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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 406 330 80.0 73.2-85.5 20 7.8 4.4-13.6 22 5.5 2.6-11.3 14 2.8 1.5- 5.0 20 3.8 2.2- 6.7
GENDER
Male 157 136 86.4 77.3-92.2 4 5.6 1.9-15.3 5 1.7 0.7- 4.1 4 1.8 0.6- 5.3 8 4.5 1.8-10.5
Female 249 194 74.0 63.7-82.2 16 9.9 5.0-18.6 17 9.2 3.9-19.9 10 3.7 1.8- 7.4 12 3.2 1.7- 6.0
RACE
White 345 278 78.6 70.7-84.8 18 8.9 4.9-15.8 21 6.5 3.1-13.4 13 2.9 1.5- 5.3 15 3.1 1.7- 5.5
Other 59 50 86.8 72.1-94.4 2 2.6 0.6-10.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 1 2.3 0.3-15.1 5 7.5 2.1-23.0
AGE
18-44 88 68 77.1 63.4-86.8 9 12.6 6.1-24.5 6 6.3 1.7-20.7 3 1.9 0.6- 6.0 2 2.0 0.4- 9.7
45+ 311 255 82.3 77.1-86.6 11 3.4 1.8- 6.4 16 4.9 3.0- 8.1 11 3.6 1.8- 7.0 18 5.7 3.4- 9.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 125 104 77.9 61.9-88.5 3 4.5 1.0-18.4 3 7.4 1.5-29.8 5 3.7 1.3-10.0 10 6.4 2.7-14.7
Some College + 281 226 81.0 73.8-86.6 17 9.4 5.0-16.8 19 4.6 2.9- 7.5 9 2.3 1.1- 4.8 10 2.6 1.3- 5.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 167 127 69.1 55.8-79.8 11 11.6 5.6-22.6 8 8.5 2.4-25.9 10 5.3 2.5-11.0 11 5.4 2.3-12.5
$50,000+ 175 148 87.4 81.3-91.7 6 3.0 1.1- 7.4 11 4.5 2.4- 8.3 3 1.4 0.4- 4.4 7 3.7 1.7- 8.1

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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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