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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Gaston 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
Gaston County 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
GENDER
Male 175 125 73.1 65.5-79.6 8 4.7 2.1-10.0 16 9.5 5.7-15.4 8 5.5 2.7-11.0 18 7.2 4.4-11.5
Female 283 175 63.2 56.8-69.2 27 9.9 6.6-14.4 29 11.3 7.6-16.4 22 6.7 4.3-10.3 30 8.9 6.1-13.0
RACE
White 385 251 68.4 63.2-73.2 28 7.0 4.6-10.4 37 9.8 7.1-13.5 27 6.2 4.1- 9.3 42 8.5 6.1-11.6
Other 71 47 65.9 52.3-77.3 7 8.7 3.8-18.7 8 12.9 5.9-25.9 3 5.9 1.8-17.3 6 6.6 2.7-15.2
AGE
18-44 214 143 71.5 64.5-77.6 23 8.8 5.7-13.4 23 11.4 7.3-17.3 14 5.6 3.1- 9.8 11 2.8 1.5- 5.1
45+ 240 155 64.9 58.0-71.3 12 5.9 3.1-11.1 21 9.3 5.9-14.3 15 6.2 3.5-10.7 37 13.6 9.7-18.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 241 151 67.3 60.5-73.5 11 4.0 2.2- 7.4 24 10.5 6.8-15.9 15 5.2 3.0- 8.9 40 12.9 9.2-17.7
Some College + 217 149 68.7 61.5-75.2 24 10.5 6.7-16.1 21 10.3 6.5-15.9 15 7.0 4.0-12.1 8 3.4 1.6- 6.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 261 162 65.8 59.1-71.9 18 6.6 3.9-10.8 25 10.9 7.1-16.5 21 6.8 4.3-10.7 35 9.9 6.9-13.9
$50,000+ 103 77 72.6 62.1-81.1 9 9.8 4.8-19.1 12 11.9 6.7-20.2 4 4.6 1.6-12.4 1 1.2 0.2- 7.8
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
Durham 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
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
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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