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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Guilford 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
Guilford County 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
GENDER
Male 149 108 70.9 61.3-78.9 16 13.1 7.6-21.8 14 10.7 6.0-18.4 5 2.9 0.8- 9.9 6 2.4 1.0- 5.4
Female 257 173 69.0 62.1-75.2 28 10.4 6.9-15.4 28 11.1 7.4-16.3 15 4.5 2.6- 7.7 13 5.0 2.7- 9.0
RACE
White 272 187 67.7 60.7-74.0 31 12.1 8.1-17.7 28 12.3 8.1-18.3 16 5.1 2.7- 9.7 10 2.7 1.4- 5.2
Other 130 91 73.5 63.2-81.7 13 11.3 5.7-21.2 14 8.7 4.7-15.5 4 1.5 0.5- 4.0 8 5.0 2.3-10.6
AGE
18-44 175 117 69.1 60.0-76.9 23 14.1 8.6-22.2 22 11.3 6.8-18.1 9 4.1 1.7- 9.9 4 1.4 0.5- 3.7
45+ 226 160 70.4 63.1-76.8 20 9.2 5.7-14.6 20 10.7 6.6-16.8 11 3.4 1.8- 6.3 15 6.3 3.6-10.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 165 110 65.0 55.2-73.7 14 10.4 5.4-19.0 22 15.5 9.6-24.1 7 3.8 1.2-11.4 12 5.3 2.8-10.0
Some College + 241 171 73.4 66.5-79.3 30 12.7 8.4-18.8 20 7.6 4.7-12.0 13 3.7 2.1- 6.5 7 2.6 1.2- 5.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 195 127 67.0 58.4-74.6 21 11.3 6.5-18.9 24 13.3 8.3-20.8 10 2.9 1.5- 5.5 13 5.5 3.0-10.1
$50,000+ 124 87 70.8 60.6-79.3 17 15.0 8.9-24.2 11 9.5 5.0-17.2 7 3.8 1.7- 8.3 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 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
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
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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