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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Buncombe County

Healthy Days

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 6,520 4,313 66.4 64.6-68.2 634 9.4 8.4-10.6 639 10.7 9.5-11.9 420 6.4 5.6- 7.4 514 7.0 6.2- 7.9
Buncombe County 406 262 64.3 58.6-69.7 47 12.7 9.1-17.4 48 12.6 9.1-17.2 22 4.7 2.9- 7.4 27 5.7 3.8- 8.7
GENDER
Male 158 103 63.8 54.9-71.9 21 12.9 8.3-19.7 14 11.8 6.5-20.4 8 4.5 2.1- 9.6 12 7.0 3.8-12.5
Female 248 159 64.8 57.5-71.5 26 12.5 7.7-19.6 34 13.4 9.4-18.6 14 4.8 2.7- 8.3 15 4.6 2.6- 7.8
RACE
White 359 234 64.7 58.5-70.4 44 13.7 9.8-18.9 42 12.4 8.6-17.4 15 3.3 1.9- 5.9 24 5.9 3.8- 9.2
Other 40 23 59.1 41.7-74.5 3 5.7 1.8-16.9 6 15.9 6.9-32.4 5 14.5 5.9-31.7 3 4.8 1.5-14.7
AGE
18-44 151 102 68.3 59.5-76.0 22 14.3 9.1-21.5 18 11.3 6.8-18.1 5 3.6 1.4- 8.9 4 2.6 0.9- 7.4
45+ 250 157 60.4 52.7-67.5 25 11.9 7.3-18.8 29 13.9 9.0-20.9 16 5.4 3.1- 9.2 23 8.5 5.4-13.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 153 95 63.6 54.3-72.1 14 10.2 5.8-17.3 19 12.6 7.0-21.7 12 7.3 3.9-13.2 13 6.2 3.4-11.1
Some College + 249 165 64.9 57.5-71.7 33 14.6 9.7-21.3 28 12.6 8.5-18.2 10 2.9 1.4- 6.0 13 5.0 2.7- 9.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 125 58.8 51.0-66.2 27 13.4 8.9-19.8 29 14.3 9.7-20.6 16 6.3 3.7-10.7 17 7.1 4.1-12.1
$50,000+ 85 63 69.4 55.9-80.3 12 18.9 9.8-33.3 8 9.6 4.5-19.3 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Forsyth 453 297 65.4 60.1-70.3 48 10.8 7.9-14.6 49 11.3 8.3-15.3 22 5.5 3.5- 8.5 37 7.0 4.8-10.1
Guilford 406 281 69.9 64.2-75.1 44 11.7 8.3-16.4 42 10.9 7.7-15.2 20 3.7 2.1- 6.6 19 3.7 2.3- 6.1
Henderson/Transylvania 463 315 72.0 66.9-76.6 48 9.6 6.7-13.4 39 7.4 5.1-10.6 24 3.9 2.5- 6.2 37 7.1 5.0-10.1
Mecklenburg 436 307 73.5 67.8-78.6 42 10.6 6.8-16.1 41 8.1 5.7-11.6 26 4.7 3.1- 7.1 20 3.0 1.8- 4.8
Orange 432 307 67.6 58.8-75.2 49 10.4 7.5-14.2 36 10.5 7.2-15.2 24 9.1 3.2-23.2 16 2.4 1.4- 4.0
Pitt 402 268 69.7 63.7-75.1 43 11.2 8.0-15.5 36 8.5 5.5-12.9 22 4.9 2.9- 8.0 33 5.8 3.9- 8.4
Randolph 418 283 68.0 60.6-74.6 37 10.1 5.3-18.7 38 8.4 5.8-12.1 28 6.0 3.9- 9.1 32 7.4 4.7-11.4
Robeson 426 268 65.3 59.5-70.7 37 9.2 6.2-13.4 31 8.7 5.9-12.7 32 6.1 4.1- 8.9 58 10.7 7.9-14.2
Wake 416 296 71.3 65.4-76.5 45 10.4 7.4-14.5 47 12.5 8.7-17.7 17 3.8 2.2- 6.5 11 2.0 1.0- 4.1
Western NC 629 385 63.2 58.7-67.5 45 6.9 4.9- 9.7 68 11.3 8.7-14.6 56 7.3 5.5- 9.6 75 11.3 8.7-14.4
Piedmont NC 858 549 65.3 61.3-69.2 83 9.0 7.0-11.5 91 11.2 8.7-14.2 67 7.9 6.0-10.3 68 6.6 5.0- 8.6
Eastern NC 775 495 64.1 59.9-68.0 66 9.1 6.9-12.0 73 10.4 8.0-13.5 60 6.9 5.1- 9.3 81 9.5 7.4-12.1

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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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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