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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 6,696 4,642 66.1 64.1-68.1 507 8.3 7.2- 9.5 624 10.5 9.4-11.8 560 9.8 8.6-11.2 363 5.2 4.3- 6.4
GENDER
Male 2,539 1,935 72.3 69.2-75.2 160 7.6 6.0- 9.7 193 8.4 6.9-10.2 145 7.4 5.7- 9.4 106 4.3 3.0- 6.1
Female 4,157 2,707 60.3 57.7-62.8 347 9.0 7.7-10.4 431 12.5 10.8-14.4 415 12.1 10.4-14.0 257 6.2 5.0- 7.6
RACE
White 5,381 3,755 67.3 65.2-69.4 419 8.6 7.5- 9.9 498 10.1 8.9-11.5 423 9.1 7.8-10.6 286 4.8 3.9- 5.9
African American 926 627 63.7 58.5-68.6 59 6.4 4.5- 9.1 85 11.3 8.2-15.4 99 10.7 8.1-14.1 56 7.9 5.0-12.2
Other Minorities 336 222 64.8 56.0-72.7 25 7.9 3.9-15.1 37 12.5 8.3-18.5 34 11.3 6.9-18.1 18 3.5 1.9- 6.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 236 157 65.8 55.2-75.1 14 9.0 4.0-19.0 22 8.0 4.5-13.8 23 12.2 6.6-21.6 20 5.0 2.9- 8.4
Non-Hispanic 6,442 4,470 66.1 64.2-68.1 490 8.2 7.2- 9.3 602 10.8 9.6-12.1 537 9.6 8.4-10.9 343 5.3 4.3- 6.5
AGE
18-24 183 103 57.8 48.1-66.9 23 12.4 7.4-20.0 27 12.8 8.3-19.4 23 13.0 8.0-20.4 7 4.0 1.5-10.6
25-34 634 377 60.4 54.8-65.7 56 7.6 5.2-11.0 94 14.2 10.8-18.4 78 13.4 9.9-17.9 29 4.4 2.6- 7.2
35-44 1,087 672 62.3 58.1-66.4 103 9.0 6.9-11.5 139 12.8 10.2-15.9 121 10.9 8.6-13.9 52 5.0 3.1- 8.0
45-54 1,339 856 66.2 62.5-69.8 131 8.9 7.2-11.1 146 10.5 8.5-13.0 116 7.8 6.1-10.0 90 6.5 4.3- 9.6
55-64 1,362 940 68.8 65.2-72.2 99 7.5 5.7- 9.8 111 7.1 5.6- 9.1 116 9.6 7.3-12.5 96 7.0 5.4- 9.0
65+ 2,024 1,641 81.2 78.5-83.7 90 4.8 3.7- 6.3 104 5.0 3.8- 6.5 104 4.6 3.6- 6.0 85 4.3 2.9- 6.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 803 533 62.3 54.9-69.2 31 6.3 3.1-12.2 52 6.4 4.0- 9.9 92 15.6 10.6-22.3 95 9.5 6.8-13.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,827 1,274 65.1 61.0-69.1 109 7.2 5.2- 9.8 172 10.7 8.4-13.5 157 10.2 7.9-13.0 115 6.8 4.7- 9.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,623 1,138 66.2 62.2-70.0 117 8.6 6.6-11.1 139 9.7 7.5-12.3 142 9.4 7.3-12.0 87 6.1 4.1- 9.2
College Graduate 2,430 1,687 68.1 65.3-70.8 249 9.7 8.3-11.4 259 12.5 10.5-14.7 169 7.7 6.3- 9.4 66 2.0 1.5- 2.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 597 340 51.2 43.0-59.3 21 7.0 2.9-16.0 52 7.3 4.6-11.4 86 17.0 11.9-23.7 98 17.5 12.2-24.5
$15,000- 24,999 940 620 58.0 51.8-64.0 52 7.6 4.7-12.1 72 10.5 7.1-15.3 106 14.3 10.4-19.2 90 9.6 6.5-14.1
$25,000- 34,999 636 426 61.4 53.9-68.3 46 8.4 5.4-13.0 64 8.9 6.3-12.5 65 14.0 8.8-21.4 35 7.4 3.5-14.9
$35,000- 49,999 842 596 70.4 65.2-75.1 65 6.7 5.0- 8.9 80 9.5 7.0-12.6 67 10.5 7.1-15.2 34 3.0 1.9- 4.6
$50,000-74,999 954 655 65.5 60.4-70.2 82 7.2 5.4- 9.7 111 14.5 11.0-18.8 77 9.0 6.5-12.5 29 3.8 2.0- 7.1
$75,000+ 1,699 1,237 71.8 68.7-74.8 176 10.4 8.6-12.6 160 10.6 8.6-13.0 100 5.9 4.6- 7.6 26 1.2 0.8- 1.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,107 1,225 51.9 48.2-55.6 136 6.8 5.0- 9.3 204 10.9 8.8-13.5 293 17.5 14.7-20.8 249 12.8 10.2-15.9
No 4,168 3,097 70.3 67.8-72.6 346 9.3 7.9-10.9 390 10.9 9.4-12.5 236 7.0 5.7- 8.6 99 2.6 1.8- 3.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 781 625 78.9 74.2-83.0 41 5.9 3.7- 9.5 41 5.1 3.4- 7.4 39 5.5 3.4- 8.6 35 4.6 2.8- 7.4
Non-Veteran 5,360 3,635 64.4 62.2-66.6 420 8.3 7.2- 9.7 539 11.6 10.2-13.1 473 10.3 8.9-11.9 293 5.3 4.3- 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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