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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 13,068 9,042 66.3 64.8-67.8 933 7.7 7.0- 8.6 1,216 10.8 9.8-12.0 1,096 9.6 8.7-10.5 781 5.5 4.9- 6.3
-Eastern NC 3,609 2,470 66.7 63.5-69.7 245 6.8 5.4- 8.6 352 11.6 9.2-14.5 297 9.0 7.4-10.8 245 5.9 4.8- 7.3
GENDER
Male 1,309 1,001 73.5 68.1-78.3 75 7.5 5.0-10.9 82 8.9 5.4-14.2 83 6.2 4.3- 8.8 68 3.9 2.5- 6.0
Female 2,300 1,469 60.3 56.5-64.0 170 6.2 4.9- 7.8 270 14.1 11.3-17.6 214 11.5 9.3-14.1 177 7.8 6.2- 9.8
RACE
White 2,409 1,649 67.3 63.6-70.8 166 6.9 5.3- 8.8 245 12.0 9.3-15.3 188 7.9 6.3- 9.8 161 6.0 4.7- 7.6
African American 837 586 64.0 56.8-70.7 50 7.8 4.3-13.7 75 11.5 6.8-18.9 73 10.6 7.2-15.4 53 6.0 3.5-10.2
Other Minorities 340 221 69.5 57.5-79.4 28 4.7 2.9- 7.5 31 10.3 3.8-24.8 35 11.2 6.2-19.2 25 4.4 2.3- 7.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 146 109 71.4 52.5-84.9 9 3.5 1.4- 8.4 12 13.9 4.3-36.5 10 7.0 2.0-21.7 6 4.2 1.4-11.8
Non-Hispanic 3,456 2,355 66.3 63.1-69.3 236 7.1 5.6- 9.0 340 11.5 9.1-14.3 287 9.1 7.6-10.9 238 6.1 4.9- 7.5
AGE
18-24 135 68 52.9 39.2-66.3 20 13.8 7.2-24.9 21 18.1 8.4-34.7 17 9.8 5.1-18.0 9 5.4 2.5-11.5
25-34 393 246 66.8 58.7-74.0 33 5.3 3.3- 8.6 50 11.3 7.1-17.3 42 12.6 8.0-19.4 22 4.0 2.3- 6.9
35-44 553 326 61.3 53.9-68.2 52 7.2 4.5-11.2 74 14.5 9.0-22.4 67 11.4 8.1-15.9 34 5.6 3.5- 9.0
45-54 716 451 66.1 60.6-71.2 44 5.9 3.9- 8.8 77 12.0 8.6-16.7 73 7.3 5.1-10.1 71 8.7 6.2-12.2
55-64 729 518 72.3 67.1-77.0 47 5.7 3.6- 8.9 61 8.7 6.0-12.3 52 8.4 5.7-12.3 51 4.9 3.1- 7.6
65+ 1,055 846 80.3 75.5-84.3 46 4.1 2.7- 6.2 64 5.0 3.4- 7.3 44 3.9 2.5- 6.0 55 6.7 3.8-11.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 488 328 64.0 55.3-71.9 17 3.9 1.7- 8.4 44 10.1 5.8-16.9 39 12.2 7.1-20.1 60 9.8 6.0-15.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,147 804 68.9 63.1-74.1 62 5.9 4.1- 8.5 106 9.4 5.9-14.8 107 10.2 7.4-13.8 68 5.7 3.8- 8.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,011 647 62.1 55.2-68.5 81 7.7 4.7-12.5 109 16.3 10.8-23.8 98 8.4 6.4-11.0 76 5.6 3.9- 7.8
College Graduate 957 687 70.9 66.0-75.4 85 8.8 6.1-12.5 92 9.8 7.2-13.1 53 6.1 4.0- 9.1 40 4.5 2.7- 7.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 451 267 62.0 52.3-70.8 21 5.0 2.3-10.4 46 11.1 6.4-18.5 57 12.4 8.2-18.4 60 9.4 5.9-14.8
$15,000- 24,999 621 410 62.5 54.2-70.0 38 5.6 3.5- 8.7 51 11.1 5.7-20.5 65 11.5 7.2-17.9 57 9.4 6.2-14.0
$25,000- 34,999 371 255 72.0 63.5-79.3 24 7.7 4.0-14.3 40 8.2 4.9-13.5 24 6.9 3.9-12.0 28 5.1 2.7- 9.5
$35,000- 49,999 486 334 71.2 63.6-77.7 32 5.4 3.1- 9.3 50 9.6 6.0-14.9 46 11.1 7.1-17.0 24 2.7 1.7- 4.5
$50,000-74,999 489 341 69.9 63.1-75.9 45 7.0 4.5-10.8 50 11.4 7.4-17.1 30 6.6 4.1-10.5 23 5.1 2.8- 9.2
$75,000+ 679 510 71.5 63.3-78.4 52 6.8 4.4-10.4 70 13.2 7.3-22.5 33 5.9 3.4-10.2 14 2.6 1.3- 5.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,332 757 54.3 48.9-59.6 70 3.9 2.7- 5.6 144 13.1 8.8-19.2 179 14.6 11.4-18.5 182 14.0 10.9-17.8
No 2,044 1,533 72.3 68.2-76.1 163 8.5 6.3-11.2 191 11.1 8.3-14.7 105 6.3 4.7- 8.4 52 1.9 1.3- 2.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 576 440 74.8 66.5-81.7 24 3.7 2.2- 6.1 42 10.3 5.1-19.9 27 2.9 1.8- 4.6 43 8.3 4.7-14.2
Non-Veteran 2,724 1,821 65.3 61.5-68.9 202 7.3 5.5- 9.5 285 12.0 9.3-15.4 247 10.3 8.4-12.6 169 5.2 4.1- 6.6

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^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.

**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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