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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 2,543 1,812 72.3 69.6-74.9 230 8.8 7.2-10.7 209 9.2 7.5-11.1 122 4.5 3.4- 5.8 170 5.3 4.3- 6.6
Female 3,977 2,501 60.9 58.6-63.2 404 10.1 8.8-11.6 430 12.1 10.6-13.8 298 8.3 7.1- 9.7 344 8.6 7.4-10.0
RACE
White 4,962 3,308 66.9 64.8-68.8 489 9.4 8.2-10.7 484 10.4 9.1-11.8 308 6.3 5.4- 7.4 373 7.1 6.1- 8.2
African American 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
Asian 72 48 59.0 42.1-73.9 8 9.1 3.7-20.8 9 16.7 7.4-33.6 5 11.1 3.8-28.1 2 4.1 0.6-22.2
Native American 179 98 57.1 44.2-69.1 21 12.8 5.7-26.2 15 11.2 5.2-22.4 18 11.5 5.6-22.1 27 7.5 4.2-13.1
Other Minorities 261 183 73.6 65.3-80.5 22 6.2 3.5-10.9 27 11.0 6.6-17.7 12 5.3 2.3-11.5 17 3.9 2.0- 7.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 289 212 79.3 72.2-85.0 19 4.0 2.0- 7.9 30 10.1 6.2-16.0 13 4.1 1.9- 8.6 15 2.4 1.2- 4.7
-English Speaking 121 83 67.7 53.6-79.2 8 4.7 1.6-12.7 13 16.7 7.9-31.9 6 5.6 1.5-18.8 11 5.3 2.5-11.0
-Spanish Speaking 168 129 83.9 76.2-89.5 11 3.7 1.5- 8.9 17 7.5 4.1-13.3 7 3.5 1.4- 8.5 4 1.3 0.4- 4.3
Non-Hispanic 6,220 4,093 65.5 63.6-67.3 614 9.9 8.7-11.1 607 10.7 9.5-12.0 407 6.6 5.8- 7.6 499 7.4 6.5- 8.3
AGE
18-24 476 299 64.7 57.8-71.1 71 13.6 9.5-19.1 80 16.6 12.2-22.2 17 4.3 2.2- 8.1 9 0.8 0.3- 1.9
25-34 1,115 744 66.5 62.3-70.5 147 11.4 9.1-14.2 126 11.8 9.1-15.0 77 7.9 5.9-10.6 21 2.4 1.3- 4.4
35-44 1,293 866 67.5 63.6-71.1 137 9.3 7.4-11.7 136 10.6 8.4-13.4 84 6.8 4.9- 9.2 70 5.8 4.1- 8.1
45-54 1,293 831 66.2 62.2-70.0 138 10.1 7.9-12.9 128 10.2 7.8-13.1 84 4.9 3.7- 6.6 112 8.6 6.5-11.2
55-64 954 619 63.2 58.6-67.6 71 8.0 5.8-11.1 76 8.9 6.6-12.0 71 7.6 5.6-10.4 117 12.2 9.5-15.6
65-74 759 523 70.1 65.1-74.6 40 3.5 1.9- 6.3 50 6.0 4.0- 8.8 52 6.4 4.4- 9.1 94 14.1 10.7-18.2
75+ 576 392 68.0 62.0-73.6 27 4.7 2.7- 7.9 39 6.4 4.1- 9.8 30 7.0 4.3-11.3 88 13.8 10.3-18.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,021 609 61.6 56.8-66.2 58 4.9 3.4- 7.1 86 11.1 8.2-14.8 94 8.7 6.6-11.4 174 13.7 10.9-17.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,905 1,237 64.9 61.6-68.0 163 10.0 8.0-12.5 194 9.6 7.9-11.7 137 6.8 5.3- 8.7 174 8.7 7.1-10.6
Some Post-H.S. 1,531 989 65.2 61.3-68.8 161 10.1 7.9-12.8 173 13.5 10.7-16.8 112 6.9 5.4- 8.9 96 4.4 3.3- 5.8
College Graduate 2,047 1,467 72.8 69.8-75.6 251 11.1 9.3-13.3 184 9.2 7.5-11.2 77 4.1 2.8- 5.9 68 2.8 2.0- 3.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 641 287 49.9 43.4-56.4 51 6.0 4.1- 8.8 54 6.4 4.3- 9.3 88 15.3 11.1-20.8 161 22.3 17.9-27.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,062 656 61.1 56.2-65.7 106 9.4 6.8-12.8 124 13.1 10.1-16.9 84 7.9 5.8-10.6 92 8.5 6.2-11.7
$25,000- 34,999 788 531 68.1 62.9-72.9 89 11.5 8.4-15.5 89 11.4 8.4-15.3 49 4.8 3.2- 7.3 30 4.2 2.6- 6.6
$35,000- 49,999 882 590 67.5 62.5-72.1 109 13.2 9.9-17.4 97 11.9 8.8-15.9 44 4.4 2.9- 6.6 42 3.0 2.0- 4.7
$50,000-74,999 739 536 69.7 64.4-74.6 66 8.0 5.7-11.2 74 12.9 9.3-17.6 35 5.0 3.2- 7.9 28 4.3 2.7- 6.8
$75,000+ 871 665 77.0 72.9-80.7 102 10.9 8.4-14.0 65 8.7 6.3-11.9 24 2.3 1.4- 3.9 15 1.1 0.6- 2.1
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
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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