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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Durham County

Health Status

Now thinking about your physical health, which includes physical illness and injury, for how many days during the past 30 days was your physical 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 6,105 4,035 67.4 65.6-69.1 636 10.8 9.6-12.1 576 8.6 7.6- 9.6 396 6.5 5.7- 7.5 462 6.7 5.8- 7.6
Durham County 391 270 70.4 63.5-76.5 48 11.8 8.5-16.1 34 10.4 5.8-17.7 19 3.7 2.2- 6.2 20 3.8 2.3- 6.1
GENDER
Male 145 107 73.0 60.8-82.5 18 11.5 6.7-19.0 9 10.4 3.6-26.4 5 1.8 0.7- 4.5 6 3.3 1.4- 7.7
Female 246 163 67.8 60.8-74.0 30 12.0 8.1-17.5 25 10.3 6.8-15.5 14 5.7 3.0-10.3 14 4.2 2.4- 7.3
RACE
White 209 143 69.3 61.9-75.8 26 13.1 8.7-19.4 18 8.8 5.3-14.1 11 3.8 2.0- 7.1 11 5.0 2.6- 9.4
Other 175 121 70.8 59.2-80.1 22 10.9 6.5-17.7 16 12.0 5.0-26.1 8 3.7 1.6- 8.3 8 2.6 1.2- 5.6
AGE
18-44 218 162 73.0 63.0-81.1 34 14.6 9.9-21.0 15 9.5 3.7-22.1 5 1.9 0.7- 4.8 2 1.0 0.2- 4.4
45+ 167 103 65.4 55.8-73.9 14 7.1 3.9-12.5 19 12.2 7.4-19.5 13 6.6 3.4-12.5 18 8.7 5.1-14.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 123 80 68.3 58.2-77.0 11 11.2 5.7-20.8 11 8.0 4.2-14.8 12 6.9 3.4-13.4 9 5.5 2.8-10.8
Some College + 268 190 71.3 62.2-79.1 37 12.0 8.3-17.2 23 11.4 5.5-22.2 7 2.3 1.0- 5.0 11 2.9 1.4- 5.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 192 128 67.2 56.1-76.6 24 10.8 6.9-16.4 20 14.1 6.4-28.1 10 4.0 1.9- 8.3 10 4.0 2.0- 7.7
$50,000+ 133 100 78.8 69.5-85.8 18 11.9 6.9-19.7 8 5.2 2.3-11.3 5 2.7 1.0- 6.8 2 1.5 0.2- 8.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 417 271 65.1 59.5-70.3 35 10.7 7.3-15.5 46 10.6 7.5-14.8 29 6.1 4.1- 9.0 36 7.5 5.3-10.5
Cumberland 423 272 66.6 59.6-72.8 48 11.2 7.6-16.2 50 12.3 9.0-16.6 30 6.2 4.2- 9.3 23 3.8 2.3- 6.0
Forsyth 451 295 67.8 62.7-72.5 46 10.2 7.4-14.0 41 8.4 6.0-11.6 35 7.3 5.1-10.3 34 6.3 4.2- 9.3
Gaston 458 300 68.0 63.1-72.6 35 7.3 5.1-10.5 45 10.4 7.6-14.1 30 6.1 4.1- 9.1 48 8.1 6.0-10.9
Guilford 412 267 65.2 59.7-70.4 54 14.1 10.3-19.0 35 8.8 6.1-12.5 24 5.1 3.3- 7.8 32 6.8 4.7- 9.7
Mecklenburg 427 292 69.9 64.5-74.7 54 12.2 8.8-16.6 46 10.9 7.9-14.8 17 3.5 2.0- 5.9 18 3.6 2.2- 6.0
New Hanover 397 262 67.5 61.6-73.0 47 10.7 7.8-14.6 31 7.4 5.0-10.8 25 6.4 4.2- 9.8 32 7.9 5.4-11.5
Onslow 430 296 68.5 61.3-75.0 40 9.1 6.2-13.1 44 11.8 6.8-19.8 22 5.5 3.4- 8.8 28 5.1 3.4- 7.7
Wake 426 289 68.0 62.7-73.0 53 13.8 10.3-18.2 50 10.7 7.7-14.5 19 4.7 2.9- 7.6 15 2.8 1.6- 4.8
Western NC 607 396 67.5 63.3-71.4 53 8.6 6.4-11.4 47 7.0 5.1- 9.4 39 6.6 4.7- 9.2 72 10.4 8.1-13.2
Piedmont NC 661 435 68.6 64.4-72.5 66 9.4 7.1-12.3 52 7.5 5.5-10.1 57 7.8 5.9-10.3 51 6.8 4.9- 9.2
Eastern NC 605 390 65.2 60.4-69.6 57 11.6 8.6-15.6 55 7.9 5.7-10.7 50 7.5 5.4-10.2 53 7.9 5.8-10.7

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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