.8 3.8- 6.1
Female 4,412 2,903 63.0 60.9-65.1 391 9.6 8.4-11.0 462 11.1 9.9-12.5 372 9.8 8.4-11.4 284 6.4 5.5- 7.5
RACE
White 5,602 3,894 66.4 64.4-68.3 455 9.5 8.3-10.9 505 9.2 8.2-10.3 415 9.3 7.9-10.9 333 5.6 4.8- 6.5
African American 968 684 69.7 65.2-73.8 56 6.0 4.2- 8.4 86 10.5 7.5-14.6 86 8.3 6.3-10.8 56 5.6 3.9- 8.0
Other Minorities 407 307 76.6 69.9-82.1 24 7.0 4.2-11.4 24 4.1 2.5- 6.8 27 6.5 3.2-13.0 25 5.8 3.4- 9.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 304 244 82.2 75.6-87.2 17 6.9 3.6-12.6 16 3.5 1.9- 6.3 8 1.1 0.5- 2.5 19 6.4 3.6-11.2
Non-Hispanic 6,684 4,649 66.9 65.1-68.7 520 8.7 7.7- 9.9 599 9.4 8.3-10.5 520 9.5 8.2-10.9 396 5.5 4.8- 6.4
AGE
18-24 234 132 56.0 47.7-63.9 23 10.4 6.4-16.4 29 9.1 5.8-13.9 33 18.8 12.5-27.3 17 5.7 3.2-10.0
25-34 705 428 65.4 60.6-69.9 85 11.2 8.6-14.5 92 11.3 8.3-15.1 63 8.2 6.0-11.0 37 3.9 2.7- 5.8
35-44 1,196 733 62.7 59.1-66.2 126 10.8 8.5-13.5 150 11.0 9.2-13.2 116 8.3 6.6-10.4 71 7.1 5.3- 9.5
45-54 1,452 951 67.6 64.5-70.6 125 8.4 6.8-10.3 136 8.1 6.6-10.0 139 9.5 7.7-11.6 101 6.3 5.0- 8.1
55-64 1,417 1,009 73.2 70.2-76.1 103 6.0 4.7- 7.6 105 7.3 5.8- 9.3 103 6.7 5.2- 8.7 97 6.7 5.2- 8.6
65-74 1,104 871 80.0 76.8-82.8 59 5.2 3.7- 7.1 67 6.4 4.8- 8.4 48 3.3 2.3- 4.6 59 5.3 3.8- 7.3
75+ 845 738 89.9 87.4-92.0 16 1.5 0.8- 2.6 33 3.2 2.1- 5.0 24 2.7 1.7- 4.3 34 2.6 1.7- 4.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 913 627 66.3 61.1-71.2 42 5.9 3.6- 9.7 63 7.2 5.0-10.2 78 9.3 6.7-12.8 103 11.3 8.5-14.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,938 1,379 68.3 64.6-71.7 123 7.8 5.9-10.3 155 7.2 5.8- 8.9 150 10.0 7.5-13.3 131 6.7 5.2- 8.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,772 1,209 65.8 62.1-69.3 125 7.3 5.7- 9.5 164 10.6 8.2-13.5 156 10.3 8.1-13.0 118 6.0 4.7- 7.5
College Graduate 2,372 1,682 70.6 67.9-73.1 248 11.2 9.6-13.2 234 9.5 8.1-11.1 144 6.4 4.8- 8.4 64 2.3 1.7- 3.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 634 370 56.3 50.0-62.3 31 5.8 3.6- 9.2 47 6.1 4.1- 9.0 85 16.2 12.0-21.4 101 15.7 11.7-20.8
$15,000- 24,999 983 667 64.5 58.9-69.8 62 6.8 4.4-10.4 83 8.9 5.8-13.5 94 12.3 8.7-17.3 77 7.4 5.4-10.1
$25,000- 34,999 704 502 69.8 64.2-74.9 50 7.6 4.7-12.2 61 9.8 6.9-13.7 51 7.6 5.1-11.4 40 5.1 3.5- 7.5
$35,000- 49,999 972 669 68.8 64.4-72.9 76 7.5 5.5-10.1 94 8.6 6.7-11.2 81 8.9 6.4-12.3 52 6.1 4.3- 8.8
$50,000-74,999 1,037 730 68.0 63.4-72.3 97 11.0 8.1-14.6 101 8.3 6.5-10.6 72 8.2 5.6-11.9 37 4.5 2.9- 7.0
$75,000+ 1,688 1,224 70.3 67.0-73.4 169 10.4 8.7-12.4 168 10.6 8.8-12.8 84 6.3 4.2- 9.2 43 2.4 1.5- 3.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,318 1,342 51.6 48.4-54.8 153 7.0 5.5- 9.0 219 10.3 8.2-12.7 304 16.6 13.9-19.7 300 14.5 12.4-16.8
No 4,384 3,338 74.5 72.4-76.4 359 9.3 8.0-10.7 372 8.1 7.1- 9.3 206 5.8 4.6- 7.2 109 2.4 1.8- 3.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 934 741 75.2 70.2-79.7 44 6.8 4.3-10.4 43 4.9 3.3- 7.1 56 8.0 4.9-12.9 50 5.1 3.6- 7.3
Non-Veteran 6,064 4,159 67.3 65.4-69.1 494 8.8 7.8-10.0 573 9.4 8.3-10.5 472 8.9 7.6-10.2 366 5.7 4.9- 6.6

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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.

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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