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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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%)
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
-Piedmont NC 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
GENDER
Male 2,611 2,111 81.8 79.5-83.8 117 4.9 3.8- 6.3 121 5.0 3.8- 6.5 137 5.0 4.0- 6.4 125 3.3 2.6- 4.2
Female 4,437 3,435 76.9 75.1-78.7 288 7.2 6.1- 8.5 260 6.2 5.1- 7.4 239 5.7 4.9- 6.8 215 3.9 3.3- 4.7
RACE
White 5,639 4,429 78.4 76.7-79.9 333 6.1 5.3- 7.1 301 5.8 4.8- 7.0 301 5.8 4.9- 6.7 275 4.0 3.4- 4.6
African American 970 755 79.0 75.1-82.4 44 6.3 4.1- 9.6 57 5.5 3.9- 7.7 61 5.7 4.1- 7.8 53 3.6 2.5- 5.1
Other Minorities 414 338 84.9 80.2-88.7 28 5.6 3.5- 8.8 23 4.8 2.9- 7.9 14 2.9 1.4- 5.9 11 1.8 0.9- 3.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 311 260 88.8 84.5-92.0 20 4.3 2.6- 7.1 17 4.2 2.3- 7.2 4 1.3 0.4- 4.0 10 1.5 0.6- 3.3
Non-Hispanic 6,724 5,274 78.4 76.8-79.8 385 6.3 5.4- 7.2 364 5.7 4.9- 6.8 371 5.8 5.0- 6.6 330 3.8 3.3- 4.5
AGE
18-24 236 180 77.7 70.6-83.6 20 8.3 4.9-13.5 19 8.6 4.9-14.7 16 5.2 2.9- 9.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.5
25-34 710 568 83.3 79.8-86.3 69 7.3 5.4- 9.7 37 4.5 3.0- 6.7 28 4.2 2.7- 6.5 8 0.7 0.3- 1.6
35-44 1,202 920 76.8 73.6-79.8 99 7.6 5.9- 9.8 83 6.6 5.0- 8.6 57 4.9 3.5- 6.9 43 4.0 2.8- 5.8
45-54 1,459 1,103 75.5 72.5-78.2 104 6.6 5.2- 8.3 85 6.2 4.7- 8.1 91 6.6 5.1- 8.5 76 5.2 3.9- 6.8
55-64 1,420 1,099 77.6 74.6-80.3 58 3.7 2.8- 5.0 81 4.8 3.7- 6.2 92 7.4 5.7- 9.5 90 6.5 4.9- 8.6
65-74 1,107 902 82.9 80.0-85.4 42 3.3 2.3- 4.8 46 4.0 2.9- 5.7 58 5.1 3.8- 7.0 59 4.6 3.3- 6.3
75+ 866 732 86.1 83.1-88.7 13 1.4 0.7- 2.7 27 2.4 1.5- 3.8 33 4.1 2.6- 6.2 61 6.0 4.5- 8.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 922 650 71.8 67.0-76.2 31 4.7 2.7- 7.9 45 6.4 4.1- 9.8 86 8.6 6.3-11.5 110 8.5 6.5-11.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,958 1,542 78.7 75.5-81.6 84 4.1 2.9- 5.8 103 6.1 4.2- 8.7 118 6.6 5.1- 8.6 111 4.4 3.4- 5.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,787 1,398 78.4 75.5-81.0 84 5.8 4.3- 7.9 123 6.5 5.2- 8.3 103 5.9 4.6- 7.6 79 3.3 2.4- 4.4
College Graduate 2,375 1,950 83.5 81.5-85.3 206 8.4 7.1-10.0 110 4.1 3.3- 5.2 69 2.7 2.0- 3.7 40 1.2 0.8- 1.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 635 382 60.5 54.3-66.3 26 4.2 2.6- 6.7 37 6.0 3.7- 9.7 85 14.2 10.4-19.1 105 15.1 11.5-19.6
$15,000- 24,999 995 740 77.2 73.0-80.9 45 4.7 3.0- 7.3 55 6.2 4.1- 9.3 84 7.1 5.2- 9.6 71 4.8 3.5- 6.5
$25,000- 34,999 713 568 80.2 75.5-84.1 32 5.3 3.2- 8.6 49 6.0 3.9- 9.3 36 4.6 3.0- 6.8 28 3.9 2.4- 6.4
$35,000- 49,999 975 769 80.5 76.8-83.7 65 5.3 3.8- 7.3 62 6.0 4.3- 8.3 43 5.0 3.3- 7.6 36 3.2 2.0- 5.1
$50,000-74,999 1,040 856 81.6 77.9-84.7 62 6.2 4.2- 9.2 60 5.4 3.9- 7.4 43 5.2 3.5- 7.6 19 1.7 1.0- 2.7
$75,000+ 1,693 1,441 83.5 80.6-85.9 130 8.3 6.7-10.3 71 4.9 3.4- 7.1 38 2.9 1.9- 4.4 13 0.5 0.3- 0.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,332 1,383 55.7 52.5-58.8 119 6.1 4.7- 7.9 211 11.0 8.9-13.4 304 14.8 12.8-17.2 315 12.4 10.7-14.4
No 4,418 3,904 88.3 86.8-89.6 270 6.1 5.2- 7.3 158 3.5 2.7- 4.4 66 1.8 1.3- 2.5 20 0.3 0.2- 0.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 945 758 79.4 75.5-82.8 34 4.7 3.0- 7.4 47 5.1 3.6- 7.4 53 5.3 3.6- 7.6 53 5.5 3.8- 7.9
Non-Veteran 6,100 4,785 79.3 77.7-80.7 371 6.3 5.4- 7.2 334 5.7 4.8- 6.7 323 5.4 4.7- 6.3 287 3.4 2.9- 4.0

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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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