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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 368 299 81.4 75.9-85.8 22 7.9 4.8-12.7 20 4.3 2.6- 7.0 15 3.9 2.0- 7.5 12 2.5 1.3- 4.6
GENDER
Male 137 114 84.0 75.8-89.8 8 6.7 3.0-14.2 6 4.0 1.7- 8.9 5 3.0 1.1- 7.5 4 2.4 0.8- 6.6
Female 231 185 79.4 71.7-85.5 14 8.8 4.7-15.8 14 4.6 2.5- 8.3 10 4.6 1.9-10.7 8 2.6 1.2- 5.5
RACE
White 292 237 81.6 75.8-86.3 18 8.0 4.7-13.1 17 5.3 3.1- 9.0 13 3.5 1.9- 6.3 7 1.6 0.7- 3.5
Other 70 57 80.4 66.3-89.5 4 8.2 2.7-22.1 3 2.2 0.7- 6.8 2 5.2 1.2-19.4 4 4.1 1.4-11.1
AGE
18-44 98 83 83.7 73.1-90.7 8 10.1 4.8-20.1 6 3.9 1.6- 9.3 1 2.2 0.3-14.1 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 264 210 78.9 72.8-83.9 14 6.2 3.5-10.8 14 4.7 2.7- 8.2 14 5.5 3.0- 9.8 12 4.7 2.5- 8.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 83 63 70.2 54.7-82.1 5 9.8 3.2-26.2 6 5.7 2.4-13.3 5 9.1 3.1-23.9 4 5.2 1.8-13.8
Some College + 283 234 84.6 79.2-88.8 17 7.4 4.4-12.3 14 3.9 2.1- 7.0 10 2.4 1.2- 4.8 8 1.7 0.8- 3.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 106 81 76.8 65.3-85.4 4 7.1 2.2-20.6 8 5.7 2.7-11.6 7 6.1 2.6-13.7 6 4.3 1.8- 9.9
$50,000+ 205 169 82.0 74.9-87.4 16 10.5 6.2-17.3 9 4.0 1.9- 8.3 7 2.1 1.0- 4.5 4 1.4 0.5- 3.7

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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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