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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days--AFRICAN AMERICAN Respondents Only

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%)
TOTAL 1,002 646 63.4 58.6-67.8 91 11.0 8.2-14.6 100 11.2 8.3-15.0 73 6.4 4.6- 9.0 92 8.0 6.0-10.7
GENDER
Male 353 239 65.8 57.8-73.0 31 11.1 6.6-18.1 29 10.0 5.7-17.0 18 4.2 2.2- 7.8 36 8.8 5.5-14.0
Female 649 407 61.6 55.6-67.1 60 10.8 7.7-15.1 71 12.1 8.5-16.8 55 8.1 5.4-11.9 56 7.5 5.2-10.7
AGE
18-24 88 56 52.8 36.9-68.2 15 25.7 13.9-42.4 13 17.5 8.4-32.9 2 3.9 0.8-16.5 2 0.1 0.0- 0.6
25-34 188 130 66.2 54.9-75.9 15 8.5 4.4-15.8 20 13.0 6.3-25.0 17 7.0 3.6-13.4 6 5.2 1.6-15.3
35-44 230 150 66.7 57.2-75.0 22 8.1 4.7-13.7 24 11.2 6.1-19.8 18 8.5 4.1-16.6 16 5.5 2.8-10.5
45-54 213 144 70.9 62.3-78.3 22 10.7 6.4-17.2 15 5.4 2.8-10.1 12 3.3 1.6- 6.6 20 9.7 5.4-16.9
55-64 124 64 48.3 36.2-60.7 10 8.5 3.6-18.7 16 12.4 6.2-23.4 9 10.9 4.7-23.1 25 19.9 11.6-31.9
65-74 84 55 69.0 54.4-80.6 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 7 8.1 3.0-19.9 8 6.5 2.9-13.7 11 15.6 7.2-30.4
75+ 59 38 63.3 46.0-77.8 3 9.7 2.3-32.6 3 4.6 1.2-16.0 5 6.6 2.4-17.2 10 15.8 7.3-30.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 187 105 54.7 43.3-65.6 12 5.0 2.3-10.7 15 14.4 7.2-26.8 16 6.9 3.4-13.4 39 19.0 12.3-28.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 336 222 65.1 56.7-72.7 32 14.1 8.5-22.4 33 7.7 4.7-12.1 24 6.3 3.4-11.6 25 6.8 3.6-12.3
Some Post-H.S. 274 170 62.3 53.1-70.7 26 8.6 5.2-13.7 35 16.2 9.6-25.9 22 7.1 3.8-12.7 21 5.9 3.3-10.3
College Graduate 199 143 69.8 60.2-77.9 21 15.5 9.0-25.2 17 7.1 3.8-12.8 11 5.4 2.5-11.3 7 2.3 0.9- 5.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 140 59 49.4 36.6-62.3 11 7.1 3.2-15.2 16 8.9 4.2-18.0 18 14.0 6.7-27.1 36 20.5 12.5-31.7
$15,000- 24,999 229 136 57.2 46.4-67.4 23 12.9 6.6-23.6 31 17.0 9.9-27.7 19 5.2 2.8- 9.5 20 7.7 3.7-15.4
$25,000- 34,999 155 113 70.8 58.6-80.6 20 16.5 8.8-28.7 14 8.0 4.0-15.4 6 3.4 1.2- 9.2 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3
$35,000- 49,999 122 84 67.3 53.4-78.6 16 15.3 7.8-27.8 11 13.6 6.0-27.8 7 3.0 1.1- 7.6 4 0.9 0.3- 3.0
$50,000-74,999 63 49 63.4 41.3-81.0 2 3.1 0.5-16.4 7 24.9 9.1-52.3 2 2.3 0.5- 9.0 3 6.4 2.0-18.5
$75,000+ 59 43 72.8 56.3-84.8 9 19.9 9.6-36.8 5 4.4 1.4-12.8 1 2.3 0.3-14.7 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 26 13 50.9 30.0-71.5 1 3.5 0.5-21.5 5 19.3 7.7-40.7 4 18.9 6.9-42.4 3 7.4 2.2-22.1
Forsyth 90 54 60.2 48.0-71.2 10 12.9 6.4-24.4 10 11.2 5.8-20.6 5 6.4 2.5-15.5 11 9.3 4.5-18.1
Guilford 110 74 70.3 58.5-79.8 12 13.3 6.5-25.4 13 8.8 4.8-15.6 3 1.3 0.4- 4.0 8 6.3 2.9-13.3
Henderson/Transylvania 13 11 94.7 74.8-99.1 1 1.9 0.2-14.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.5 0.4-24.8
Mecklenburg 131 88 65.7 55.6-74.5 11 9.8 4.9-18.6 12 12.1 6.4-21.6 13 7.6 4.3-13.3 7 4.8 2.1-10.3
Orange 41 32 79.3 59.8-90.8 4 6.5 2.3-17.0 3 10.7 2.6-34.8 1 2.4 0.3-15.3 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6
Pitt 102 68 68.9 55.4-79.9 8 6.3 2.9-13.2 10 12.7 5.3-27.6 5 3.0 1.1- 8.0 11 9.1 4.7-16.9
Randolph 17 13 84.6 61.2-95.1 1 2.5 0.3-16.6 2 8.9 1.9-33.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.9 0.5-24.2
Robeson 88 59 75.6 63.9-84.5 3 3.7 1.2-11.1 4 3.1 1.0- 9.1 10 7.8 3.8-15.3 12 9.8 4.9-18.8
Wake 71 49 67.1 50.0-80.6 8 7.7 3.6-15.8 8 17.6 6.7-38.9 3 1.8 0.6- 5.6 3 5.8 1.6-18.7
Western NC 20 8 43.8 22.2-68.1 2 7.6 1.8-27.4 4 22.4 8.0-48.9 4 20.3 7.4-44.8 2 5.9 1.4-21.7
Piedmont NC 109 71 68.8 57.2-78.4 13 12.5 6.7-22.0 10 8.7 3.7-18.9 5 3.9 1.4-10.3 10 6.2 3.0-12.3
Eastern NC 184 106 56.3 47.2-65.0 17 12.0 6.7-20.4 19 11.1 6.2-19.2 20 9.2 5.2-15.7 22 11.4 7.0-17.9

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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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