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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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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%)
TOTAL 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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 10,438 7,566 69.8 68.4-71.3 687 7.9 7.0- 8.8 851 9.5 8.6-10.5 740 7.3 6.5- 8.2 594 5.4 4.8- 6.2
No 1,470 889 63.7 59.6-67.6 116 8.9 6.8-11.7 120 7.8 5.8-10.4 173 11.4 8.9-14.4 172 8.2 6.6-10.2
Body Mass Index
Underweight 198 140 60.6 50.1-70.2 13 6.0 2.9-11.9 16 16.5 9.0-28.1 10 5.9 2.8-12.2 19 11.1 6.4-18.4
Recommended Range 3,717 2,704 67.6 64.8-70.3 259 9.4 7.7-11.4 296 9.2 7.8-10.9 243 7.8 6.2- 9.8 215 5.9 4.6- 7.5
Overweight 4,208 3,054 70.7 68.4-72.9 273 7.0 5.9- 8.2 324 9.8 8.2-11.6 313 7.6 6.5- 8.9 244 5.0 4.2- 6.0
Obese 3,238 2,138 66.6 64.0-69.1 230 8.4 6.9-10.2 296 8.2 6.9- 9.7 316 9.6 8.1-11.3 258 7.2 6.1- 8.5
Current Smoker
No 9,885 7,250 70.8 69.3-72.2 681 8.3 7.5- 9.3 789 9.3 8.4-10.3 655 7.1 6.3- 8.0 510 4.5 4.0- 5.1
Yes 2,000 1,186 60.3 56.5-64.1 121 7.0 5.0- 9.6 181 8.9 6.9-11.3 255 12.0 9.8-14.5 257 11.8 9.6-14.4
History of CVD**
Yes 1,560 1,107 68.5 65.1-71.8 66 4.6 3.3- 6.3 78 5.0 3.7- 6.8 152 10.3 8.3-12.7 157 11.6 9.3-14.3
No 10,260 7,294 68.8 67.2-70.3 734 8.4 7.6- 9.4 884 9.6 8.7-10.6 752 7.9 7.0- 8.8 596 5.3 4.7- 6.1
Binge Drinker
No 10,816 7,746 69.4 67.9-70.8 716 7.8 7.0- 8.7 856 8.8 7.9- 9.7 808 7.9 7.1- 8.8 690 6.1 5.4- 6.9
Yes 933 595 61.6 56.5-66.5 72 9.8 6.8-14.0 106 13.7 10.5-17.8 99 10.4 7.6-14.0 61 4.4 3.2- 6.1
Heavy Drinker
No 11,290 8,031 68.6 67.2-70.1 755 8.2 7.3- 9.1 917 9.3 8.4-10.2 865 8.0 7.2- 8.9 722 5.9 5.3- 6.7
Yes 394 254 63.1 55.2-70.5 33 6.8 4.4-10.3 45 11.8 7.7-17.7 36 12.5 8.3-18.5 26 5.7 3.5- 9.2
Poor Sleep***
Yes 1,360 694 52.3 47.8-56.7 61 5.2 3.7- 7.2 107 8.5 6.6-11.1 204 14.2 11.7-17.1 294 19.7 16.5-23.4
No 10,315 7,575 70.9 69.3-72.3 730 8.4 7.5- 9.4 856 9.4 8.5-10.4 701 7.3 6.5- 8.3 453 4.0 3.5- 4.6
Current Asthma
Yes 992 571 55.2 50.0-60.3 59 6.6 4.6- 9.3 95 12.3 9.2-16.2 125 13.6 10.2-18.0 142 12.3 9.7-15.5
No 10,878 7,868 69.9 68.4-71.3 741 8.2 7.3- 9.1 870 8.9 8.1- 9.9 781 7.6 6.8- 8.5 618 5.4 4.8- 6.1
Diabetes
Yes 1,652 1,143 66.2 62.7-69.5 76 5.8 4.3- 7.7 131 7.6 6.0- 9.6 158 11.5 9.2-14.3 144 9.0 7.1-11.2
No 10,153 7,227 68.9 67.4-70.4 718 8.3 7.4- 9.3 839 9.4 8.5-10.4 750 7.7 6.9- 8.7 619 5.7 5.0- 6.4
Disability
Yes 4,427 2,677 56.8 54.3-59.2 237 5.7 4.7- 6.9 420 10.7 9.3-12.4 554 14.1 12.4-15.9 539 12.8 11.1-14.6
No 7,015 5,423 74.0 72.2-75.7 539 9.3 8.2-10.5 522 8.5 7.5- 9.7 331 5.4 4.5- 6.4 200 2.8 2.3- 3.4

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**History of cardiovascular disease includes history of heart attack or coronary heart disease or stroke.

***Poor sleep defined as not getting enough rest or sleep for all 30 days out of the past 30 days.

^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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