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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

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
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
GENDER
Male 185 141 74.9 67.0-81.5 16 10.4 6.0-17.3 12 6.5 3.4-12.2 4 2.1 0.7- 5.9 12 6.0 3.3-10.7
Female 278 174 68.9 61.9-75.2 32 8.7 5.8-12.9 27 8.3 5.5-12.3 20 5.8 3.5- 9.3 25 8.3 5.3-12.6
RACE
White 423 287 71.0 65.8-75.6 44 10.0 7.0-14.0 35 7.2 5.0-10.2 24 4.7 3.0- 7.3 33 7.2 4.9-10.4
Other 35 25 76.6 56.2-89.3 3 7.5 1.8-26.2 4 9.6 2.9-27.6 0 0.0 . - . 3 6.3 1.8-19.4
AGE
18-44 162 105 69.7 60.6-77.5 25 14.1 8.8-21.8 17 8.6 4.8-14.8 7 3.4 1.5- 7.5 8 4.2 2.0- 8.7
45+ 298 208 73.8 67.9-79.0 22 5.7 3.5- 9.1 22 6.5 4.2-10.0 17 4.4 2.5- 7.5 29 9.6 6.4-14.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 188 121 69.1 60.3-76.7 15 7.9 4.2-14.5 15 7.1 3.8-12.8 13 4.9 2.6- 9.0 24 11.0 7.0-16.8
Some College + 274 193 74.2 67.9-79.7 33 11.0 7.3-16.1 24 7.7 4.9-11.8 11 3.1 1.6- 6.1 13 4.0 2.2- 7.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 251 153 65.6 57.6-72.7 29 11.1 7.0-17.3 27 9.4 6.0-14.5 16 4.4 2.5- 7.7 26 9.5 6.2-14.4
$50,000+ 97 79 82.6 73.2-89.3 9 9.5 4.7-18.1 5 4.1 1.6-10.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 3 3.2 1.0- 9.8
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
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
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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