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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,838 1,994 69.3 66.9-71.7 178 6.6 5.5- 7.9 235 9.3 7.8-11.2 220 8.3 6.9- 9.9 211 6.4 5.4- 7.7
GENDER
Male 1,057 817 74.9 70.9-78.5 54 5.5 3.9- 7.6 67 7.9 5.6-11.1 61 7.7 5.5-10.6 58 4.0 2.9- 5.5
Female 1,781 1,177 64.0 61.1-66.9 124 7.7 6.2- 9.5 168 10.7 8.9-12.9 159 8.8 7.3-10.6 153 8.7 7.0-10.7
RACE
White 2,622 1,837 69.0 66.5-71.4 157 6.6 5.4- 8.0 218 9.3 7.7-11.1 206 8.3 6.9- 9.8 204 6.8 5.7- 8.1
African American 91 63 64.2 46.3-78.9 13 11.7 6.0-21.7 8 19.1 6.7-43.6 4 2.2 0.7- 6.5 3 2.8 0.8- 8.8
Other Minorities 115 85 75.8 61.5-86.0 7 3.6 1.5- 8.3 9 5.3 1.8-14.5 10 12.1 4.5-28.7 4 3.2 1.1- 9.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 69 51 72.6 54.3-85.6 4 4.0 1.4-10.9 5 6.4 1.9-19.5 6 15.1 5.1-37.0 3 1.8 0.5- 6.5
Non-Hispanic 2,762 1,936 69.1 66.7-71.5 174 6.7 5.6- 8.1 230 9.5 7.9-11.4 214 8.0 6.7- 9.5 208 6.6 5.5- 7.9
AGE
18-24 77 43 58.2 44.4-70.9 6 7.5 3.0-17.3 9 12.9 5.8-26.4 13 16.2 8.3-29.3 6 5.2 2.1-12.5
25-34 233 155 68.5 61.0-75.2 21 8.7 5.5-13.5 23 9.5 5.6-15.7 20 7.7 4.6-12.7 14 5.5 2.8-10.5
35-44 377 205 57.2 51.3-62.9 40 9.1 6.5-12.6 64 17.2 13.1-22.4 39 9.7 6.8-13.7 29 6.8 4.4-10.3
45-54 521 326 65.9 60.8-70.6 37 6.8 4.7- 9.6 49 8.0 5.3-11.8 50 10.0 7.3-13.7 59 9.3 7.0-12.4
55-64 631 443 72.4 68.3-76.2 43 6.5 4.6- 9.3 47 7.1 5.2- 9.7 52 7.2 5.3- 9.8 46 6.7 4.8- 9.2
65-74 558 444 82.7 79.1-85.8 24 3.2 2.1- 5.0 25 4.0 2.6- 6.2 27 4.1 2.6- 6.2 38 6.0 4.2- 8.3
75+ 430 368 87.0 83.2-90.1 7 1.1 0.5- 2.4 18 4.7 2.9- 7.7 18 3.9 2.3- 6.5 19 3.3 2.0- 5.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 438 302 67.4 61.1-73.1 15 3.9 1.9- 7.8 30 6.8 4.3-10.5 35 9.5 6.2-14.1 56 12.3 9.0-16.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 889 608 66.3 61.4-70.8 53 6.7 4.7- 9.4 90 11.5 8.5-15.4 76 9.7 7.0-13.4 62 5.8 3.9- 8.5
Some Post-H.S. 738 522 71.4 66.7-75.7 40 4.9 3.3- 7.3 54 8.3 5.6-12.2 69 8.9 6.6-12.1 53 6.4 4.5- 9.1
College Graduate 767 556 72.0 67.6-76.0 70 9.7 7.3-12.8 61 9.1 6.5-12.6 40 5.2 3.6- 7.4 40 4.0 2.8- 5.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 340 187 53.8 46.5-60.9 14 3.9 1.9- 8.1 26 8.5 4.9-14.3 46 14.7 10.2-20.8 67 19.1 14.5-24.8
$15,000- 24,999 543 378 68.0 62.1-73.3 23 3.9 2.3- 6.6 43 8.8 6.0-12.7 47 9.9 6.9-14.1 52 9.4 6.3-13.9
$25,000- 34,999 305 205 61.2 52.3-69.5 22 8.7 5.0-14.7 36 14.5 8.8-23.1 24 10.3 5.4-18.8 18 5.2 3.0- 9.0
$35,000- 49,999 452 319 72.8 67.3-77.6 37 7.7 5.3-11.2 40 7.3 5.0-10.5 36 7.9 5.2-12.0 20 4.2 2.6- 6.9
$50,000-74,999 394 284 70.4 64.1-76.0 43 12.2 8.4-17.4 35 9.9 6.5-14.9 17 4.1 2.3- 7.2 15 3.4 1.9- 6.0
$75,000+ 429 343 79.7 74.5-84.1 26 6.0 3.8- 9.2 30 8.1 5.1-12.6 19 4.6 2.7- 7.7 11 1.6 0.8- 3.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,088 636 55.2 51.1-59.3 59 5.8 4.2- 8.0 99 10.6 8.0-14.1 136 13.8 11.1-17.0 158 14.5 11.8-17.7
No 1,630 1,265 75.9 72.9-78.7 113 6.9 5.5- 8.6 132 9.1 7.2-11.5 75 5.5 4.0- 7.6 45 2.5 1.7- 3.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 436 342 77.0 71.2-81.9 22 5.3 3.2- 8.6 27 7.6 4.7-12.0 23 6.9 3.9-11.8 22 3.3 2.1- 5.1
Non-Veteran 2,402 1,652 68.1 65.4-70.7 156 6.8 5.6- 8.3 208 9.6 7.9-11.7 197 8.5 7.0-10.3 189 6.9 5.7- 8.4

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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.

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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