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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 6,719 5,381 79.5 77.8-81.1 356 5.9 5.1- 6.8 359 6.2 5.2- 7.4 332 4.6 3.9- 5.5 291 3.8 3.0- 4.8
GENDER
Male 2,549 2,100 81.9 79.2-84.4 136 5.3 4.3- 6.6 109 5.8 4.3- 7.7 98 3.8 2.7- 5.4 106 3.2 2.2- 4.7
Female 4,170 3,281 77.2 74.9-79.4 220 6.4 5.2- 7.7 250 6.7 5.5- 8.2 234 5.4 4.5- 6.5 185 4.3 3.2- 5.8
RACE
White 5,405 4,351 80.7 79.0-82.3 296 6.4 5.5- 7.6 275 5.5 4.7- 6.6 252 4.0 3.3- 4.9 231 3.3 2.6- 4.1
African American 924 717 76.2 71.3-80.6 37 4.5 3.0- 6.8 61 6.4 4.2- 9.4 58 5.8 3.9- 8.4 51 7.1 4.3-11.7
Other Minorities 337 269 78.1 69.4-84.8 20 4.6 2.7- 7.8 20 9.5 4.8-18.0 21 7.2 3.6-13.7 7 0.7 0.3- 1.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 234 184 77.8 67.6-85.5 18 6.1 3.5-10.7 19 11.7 6.0-21.5 10 4.1 1.3-12.6 3 0.2 0.1- 0.8
Non-Hispanic 6,464 5,179 79.6 77.9-81.2 336 5.8 5.0- 6.8 339 5.7 4.9- 6.8 322 4.7 3.9- 5.6 288 4.1 3.2- 5.2
AGE
18-24 184 143 78.7 70.1-85.4 13 6.3 3.4-11.5 18 8.7 4.7-15.7 7 3.9 1.7- 8.8 3 2.4 0.5-10.3
25-34 635 503 78.0 72.7-82.5 51 6.5 4.6- 9.2 50 8.8 5.9-13.1 21 4.6 2.5- 8.3 10 2.1 0.9- 5.2
35-44 1,092 870 79.0 75.5-82.2 88 8.1 6.3-10.4 64 6.3 4.5- 8.7 45 4.0 2.6- 5.9 25 2.6 1.4- 4.7
45-54 1,344 1,061 80.3 76.9-83.4 89 6.2 4.8- 7.9 55 4.1 2.8- 6.0 77 4.3 3.3- 5.8 62 5.0 3.0- 8.3
55-64 1,368 1,076 79.3 76.3-82.1 62 3.9 2.9- 5.2 72 4.8 3.6- 6.5 81 6.8 5.0- 9.1 77 5.2 3.9- 6.9
65+ 2,029 1,669 81.5 78.6-84.0 48 3.1 1.9- 4.9 100 5.3 4.0- 7.0 100 4.7 3.5- 6.2 112 5.5 4.0- 7.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 806 584 74.4 67.7-80.0 14 1.7 0.8- 3.4 47 7.3 4.0-12.8 72 8.1 5.1-12.6 89 8.6 5.7-12.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,828 1,464 78.0 74.3-81.4 72 4.9 3.4- 6.9 100 6.7 4.7- 9.4 100 6.0 4.3- 8.2 92 4.4 2.9- 6.8
Some Post-H.S. 1,627 1,306 79.3 75.7-82.5 83 6.3 4.6- 8.6 93 5.9 4.2- 8.2 85 4.8 3.6- 6.5 60 3.7 2.0- 6.6
College Graduate 2,445 2,017 82.6 80.4-84.7 187 7.8 6.5- 9.4 118 5.7 4.4- 7.4 73 2.2 1.5- 3.2 50 1.6 1.1- 2.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 596 371 62.9 54.5-70.5 14 2.5 1.2- 5.1 48 13.5 7.8-22.3 81 9.2 6.8-12.4 82 11.9 7.4-18.7
$15,000- 24,999 944 702 72.4 66.7-77.4 36 5.2 3.0- 8.8 64 7.5 4.8-11.4 74 9.1 6.0-13.5 68 5.9 4.0- 8.6
$25,000- 34,999 637 498 75.7 68.6-81.7 32 4.9 3.1- 7.6 38 6.3 3.9- 9.9 41 7.3 4.2-12.3 28 5.8 2.3-13.9
$35,000- 49,999 840 680 80.3 75.5-84.5 51 6.3 4.4- 9.0 49 6.0 3.8- 9.3 33 4.3 2.7- 6.7 27 3.1 1.2- 7.4
$50,000-74,999 959 803 80.7 75.9-84.7 56 7.4 5.0-10.6 50 6.7 4.2-10.4 34 3.3 1.9- 5.6 16 2.0 0.8- 5.1
$75,000+ 1,703 1,463 85.9 83.5-88.0 121 7.0 5.6- 8.7 68 4.3 3.1- 5.9 33 1.7 1.0- 2.8 18 1.1 0.6- 2.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,105 1,295 58.4 54.6-62.2 115 6.0 4.7- 7.7 167 10.6 8.1-13.7 255 11.7 9.7-13.9 273 13.4 10.6-16.7
No 4,192 3,730 87.3 85.4-88.9 218 5.9 4.9- 7.1 171 4.7 3.6- 5.9 62 1.9 1.2- 3.0 11 0.3 0.1- 0.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 782 643 83.5 79.4-87.0 20 2.5 1.2- 5.0 35 3.7 2.4- 5.8 47 6.1 3.9- 9.4 37 4.2 2.6- 6.5
Non-Veteran 5,379 4,293 79.0 77.0-80.9 302 6.2 5.3- 7.3 300 6.5 5.4- 7.9 261 4.7 3.8- 5.7 223 3.6 2.7- 4.8

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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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