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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 597 474 77.6 72.0-82.3 45 7.6 5.3-10.7 37 7.6 4.6-12.4 24 5.6 3.1- 9.9 17 1.6 1.0- 2.7
GENDER
Male 231 191 77.8 67.9-85.2 17 7.0 3.9-12.1 12 9.1 4.1-18.9 7 5.5 2.0-14.2 4 0.7 0.2- 2.0
Female 366 283 77.3 71.6-82.2 28 8.2 5.4-12.4 25 6.1 4.0- 9.3 17 5.8 3.1-10.5 13 2.6 1.4- 4.6
RACE
White 458 370 81.5 76.7-85.5 37 8.6 5.9-12.6 27 6.1 3.8- 9.6 11 1.9 1.0- 3.5 13 1.9 1.0- 3.4
Other 134 100 68.8 55.0-79.9 7 5.0 2.1-11.3 10 11.2 4.2-26.3 13 13.9 6.7-26.4 4 1.1 0.4- 3.2
AGE
18-44 220 167 74.5 65.7-81.7 22 8.2 5.0-13.1 19 10.1 5.3-18.2 9 6.5 2.9-14.1 3 0.7 0.2- 2.1
45+ 368 299 81.9 77.2-85.9 22 6.5 4.1-10.2 18 4.1 2.5- 6.8 15 4.4 2.5- 7.5 14 3.1 1.7- 5.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 124 91 69.8 53.9-82.0 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4 7 9.2 2.5-28.7 15 16.5 8.0-31.0 9 3.6 1.7- 7.3
Some College + 473 383 80.2 75.2-84.5 43 9.9 7.0-13.9 30 7.1 4.4-11.1 9 1.9 0.8- 4.2 8 1.0 0.4- 2.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 170 112 62.3 49.5-73.6 14 5.7 3.2-10.1 19 17.1 8.4-31.7 13 10.8 4.4-24.4 12 4.1 2.1- 7.6
$50,000+ 340 281 81.9 76.2-86.4 29 9.0 6.0-13.3 17 5.2 2.8- 9.5 9 3.2 1.4- 7.0 4 0.7 0.3- 2.0

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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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