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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-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
GENDER
Male 1,067 878 82.9 79.3-86.1 36 4.4 2.7- 7.1 48 5.1 3.3- 7.8 41 3.5 2.1- 5.6 64 4.1 3.1- 5.5
Female 1,799 1,389 77.6 75.0-80.0 73 4.3 3.2- 5.8 103 6.6 5.2- 8.4 126 6.5 5.2- 8.2 108 4.9 4.0- 6.1
RACE
White 2,646 2,086 80.0 77.9-82.0 102 4.3 3.3- 5.6 138 6.0 4.7- 7.6 159 5.0 4.1- 6.1 161 4.6 3.8- 5.5
African American 93 76 76.4 55.7-89.3 3 11.5 2.2-42.8 4 2.9 0.9- 8.5 3 2.0 0.6- 6.6 7 7.2 3.0-16.4
Other Minorities 117 95 84.0 68.8-92.6 4 0.8 0.3- 2.3 9 5.5 2.0-14.5 5 7.1 1.5-27.9 4 2.5 0.8- 7.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 68 58 82.2 61.4-93.1 2 1.3 0.2- 6.8 5 7.2 2.3-20.2 3 9.4 1.8-36.8 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 2,791 2,204 80.1 78.0-82.1 107 4.5 3.4- 6.0 146 5.8 4.6- 7.3 164 4.8 4.0- 5.9 170 4.7 3.9- 5.6
AGE
18-24 78 58 69.9 55.3-81.3 5 4.5 1.8-11.2 8 14.9 6.8-29.5 4 7.0 2.0-21.7 3 3.7 1.1-11.5
25-34 237 195 85.2 78.6-90.0 13 7.5 3.8-14.3 14 4.3 2.3- 7.8 11 2.2 1.1- 4.3 4 0.8 0.3- 2.3
35-44 378 294 79.4 74.2-83.7 24 5.0 3.1- 7.9 28 7.2 4.7-10.9 20 6.3 3.8-10.4 12 2.2 1.1- 4.0
45-54 522 394 78.0 73.6-81.9 25 3.6 2.3- 5.5 33 5.4 3.6- 8.1 33 6.6 4.4- 9.8 37 6.4 4.4- 9.2
55-64 639 489 78.0 74.1-81.4 28 4.9 3.1- 7.5 31 5.6 3.8- 8.1 44 4.7 3.4- 6.5 47 6.9 5.0- 9.4
65-74 569 474 83.7 79.9-86.8 7 1.3 0.5- 3.3 18 3.4 2.0- 5.7 35 5.4 3.8- 7.7 35 6.2 4.4- 8.8
75+ 432 353 83.3 79.1-86.8 7 1.4 0.6- 2.9 19 3.5 2.1- 5.9 19 3.8 2.3- 6.3 34 8.0 5.6-11.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 447 338 79.5 74.7-83.6 8 1.3 0.6- 2.7 22 4.1 2.4- 7.0 31 6.0 4.0- 8.9 48 9.1 6.5-12.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 899 706 76.1 71.4-80.3 28 4.7 2.9- 7.5 46 7.7 5.0-11.7 56 6.5 4.2- 9.8 63 5.1 3.8- 6.8
Some Post-H.S. 746 598 82.5 78.3-85.9 24 4.4 2.2- 8.6 36 4.8 3.3- 6.8 49 4.8 3.4- 6.8 39 3.6 2.3- 5.4
College Graduate 768 620 83.5 80.1-86.4 49 5.8 4.0- 8.4 47 5.7 4.1- 7.8 31 2.9 1.9- 4.4 21 2.2 1.3- 3.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 342 206 63.1 56.1-69.5 7 1.7 0.7- 4.0 22 5.6 3.4- 9.0 41 11.4 7.3-17.2 66 18.3 13.9-23.8
$15,000- 24,999 557 431 77.8 72.8-82.1 16 4.0 2.1- 7.4 29 5.6 3.4- 9.0 39 6.5 4.3- 9.6 42 6.2 4.4- 8.7
$25,000- 34,999 311 250 77.1 68.0-84.3 14 8.1 3.6-17.3 16 5.0 2.8- 8.9 20 6.7 2.8-15.2 11 3.0 1.6- 5.7
$35,000- 49,999 453 365 79.4 73.6-84.2 20 5.5 2.9-10.3 25 7.5 4.4-12.3 23 4.1 2.6- 6.5 20 3.5 2.1- 5.7
$50,000-74,999 395 339 88.7 84.8-91.8 18 2.8 1.5- 5.0 18 4.8 2.8- 8.1 13 1.8 1.0- 3.2 7 1.9 0.8- 4.2
$75,000+ 432 372 87.1 82.8-90.4 23 5.1 3.1- 8.2 21 4.4 2.8- 6.9 13 3.2 1.6- 6.4 3 0.3 0.1- 0.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,101 670 61.6 57.6-65.5 43 3.9 2.7- 5.5 82 8.8 6.4-12.1 144 12.6 10.2-15.4 162 13.1 10.9-15.6
No 1,645 1,492 89.4 86.8-91.6 62 4.4 3.0- 6.3 66 4.6 3.3- 6.3 19 1.3 0.5- 3.1 6 0.4 0.2- 0.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 435 355 82.6 77.7-86.7 12 3.2 1.7- 6.1 19 5.2 2.8- 9.5 20 3.8 2.2- 6.3 29 5.2 3.5- 7.7
Non-Veteran 2,431 1,912 79.8 77.4-82.0 97 4.6 3.4- 6.1 132 6.0 4.7- 7.6 147 5.2 4.1- 6.7 143 4.4 3.6- 5.4

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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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