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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 434 336 78.3 72.5-83.1 25 6.7 4.1-11.0 21 5.1 2.7- 9.4 22 5.2 3.1- 8.6 30 4.7 3.1- 7.2
GENDER
Male 156 127 85.7 78.5-90.7 8 5.0 2.3-10.5 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 8 4.0 1.7- 8.8 10 4.5 2.2- 9.0
Female 278 209 72.4 64.1-79.4 17 8.1 4.2-14.9 18 8.4 4.3-15.9 14 6.2 3.2-11.5 20 4.9 2.9- 8.1
RACE
White 381 295 77.5 71.2-82.7 22 7.0 4.0-11.9 17 4.9 2.3-10.1 18 5.4 3.1- 9.3 29 5.3 3.5- 7.9
Other 51 39 81.3 65.5-90.9 3 5.9 1.8-17.8 4 5.9 1.7-18.8 4 4.5 1.3-14.6 1 2.5 0.3-15.9
AGE
18-44 104 83 80.2 69.0-88.1 8 7.3 3.1-16.2 8 7.3 2.9-17.0 4 4.2 1.4-12.1 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0
45+ 327 250 76.2 70.5-81.1 17 6.3 3.7-10.7 13 3.2 1.7- 5.9 18 6.2 3.8- 9.9 29 8.1 5.4-11.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 215 159 73.1 63.5-80.9 10 6.6 2.8-14.4 12 6.3 2.5-15.0 13 7.3 3.7-13.7 21 6.7 4.0-11.1
Some College + 219 177 83.6 77.4-88.4 15 6.9 3.9-12.1 9 3.8 1.8- 7.7 9 3.0 1.5- 6.0 9 2.6 1.2- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 160 71.1 62.0-78.7 7 2.9 1.2- 6.8 15 8.6 4.0-17.4 17 9.6 5.4-16.5 21 7.8 4.7-12.7
$50,000+ 130 110 86.2 78.5-91.4 12 8.9 4.8-16.0 3 2.6 0.8- 7.9 3 1.4 0.5- 4.5 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8

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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.

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