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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Healthy Days

Now thinking about your mental health, which includes stress, depression, and problems with emotions,
for how many days during the past 30 days was your mental health not good?

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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 13,068 9,042 66.3 64.8-67.8 933 7.7 7.0- 8.6 1,216 10.8 9.8-12.0 1,096 9.6 8.7-10.5 781 5.5 4.9- 6.3
-Western NC 2,763 1,930 66.7 63.5-69.7 181 7.2 5.9- 8.8 240 10.5 8.1-13.4 239 9.7 7.9-11.9 173 5.9 4.9- 7.2
GENDER
Male 1,069 803 71.2 65.9-76.1 61 5.9 4.3- 8.1 68 10.7 6.6-16.8 78 7.1 5.1- 9.8 59 5.1 3.7- 7.0
Female 1,694 1,127 62.4 58.5-66.1 120 8.4 6.6-10.8 172 10.3 8.5-12.4 161 12.2 9.4-15.6 114 6.7 5.2- 8.5
RACE
White 2,540 1,786 67.5 64.2-70.7 172 7.4 6.1- 9.0 211 9.6 7.2-12.7 213 9.5 7.7-11.7 158 6.0 4.9- 7.3
African American 77 49 53.7 36.3-70.3 0 0.0 . - . 13 20.1 9.9-36.5 9 17.7 5.6-44.1 6 8.4 2.7-23.1
Other Minorities 134 85 61.2 46.4-74.1 9 8.9 3.0-23.3 16 17.9 8.7-33.4 15 7.6 3.2-16.9 9 4.4 2.0- 9.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 58 41 72.9 52.6-86.8 3 2.3 0.7- 7.5 6 17.6 6.1-41.3 5 4.2 1.5-10.8 3 3.0 0.8-10.7
Non-Hispanic 2,700 1,885 66.4 63.2-69.5 178 7.4 6.1- 9.0 234 10.2 7.9-13.1 233 9.9 8.0-12.1 170 6.1 5.0- 7.4
AGE
18-24 89 42 48.8 32.4-65.5 11 9.8 4.6-19.4 18 25.7 12.0-46.7 13 12.2 6.2-22.6 5 3.6 1.3- 9.7
25-34 192 122 65.4 56.1-73.6 24 11.0 6.8-17.3 22 10.1 6.1-16.3 14 9.3 4.6-18.0 10 4.2 1.9- 9.2
35-44 342 207 61.9 54.8-68.5 20 4.5 2.7- 7.3 48 13.7 10.0-18.5 42 13.4 8.6-20.2 25 6.6 4.2-10.4
45-54 487 302 62.6 56.4-68.4 41 9.8 6.7-14.0 45 8.4 6.0-11.7 47 9.6 5.8-15.5 52 9.6 6.8-13.4
55-64 640 436 68.6 64.1-72.7 46 7.2 5.3- 9.7 45 6.2 4.5- 8.5 71 10.3 7.7-13.7 42 7.7 5.4-10.8
65+ 991 802 82.1 79.1-84.8 37 3.2 2.2- 4.5 62 5.5 4.0- 7.3 51 5.6 3.9- 7.9 39 3.6 2.6- 5.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 379 263 58.9 46.6-70.3 14 4.2 2.1- 8.3 29 15.7 6.1-35.0 31 11.7 6.3-20.6 42 9.4 6.1-14.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 894 630 67.9 63.2-72.2 47 6.3 4.1- 9.4 71 10.8 7.9-14.7 77 7.9 5.9-10.6 69 7.1 5.3- 9.4
Some Post-H.S. 685 449 65.2 59.1-71.0 50 7.6 5.1-11.3 65 8.4 6.1-11.5 78 12.1 8.5-17.0 43 6.6 4.4- 9.9
College Graduate 801 585 71.1 66.4-75.5 70 9.6 7.3-12.5 75 9.4 7.1-12.2 52 7.8 5.0-11.9 19 2.2 1.2- 3.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 353 210 60.4 51.6-68.6 15 4.2 1.9- 9.0 34 11.3 6.4-19.3 47 11.3 7.5-16.7 47 12.8 8.9-18.0
$15,000- 24,999 508 343 61.4 54.6-67.7 21 4.8 2.8- 8.1 42 10.9 7.4-15.8 54 12.8 8.0-20.0 48 10.1 7.1-14.1
$25,000- 34,999 345 238 65.0 58.3-71.3 17 6.6 3.9-11.0 40 12.1 8.1-17.5 33 10.6 7.1-15.4 17 5.7 3.3- 9.8
$35,000- 49,999 369 258 67.7 61.0-73.8 38 9.5 6.6-13.5 28 7.6 4.8-11.9 33 9.7 6.3-14.7 12 5.4 2.4-11.6
$50,000-74,999 355 248 67.7 60.0-74.5 28 7.9 4.6-13.3 39 10.9 7.5-15.7 27 10.6 6.3-17.4 13 2.9 1.5- 5.4
$75,000+ 408 312 74.9 67.7-80.9 39 9.8 6.5-14.6 32 8.1 5.4-12.0 20 6.6 3.2-13.0 5 0.6 0.2- 1.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,035 628 58.6 54.1-62.9 51 4.2 3.0- 5.8 97 9.7 7.4-12.4 135 14.4 11.0-18.5 124 13.2 10.6-16.3
No 1,598 1,207 71.2 67.6-74.6 120 8.7 6.9-11.0 130 9.0 7.1-11.2 96 8.1 6.0-10.9 45 2.9 2.0- 4.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 352 289 82.3 77.2-86.5 10 3.1 1.6- 5.8 13 3.1 1.6- 5.9 21 4.8 3.1- 7.6 19 6.7 4.0-11.1
Non-Veteran 2,178 1,484 65.0 61.3-68.5 154 7.6 6.2- 9.3 210 11.4 8.7-14.9 196 10.2 8.1-12.8 134 5.7 4.6- 7.1

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^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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