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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Wake 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
Wake County 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
GENDER
Male 179 132 72.4 64.3-79.3 21 13.0 8.3-19.8 13 8.4 4.6-14.9 6 3.8 1.7- 8.3 7 2.3 1.0- 5.4
Female 247 157 63.0 55.9-69.6 32 14.7 10.1-20.9 37 13.2 9.3-18.4 13 5.7 3.1-10.3 8 3.3 1.6- 6.7
RACE
White 321 218 68.6 62.6-74.1 41 14.2 10.2-19.4 38 10.1 7.1-14.2 10 3.4 1.7- 6.7 14 3.8 2.1- 6.6
Other 99 67 67.0 55.1-77.0 12 13.5 7.3-23.6 12 12.6 6.5-23.2 7 6.6 3.0-13.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7
AGE
18-44 259 175 66.9 60.0-73.3 40 17.9 13.0-24.1 32 10.7 7.2-15.6 7 3.5 1.6- 7.4 5 1.0 0.4- 2.5
45+ 163 110 69.3 60.8-76.7 13 6.1 3.2-11.1 18 10.9 6.3-18.4 12 7.4 4.0-13.1 10 6.3 3.3-11.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 112 70 63.7 52.5-73.6 9 10.4 5.0-20.2 21 16.8 10.1-26.5 8 7.0 3.3-14.3 4 2.2 0.8- 6.1
Some College + 310 215 69.7 63.5-75.1 44 15.3 11.2-20.6 29 8.2 5.4-12.2 11 3.8 2.0- 7.1 11 3.1 1.6- 5.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 109 62.9 53.8-71.1 19 10.2 5.9-17.0 32 18.0 12.1-26.0 10 6.5 3.3-12.6 6 2.4 1.0- 5.4
$50,000+ 166 123 74.2 66.2-80.8 24 16.3 10.8-23.9 10 4.2 2.1- 8.1 6 3.8 1.6- 8.5 3 1.5 0.4- 5.3
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
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
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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