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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 2,773 2,140 78.4 75.9-80.6 140 5.8 4.7- 7.2 146 5.7 4.4- 7.3 176 4.9 4.0- 6.0 171 5.3 4.1- 6.7
GENDER
Male 1,077 859 81.4 78.1-84.4 49 5.3 3.7- 7.5 53 4.5 3.1- 6.4 54 3.6 2.5- 5.2 62 5.1 3.7- 7.1
Female 1,696 1,281 75.5 72.0-78.7 91 6.3 4.8- 8.1 93 6.8 4.8- 9.5 122 6.1 4.7- 7.9 109 5.4 3.7- 7.6
RACE
White 2,549 1,977 78.8 76.3-81.1 131 5.8 4.7- 7.1 134 5.6 4.3- 7.3 161 5.1 4.1- 6.3 146 4.7 3.6- 6.1
African American 78 59 74.5 58.6-85.7 2 2.1 0.4-11.2 2 5.7 1.2-23.4 4 3.4 1.2- 9.7 11 14.2 6.5-28.3
Other Minorities 134 94 73.6 59.6-84.0 7 8.5 2.8-23.4 10 6.5 2.4-16.4 9 3.2 1.4- 7.0 14 8.2 3.2-19.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 57 47 79.6 58.9-91.4 4 9.6 2.3-32.2 1 1.6 0.2-10.5 2 1.3 0.3- 5.7 3 8.0 1.9-28.3
Non-Hispanic 2,712 2,091 78.3 75.9-80.6 136 5.7 4.6- 7.0 145 5.8 4.5- 7.5 172 5.0 4.1- 6.2 168 5.2 4.0- 6.6
AGE
18-24 88 66 77.7 64.6-86.9 5 6.4 2.2-16.8 8 7.7 3.4-16.7 5 4.0 1.4-11.2 4 4.3 1.4-12.6
25-34 193 157 84.0 77.1-89.2 18 7.7 4.7-12.5 10 5.8 2.7-12.2 6 2.1 0.8- 5.6 2 0.2 0.0- 1.3
35-44 345 258 75.2 68.4-81.0 31 8.5 5.8-12.4 23 8.0 4.1-15.0 21 5.0 3.0- 8.4 12 3.2 1.5- 6.6
45-54 488 359 74.9 68.9-80.0 35 7.3 5.1-10.4 21 3.1 1.9- 4.9 39 5.8 4.0- 8.3 34 8.9 5.0-15.3
55-64 641 476 74.8 70.5-78.7 23 3.6 2.3- 5.6 33 4.9 3.4- 7.0 58 9.4 6.6-13.2 51 7.3 5.3- 9.8
65+ 996 805 82.2 79.1-85.0 28 2.6 1.7- 3.9 49 5.2 3.6- 7.6 46 3.3 2.4- 4.6 68 6.6 4.9- 8.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 379 264 69.1 59.5-77.3 12 3.7 1.7- 7.9 15 5.7 2.7-11.4 33 7.1 4.2-11.7 55 14.5 8.8-22.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 907 702 79.6 75.8-83.0 42 6.2 4.1- 9.4 49 5.5 3.7- 7.9 59 4.5 3.2- 6.2 55 4.2 3.1- 5.7
Some Post-H.S. 687 508 76.9 71.6-81.5 38 5.5 3.8- 8.0 47 7.1 4.2-11.8 54 6.1 4.2- 8.9 40 4.3 2.7- 6.6
College Graduate 796 663 83.8 80.2-86.8 48 6.8 5.0- 9.3 34 3.7 2.5- 5.6 30 3.2 1.9- 5.2 21 2.6 1.5- 4.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 360 207 60.8 52.1-68.8 18 6.7 3.0-14.3 18 6.2 3.5-10.8 58 13.9 9.8-19.5 59 12.3 8.1-18.4
$15,000- 24,999 508 381 70.6 63.7-76.7 25 6.7 4.2-10.7 31 9.9 5.4-17.5 40 7.4 4.8-11.3 31 5.3 3.4- 8.4
$25,000- 34,999 348 273 78.4 72.6-83.3 21 6.4 4.0-10.1 24 6.4 4.0-10.1 15 4.0 2.0- 7.8 15 4.7 2.6- 8.7
$35,000- 49,999 371 301 82.9 77.2-87.4 14 3.4 1.8- 6.5 24 6.1 3.5-10.5 16 2.6 1.4- 4.6 16 5.0 2.6- 9.5
$50,000-74,999 357 296 81.4 74.6-86.7 22 8.1 4.8-13.3 16 5.0 2.4-10.0 13 3.7 1.6- 8.4 10 1.9 1.0- 3.5
$75,000+ 409 357 88.3 83.9-91.6 24 6.5 4.2-10.1 18 3.0 1.7- 5.5 5 0.9 0.4- 2.2 5 1.3 0.4- 3.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,032 600 58.4 54.0-62.7 53 5.6 3.9- 7.9 75 7.6 5.6-10.4 144 12.4 10.1-15.3 160 15.9 12.6-19.9
No 1,609 1,433 87.3 84.4-89.7 80 5.9 4.4- 7.7 62 4.6 3.1- 6.8 27 1.7 1.0- 3.0 7 0.5 0.2- 1.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 355 279 80.3 75.0-84.6 11 2.8 1.5- 5.4 26 6.9 4.1-11.2 23 5.9 3.6- 9.3 16 4.2 2.5- 6.8
Non-Veteran 2,188 1,687 78.2 75.3-80.8 117 6.2 4.9- 7.8 109 5.7 4.2- 7.6 141 4.7 3.7- 5.9 134 5.3 4.0- 7.0

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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.

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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