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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 615 493 79.5 74.5-83.8 45 7.5 5.3-10.4 31 5.0 3.2- 7.7 21 3.7 2.1- 6.3 25 4.3 1.9- 9.4
GENDER
Male 231 194 84.0 77.4-89.0 15 6.0 3.4-10.7 9 4.1 2.0- 8.6 6 3.9 1.6- 9.6 7 1.9 0.8- 4.2
Female 384 299 75.5 67.8-81.8 30 8.7 5.7-13.1 22 5.8 3.4- 9.8 15 3.4 1.9- 6.1 18 6.6 2.5-16.4
RACE
White 427 345 80.7 75.5-85.1 35 8.0 5.5-11.5 19 4.8 2.7- 8.4 14 4.0 1.9- 8.0 14 2.5 1.4- 4.6
Other 177 138 77.1 66.3-85.2 9 6.3 3.1-12.6 12 5.7 2.9-11.0 7 3.4 1.5- 7.7 11 7.4 2.3-21.5
AGE
18-44 191 151 79.5 70.4-86.4 18 8.2 4.9-13.4 13 5.6 2.9-10.6 5 2.5 0.8- 7.6 4 4.2 0.9-17.8
45+ 416 335 79.3 74.2-83.6 26 6.6 4.3-10.1 18 4.5 2.6- 7.6 16 5.0 2.8- 8.7 21 4.6 2.9- 7.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 147 111 77.2 67.1-84.9 11 9.3 4.8-17.2 7 3.3 1.4- 7.9 9 6.9 2.8-16.1 9 3.3 1.5- 6.9
Some College + 465 379 80.3 74.1-85.2 34 6.8 4.6-10.1 24 5.7 3.4- 9.2 12 2.5 1.3- 4.6 16 4.8 1.8-12.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 231 169 69.7 58.8-78.8 17 7.8 4.4-13.3 14 6.8 3.3-13.5 13 6.6 3.1-13.4 18 9.1 3.2-23.2
$50,000+ 283 239 84.0 78.4-88.3 22 8.2 5.0-12.9 12 3.6 2.0- 6.6 5 2.4 1.0- 5.8 5 1.8 0.7- 4.5

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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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