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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days--FEMALE 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 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 3,038 1,926 61.0 58.3-63.6 313 9.8 8.4-11.5 328 12.2 10.4-14.2 219 8.0 6.7- 9.6 252 9.0 7.5-10.8
African American 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
Asian 39 20 44.7 26.3-64.7 5 12.4 4.2-31.3 8 24.7 10.3-48.4 4 10.9 3.3-30.4 2 7.3 1.1-34.7
Native American 109 56 48.1 33.8-62.7 12 7.7 4.0-14.3 10 14.3 6.5-28.6 11 17.6 6.8-38.3 20 12.3 6.0-23.6
Other Minorities 115 77 67.1 53.6-78.3 11 12.2 5.7-23.9 10 7.2 3.0-16.0 6 7.9 2.5-22.3 11 5.7 2.6-12.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 135 94 72.9 60.7-82.5 12 7.8 3.3-17.5 13 10.7 4.7-22.5 7 3.9 1.4-10.3 9 4.6 2.0-10.5
-English Speaking 66 42 63.1 43.6-79.1 7 9.2 3.0-24.5 7 16.8 5.2-42.7 3 2.6 0.6-10.4 7 8.3 3.2-19.7
-Spanish Speaking 69 52 78.7 63.2-88.8 5 7.0 1.9-22.6 6 7.2 2.6-18.4 4 4.6 1.3-15.3 2 2.5 0.4-12.8
Non-Hispanic 3,836 2,402 60.2 57.8-62.6 392 10.2 8.9-11.7 416 12.2 10.6-13.9 291 8.5 7.3-10.0 335 8.8 7.5-10.3
AGE
18-24 291 169 57.5 48.6-65.9 41 11.3 7.2-17.3 61 23.6 16.9-32.0 12 6.0 3.0-11.9 8 1.6 0.7- 3.9
25-34 675 438 63.8 58.6-68.8 86 12.7 9.6-16.6 82 11.3 8.6-14.8 57 10.2 7.3-14.1 12 2.0 0.9- 4.2
35-44 743 463 59.3 53.9-64.5 93 11.0 8.3-14.4 85 12.5 9.1-16.8 58 10.2 7.1-14.6 44 7.0 4.6-10.6
45-54 776 466 58.1 52.8-63.2 94 13.3 10.0-17.6 81 10.8 7.9-14.5 60 6.8 4.9- 9.5 75 10.9 7.7-15.3
55-64 586 370 62.0 56.1-67.5 40 6.3 4.1- 9.7 51 9.5 6.4-13.8 52 8.4 5.9-11.8 73 13.9 10.0-18.8
65-74 475 311 66.6 60.1-72.5 28 4.0 1.9- 8.4 36 7.0 4.4-11.2 36 7.3 4.8-11.0 64 15.0 10.9-20.4
75+ 399 264 61.0 53.6-68.0 19 6.5 3.5-11.7 31 7.6 4.6-12.3 20 7.1 3.7-13.2 65 17.8 12.7-24.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 591 329 53.3 46.6-59.8 32 6.3 3.8-10.3 53 12.0 8.1-17.4 63 10.2 7.3-14.2 114 18.2 13.7-23.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,155 706 59.1 54.8-63.3 100 8.8 6.7-11.5 132 12.2 9.7-15.4 98 9.5 7.1-12.6 119 10.4 8.1-13.2
Some Post-H.S. 1,010 625 61.4 56.9-65.7 117 11.2 8.8-14.2 121 13.7 10.6-17.6 80 8.5 6.3-11.3 67 5.1 3.6- 7.2
College Graduate 1,211 833 67.5 63.4-71.3 155 13.2 10.5-16.4 123 10.2 8.0-13.0 57 5.2 3.6- 7.7 43 3.9 2.6- 5.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 443 194 45.9 38.7-53.4 36 7.4 4.6-11.7 40 7.3 4.5-11.5 60 14.1 9.7-20.0 113 25.3 19.6-32.0
$15,000- 24,999 670 414 59.9 53.6-65.8 60 6.2 4.2- 9.1 80 14.4 10.3-19.9 63 10.6 7.5-14.8 53 8.9 5.8-13.4
$25,000- 34,999 472 301 61.7 54.7-68.2 63 15.8 11.0-22.1 60 12.3 8.7-17.1 35 7.3 4.6-11.5 13 3.0 1.3- 6.5
$35,000- 49,999 490 312 65.9 59.8-71.5 67 13.0 9.4-17.6 58 12.4 8.7-17.4 25 4.4 2.6- 7.3 28 4.4 2.5- 7.5
$50,000-74,999 449 313 64.6 57.6-71.0 45 9.3 6.2-13.8 51 14.5 9.7-21.2 25 7.6 4.6-12.4 15 3.9 2.1- 7.3
$75,000+ 440 314 68.6 62.0-74.4 55 13.2 9.4-18.4 42 12.3 8.3-18.0 19 3.9 2.1- 7.1 10 1.9 0.9- 4.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 248 159 64.8 57.5-71.5 26 12.5 7.7-19.6 34 13.4 9.4-18.6 14 4.8 2.7- 8.3 15 4.6 2.6- 7.8
Forsyth 276 172 59.6 52.7-66.2 33 12.8 8.8-18.3 32 13.4 9.1-19.3 13 5.6 3.1- 9.7 26 8.6 5.5-13.2
Guilford 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
Henderson/Transylvania 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
Mecklenburg 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
Orange 253 173 63.1 49.2-75.1 32 10.1 6.6-15.2 23 10.4 6.1-17.1 16 13.7 4.0-38.0 9 2.7 1.3- 5.4
Pitt 248 162 70.0 62.3-76.7 22 8.9 5.6-13.9 26 10.1 6.2-16.2 14 4.2 2.4- 7.5 24 6.7 4.2-10.5
Randolph 250 161 60.6 49.1-71.1 26 14.8 6.3-30.8 26 10.6 6.6-16.5 17 6.2 3.6-10.6 20 7.8 4.3-13.7
Robeson 253 154 62.2 55.1-68.9 20 8.5 5.3-13.3 19 9.6 5.8-15.4 23 8.0 5.1-12.3 37 11.7 8.2-16.5
Wake 237 159 68.9 61.8-75.2 27 10.9 7.2-16.0 31 13.1 8.8-19.1 12 4.8 2.5- 9.0 8 2.4 1.1- 4.9
Western NC 359 206 57.2 51.4-62.9 26 6.4 4.3- 9.6 43 13.9 10.1-18.9 39 10.4 7.5-14.3 45 12.0 8.8-16.1
Piedmont NC 544 325 59.2 54.1-64.1 61 10.6 8.0-14.1 61 12.6 9.5-16.5 49 9.5 7.0-12.7 48 8.1 5.8-11.2
Eastern NC 495 292 56.7 51.4-61.8 45 9.7 7.0-13.3 50 11.4 8.2-15.6 46 9.5 6.7-13.3 62 12.7 9.6-16.6

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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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