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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg 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
Mecklenburg County 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
GENDER
Male 157 116 78.6 69.1-85.8 16 10.7 5.1-21.1 11 4.7 2.4- 9.1 6 3.1 1.3- 7.1 8 2.9 1.3- 5.9
Female 279 191 68.4 61.7-74.5 26 10.4 6.7-15.9 30 11.6 7.6-17.2 20 6.4 4.0-10.0 12 3.1 1.7- 5.8
RACE
White 260 186 74.4 66.3-81.2 27 12.6 7.1-21.5 24 6.6 4.2-10.3 10 3.4 1.7- 6.7 13 3.0 1.6- 5.3
Other 172 118 72.3 64.1-79.3 15 8.2 4.6-14.4 16 9.9 5.6-16.7 16 6.5 3.9-10.8 7 3.1 1.4- 6.7
AGE
18-44 236 167 73.4 65.2-80.3 27 12.2 7.0-20.4 26 9.1 5.8-14.0 12 4.1 2.2- 7.4 4 1.2 0.4- 3.3
45+ 196 137 73.9 66.8-79.9 15 7.5 4.3-12.7 15 6.4 3.5-11.1 13 5.7 3.2- 9.9 16 6.6 3.8-11.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 138 98 77.9 68.9-84.8 6 4.1 1.6-10.5 14 8.6 4.4-15.9 8 4.6 2.1- 9.7 12 4.9 2.6- 9.1
Some College + 297 208 71.0 63.7-77.4 36 14.3 9.0-22.1 27 7.9 5.1-12.0 18 4.8 3.0- 7.8 8 1.9 0.9- 4.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 190 128 68.5 58.4-77.2 20 13.5 7.0-24.5 21 10.5 6.3-17.1 14 4.9 2.7- 8.5 7 2.6 1.1- 5.8
$50,000+ 148 114 79.0 70.7-85.4 15 10.2 5.7-17.7 10 5.8 2.9-11.1 5 2.9 1.1- 7.5 4 2.1 0.7- 5.6
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
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
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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