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2008 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-WHITE FEMALES

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 15,652 12,382 80.8 79.8-81.6 752 5.2 4.7- 5.7 857 5.5 5.0- 6.1 897 4.8 4.4- 5.3 764 3.7 3.4- 4.2
-WHITE FEMALES 7,443 5,793 77.6 76.1-79.0 419 6.9 6.0- 7.8 457 6.5 5.6- 7.5 426 5.5 4.8- 6.3 348 3.6 3.1- 4.1
AGE
18-24 147 115 80.5 71.1-87.3 13 6.5 3.4-12.0 10 7.3 3.2-16.0 9 5.7 2.5-12.5 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 599 462 77.4 72.8-81.4 55 9.3 6.7-13.0 46 8.0 5.6-11.4 26 4.0 2.4- 6.5 10 1.2 0.6- 2.4
35-44 1,050 796 76.7 73.4-79.7 105 10.2 8.1-12.8 76 6.9 5.2- 9.0 51 4.3 3.1- 5.9 22 1.9 1.1- 3.3
45-54 1,406 1,051 74.8 71.8-77.5 98 8.0 6.3-10.2 98 6.4 5.1- 8.0 85 5.9 4.5- 7.8 74 4.8 3.7- 6.3
55-64 1,618 1,231 75.7 72.9-78.3 88 5.8 4.5- 7.4 92 5.9 4.5- 7.6 113 7.4 5.9- 9.3 94 5.3 4.1- 6.7
65-74 1,417 1,141 80.8 78.2-83.2 40 2.6 1.8- 3.7 83 5.2 4.0- 6.7 76 5.9 4.5- 7.6 77 5.6 4.2- 7.2
75+ 1,152 950 80.8 77.6-83.7 20 1.9 1.1- 3.2 49 5.1 3.6- 7.2 65 5.7 4.2- 7.6 68 6.5 4.7- 8.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 797 577 70.3 65.6-74.7 11 2.5 1.0- 5.6 40 5.4 3.7- 7.8 73 11.3 8.4-15.2 96 10.4 8.2-13.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,144 1,675 79.9 77.2-82.4 89 4.6 3.4- 6.2 116 5.9 4.4- 7.9 161 6.3 5.1- 7.8 103 3.3 2.6- 4.2
Some Post-H.S. 2,169 1,692 75.1 72.0-78.1 123 7.5 5.8- 9.5 139 7.6 5.7-10.1 119 6.1 4.5- 8.2 96 3.7 2.8- 4.7
College Graduate 2,316 1,835 79.7 77.4-81.8 196 9.5 7.9-11.3 161 6.3 5.1- 7.6 72 2.7 2.1- 3.6 52 1.8 1.3- 2.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 778 494 64.7 59.3-69.7 19 2.7 1.5- 5.1 52 6.0 4.3- 8.2 111 15.3 11.9-19.3 102 11.4 8.9-14.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,083 819 73.8 69.2-77.9 36 4.5 2.5- 8.1 83 8.4 6.2-11.3 76 8.5 6.1-11.9 69 4.8 3.6- 6.3
$25,000- 34,999 748 578 77.9 73.8-81.5 44 5.8 3.9- 8.5 52 5.9 4.2- 8.4 36 6.1 4.1- 8.9 38 4.3 3.0- 6.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,044 834 78.7 75.0-81.9 67 7.2 5.2- 9.9 56 6.3 4.5- 8.8 45 3.9 2.7- 5.4 42 3.9 2.7- 5.7
$50,000-74,999 1,059 840 79.3 75.9-82.3 80 8.8 6.6-11.5 71 6.0 4.5- 8.1 47 4.2 3.0- 5.9 21 1.7 1.1- 2.8
$75,000+ 1,534 1,258 80.2 76.9-83.1 135 9.5 7.7-11.8 91 6.7 4.7- 9.4 37 2.6 1.6- 4.0 13 1.0 0.5- 1.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,767 1,715 61.3 58.5-64.0 137 6.0 4.8- 7.5 252 9.2 7.8-10.8 344 13.2 11.4-15.3 319 10.2 8.9-11.8
No 4,523 3,944 85.2 83.4-86.8 275 7.2 6.1- 8.4 196 5.2 4.1- 6.5 80 1.9 1.4- 2.7 28 0.5 0.3- 0.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 141 100 71.8 61.9-79.9 12 10.6 5.5-19.6 14 8.3 4.6-14.7 12 7.4 3.7-14.2 3 1.9 0.6- 6.3
Non-Veteran 7,302 5,693 77.7 76.2-79.1 407 6.8 6.0- 7.8 443 6.4 5.6- 7.4 414 5.5 4.7- 6.3 345 3.6 3.1- 4.1

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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 cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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