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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 365 297 81.9 76.2-86.4 19 6.4 3.7-10.8 24 5.4 3.3- 8.7 15 4.4 2.3- 8.3 10 2.0 1.0- 4.0
GENDER
Male 116 98 85.1 75.9-91.2 4 4.2 1.6-10.8 6 5.4 2.1-13.5 5 3.9 1.3-11.0 3 1.4 0.4- 4.3
Female 249 199 79.7 72.1-85.7 15 7.8 4.1-14.5 18 5.3 3.2- 8.8 10 4.8 2.1-10.5 7 2.4 1.0- 5.7
RACE
White 316 254 80.6 74.3-85.6 16 6.6 3.6-11.9 23 6.5 3.9-10.5 14 4.4 2.3- 8.3 9 1.9 0.9- 3.9
Other 48 42 86.4 70.1-94.5 3 5.6 1.7-16.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.6 1 4.7 0.7-26.7 1 2.4 0.3-15.2
AGE
18-44 144 117 81.9 73.1-88.2 14 9.2 4.9-16.4 6 3.4 1.4- 8.0 6 5.3 2.2-12.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4
45+ 218 178 81.9 74.7-87.4 4 2.4 0.8- 7.4 18 8.2 4.6-14.1 9 3.3 1.5- 6.8 9 4.3 2.0- 8.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 107 83.2 73.4-89.9 2 1.1 0.2- 5.0 10 5.5 2.8-10.7 7 9.0 3.9-19.4 3 1.2 0.3- 4.2
Some College + 235 189 81.1 73.8-86.8 17 9.1 5.2-15.6 14 5.3 2.7-10.0 8 2.1 0.9- 5.0 7 2.4 1.0- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 139 105 74.3 63.9-82.6 5 4.2 1.6-11.1 14 7.8 4.3-13.7 9 10.3 4.7-21.0 6 3.3 1.2- 8.6
$50,000+ 179 154 87.7 81.3-92.1 10 6.0 3.1-11.1 9 3.8 1.7- 8.3 3 1.1 0.3- 4.1 3 1.4 0.4- 4.5

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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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