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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-FEMALES

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 11,936 8,477 68.7 67.3-70.1 803 8.1 7.3- 9.0 973 9.2 8.3-10.1 915 8.1 7.3- 9.0 768 5.9 5.3- 6.6
-FEMALES 7,505 5,072 63.8 62.0-65.6 548 8.7 7.8- 9.8 707 10.9 9.8-12.2 631 9.4 8.2-10.7 547 7.1 6.2- 8.1
RACE
White 5,740 3,858 62.2 60.1-64.3 444 9.5 8.3-10.8 538 11.2 9.8-12.7 489 9.9 8.5-11.5 411 7.3 6.1- 8.6
African American 1,303 885 65.6 61.4-69.6 76 7.6 5.6-10.2 131 10.5 8.3-13.2 115 9.3 7.0-12.3 96 7.0 5.2- 9.3
Other Minorities 418 296 73.2 66.2-79.2 27 5.2 3.3- 8.3 33 10.2 5.9-17.1 23 5.2 2.8- 9.3 39 6.2 4.1- 9.2
AGE
18-24 192 112 56.1 46.4-65.4 21 10.0 6.1-16.2 25 13.8 8.3-22.0 21 12.8 7.1-22.1 13 7.3 3.2-15.9
25-34 615 350 57.1 51.9-62.1 77 11.6 8.8-15.0 92 16.0 12.5-20.3 53 8.7 6.2-12.0 43 6.7 4.6- 9.7
35-44 1,059 604 58.1 54.3-61.8 107 10.7 8.5-13.2 134 12.4 10.2-15.0 127 11.5 9.3-14.2 87 7.2 5.6- 9.3
45-54 1,379 816 60.1 56.7-63.5 126 9.9 8.0-12.1 151 10.5 8.6-12.8 157 10.6 8.5-13.1 129 8.9 7.1-11.0
55-64 1,602 1,080 68.5 65.5-71.4 89 6.2 4.7- 8.1 152 9.0 7.3-10.9 146 8.6 7.0-10.4 135 7.7 6.2- 9.7
65+ 2,568 2,037 79.2 76.7-81.5 120 4.2 3.3- 5.3 151 5.8 4.8- 7.1 123 5.5 4.0- 7.7 137 5.2 4.2- 6.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 909 609 62.1 55.9-67.9 29 3.2 1.9- 5.4 69 9.9 7.1-13.7 86 10.8 7.6-15.2 116 14.0 9.3-20.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,193 1,499 65.3 61.9-68.6 117 6.8 5.2- 9.0 184 8.7 7.1-10.5 207 11.2 8.9-14.1 186 8.0 6.5- 9.8
Some Post-H.S. 2,009 1,362 62.2 58.5-65.8 156 8.9 7.2-11.0 178 11.6 8.9-14.9 170 10.0 7.6-13.0 143 7.3 5.8- 9.2
College Graduate 2,381 1,590 64.4 61.5-67.1 246 12.2 10.4-14.3 276 12.9 11.0-15.0 167 6.7 5.5- 8.3 102 3.7 2.9- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 899 505 53.2 48.2-58.1 40 6.8 4.5-10.1 76 9.0 6.4-12.5 123 13.9 10.9-17.6 155 17.1 14.0-20.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,226 782 60.0 55.3-64.5 69 5.2 3.8- 7.1 119 10.2 7.9-13.2 138 14.7 11.2-19.0 118 9.9 7.6-12.8
$25,000- 34,999 800 553 65.3 59.4-70.7 68 10.2 7.4-13.9 68 8.4 6.2-11.3 51 9.7 5.7-15.9 60 6.5 4.5- 9.2
$35,000- 49,999 927 635 65.9 61.0-70.5 69 8.8 6.1-12.6 100 11.7 8.7-15.6 80 8.8 6.5-11.8 43 4.8 3.2- 7.1
$50,000- 74,999 937 643 64.5 59.7-69.1 85 11.2 8.4-14.7 103 14.6 11.0-19.1 71 6.6 4.9- 9.0 35 3.0 1.9- 4.8
$75,000+ 1,331 909 65.4 61.7-68.9 140 11.6 9.4-14.2 153 12.3 10.1-15.0 83 7.2 5.4- 9.5 46 3.5 2.4- 5.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,861 1,650 52.7 49.7-55.7 161 5.8 4.7- 7.2 297 11.9 10.1-14.0 373 15.1 12.9-17.6 380 14.5 12.2-17.1
No 4,361 3,211 69.0 66.7-71.2 370 10.1 8.9-11.6 391 10.4 8.9-12.1 240 6.9 5.5- 8.5 149 3.6 2.9- 4.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 172 113 64.9 54.1-74.3 11 6.5 2.9-14.1 18 12.0 6.9-19.9 18 10.1 4.7-20.5 12 6.5 3.1-13.2
Non-Veteran 7,332 4,958 63.8 62.0-65.6 537 8.8 7.8- 9.9 689 10.9 9.8-12.2 613 9.4 8.2-10.7 535 7.1 6.2- 8.2

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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.

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