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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 13,115 10,367 79.1 77.7-80.3 658 5.5 4.9- 6.1 703 6.1 5.3- 7.0 723 5.0 4.4- 5.8 664 4.4 3.7- 5.1
-Eastern NC 3,623 2,846 78.5 75.6-81.1 162 4.4 3.5- 5.6 198 6.0 4.4- 8.3 215 5.9 4.4- 7.8 202 5.2 4.0- 6.6
GENDER
Male 1,311 1,056 78.1 72.8-82.5 42 3.6 2.4- 5.5 66 6.9 4.0-11.7 75 6.5 4.0-10.3 72 4.9 3.2- 7.4
Female 2,312 1,790 78.8 75.9-81.5 120 5.2 3.9- 6.9 132 5.2 3.9- 7.0 140 5.3 4.1- 6.9 130 5.4 4.1- 7.2
RACE
White 2,418 1,930 80.5 77.0-83.5 103 5.1 3.8- 7.0 133 6.5 4.2- 9.8 135 4.1 3.2- 5.3 117 3.8 2.8- 5.1
African American 838 649 76.0 69.9-81.1 37 2.8 1.8- 4.2 41 5.7 3.2- 9.9 53 6.9 4.3-11.0 58 8.7 5.5-13.5
Other Minorities 345 250 73.0 60.9-82.5 20 3.6 2.1- 6.2 22 4.2 2.1- 8.3 27 14.0 6.4-28.1 26 5.1 2.6- 9.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 146 126 79.7 58.8-91.5 4 1.4 0.5- 4.1 9 4.4 1.6-11.2 6 13.8 3.9-38.9 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2
Non-Hispanic 3,470 2,713 78.3 75.5-80.9 158 4.7 3.6- 6.0 189 6.2 4.4- 8.6 209 5.3 4.2- 6.7 201 5.5 4.3- 7.1
AGE
18-24 136 108 81.3 67.4-90.1 12 4.0 2.0- 8.1 9 9.8 3.1-26.6 4 2.8 0.7-10.3 3 2.1 0.6- 7.7
25-34 393 313 78.9 71.3-84.9 34 7.7 4.5-12.8 17 5.2 2.4-10.9 23 6.4 3.3-12.0 6 1.8 0.6- 5.8
35-44 555 428 75.7 67.8-82.2 32 4.9 2.8- 8.4 41 6.0 3.5-10.2 34 8.7 4.1-17.4 20 4.7 2.3- 9.5
45-54 712 520 77.0 71.9-81.5 44 4.6 2.8- 7.2 43 5.1 3.1- 8.2 51 6.1 4.0- 9.3 54 7.2 4.6-11.1
55-64 732 566 76.2 70.9-80.8 24 3.7 2.0- 6.5 41 6.1 3.6-10.3 53 7.4 4.9-11.0 48 6.6 4.4- 9.8
65+ 1,067 887 81.9 77.0-86.0 16 1.6 0.9- 3.0 46 4.9 3.1- 7.9 50 3.6 2.4- 5.3 68 8.0 4.8-12.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 492 362 69.5 60.7-77.1 16 3.7 1.6- 8.2 21 5.4 2.3-12.2 42 12.3 7.3-20.0 51 9.1 5.3-15.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,148 908 80.5 76.1-84.2 38 3.0 1.9- 4.5 60 5.1 3.3- 7.9 73 4.7 3.3- 6.6 69 6.8 4.5-10.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,017 794 78.8 71.8-84.4 48 4.4 2.9- 6.7 57 7.4 3.5-14.9 66 5.7 2.9-11.0 52 3.7 2.4- 5.9
College Graduate 960 777 80.7 76.2-84.5 60 6.8 4.4-10.4 59 6.0 4.0- 9.0 34 3.9 2.3- 6.7 30 2.4 1.5- 4.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 461 295 63.8 54.2-72.5 20 4.3 1.9- 9.5 33 9.3 4.8-17.4 52 9.6 6.0-15.0 61 12.9 8.3-19.5
$15,000- 24,999 621 468 71.7 63.3-78.8 22 3.4 2.0- 5.7 26 4.6 2.3- 8.8 57 13.9 7.9-23.3 48 6.5 4.0-10.3
$25,000- 34,999 370 298 81.0 72.5-87.3 13 4.0 1.5- 9.7 19 5.3 2.6-10.7 23 5.6 2.4-12.9 17 4.1 1.8- 9.0
$35,000- 49,999 482 397 82.6 76.0-87.6 26 5.7 3.0-10.7 26 4.7 2.6- 8.2 18 3.3 1.5- 7.0 15 3.7 1.6- 8.0
$50,000-74,999 489 405 83.3 76.5-88.5 22 5.6 2.9-10.5 28 5.5 2.8-10.6 19 1.7 1.0- 3.0 15 3.8 1.4-10.1
$75,000+ 682 573 82.5 73.8-88.7 36 3.9 2.4- 6.1 42 8.6 3.5-19.5 15 3.1 1.5- 6.3 16 1.9 0.9- 3.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,337 806 56.2 50.7-61.6 57 3.4 2.4- 4.9 112 11.7 7.4-18.1 174 12.9 10.0-16.5 188 15.7 12.2-19.9
No 2,051 1,835 88.9 85.8-91.4 95 4.7 3.4- 6.4 78 3.3 2.3- 4.7 34 2.8 1.3- 5.9 9 0.4 0.1- 0.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 577 464 78.3 69.7-84.9 14 2.9 1.2- 6.5 31 6.4 3.7-10.7 34 7.0 2.6-17.5 34 5.6 2.8-10.9
Non-Veteran 2,737 2,138 78.7 75.4-81.7 135 4.7 3.6- 6.2 150 5.8 3.9- 8.7 164 5.7 4.3- 7.5 150 5.0 3.8- 6.6

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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.

**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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