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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wayne 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
-Wayne County 382 297 79.6 74.1-84.2 19 6.1 3.6-10.4 22 4.8 3.0- 7.5 20 4.7 2.7- 8.0 24 4.8 2.9- 7.8
GENDER
Male 122 96 82.6 73.4-89.1 4 5.2 1.9-13.2 7 3.0 1.3- 6.7 7 5.6 2.3-12.8 8 3.7 1.7- 8.2
Female 260 201 77.1 69.9-82.9 15 7.0 3.7-12.7 15 6.3 3.6-10.8 13 3.9 2.1- 7.2 16 5.7 3.1-10.4
RACE
White 236 185 82.6 76.0-87.6 10 5.2 2.4-10.7 12 4.0 2.1- 7.6 15 4.8 2.7- 8.6 14 3.4 1.9- 6.0
Other 145 111 75.0 65.0-82.9 9 7.6 3.5-15.9 10 5.9 3.0-11.3 5 4.5 1.5-12.9 10 7.0 3.4-14.0
AGE
18-44 113 87 82.8 73.8-89.2 10 8.7 4.4-16.7 8 3.4 1.6- 7.5 5 3.9 1.3-10.8 3 1.1 0.3- 4.1
45+ 266 207 75.8 68.9-81.5 9 3.5 1.6- 7.3 14 6.3 3.6-10.9 15 5.6 3.2- 9.6 21 8.9 5.3-14.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 190 144 77.0 68.3-83.9 7 5.4 2.3-12.1 8 3.9 1.8- 8.2 15 7.1 3.7-13.3 16 6.6 3.5-12.0
Some College + 192 153 82.4 75.2-87.9 12 7.0 3.5-13.5 14 5.7 3.2-10.1 5 2.0 0.8- 5.4 8 2.9 1.4- 6.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 159 73.4 65.0-80.4 11 6.1 3.0-12.1 16 6.6 3.8-11.3 14 7.9 4.2-14.6 15 6.0 3.3-10.5
$50,000+ 97 87 92.7 86.1-96.3 3 2.2 0.7- 6.7 4 3.6 1.3- 9.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 2 1.1 0.3- 4.4

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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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