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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days--MALE 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 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
RACE
White 1,924 1,382 73.1 70.0-76.0 176 8.9 7.1-11.1 156 8.5 6.8-10.7 89 4.5 3.3- 6.0 121 5.0 3.9- 6.4
African American 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
Asian 33 28 77.6 48.2-92.8 3 4.8 1.1-18.5 1 6.3 0.9-33.9 1 11.3 1.6-49.3 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 70 42 63.5 43.9-79.5 9 16.4 5.7-39.0 5 8.9 2.2-29.6 7 7.1 2.8-16.9 7 4.1 1.7- 9.6
Other Minorities 146 106 77.1 66.5-85.2 11 2.9 1.4- 6.2 17 13.1 7.1-22.9 6 3.9 1.2-11.4 6 3.0 1.0- 8.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 154 118 83.1 74.3-89.3 7 1.7 0.7- 4.4 17 9.8 5.3-17.2 6 4.3 1.5-11.4 6 1.1 0.4- 2.8
-English Speaking 55 41 72.0 51.2-86.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 6 16.6 6.2-37.4 3 8.4 1.6-33.7 4 2.5 0.8- 7.3
-Spanish Speaking 99 77 86.5 77.4-92.3 6 2.1 0.7- 5.7 11 7.7 3.6-15.5 3 3.0 0.8-10.2 2 0.7 0.1- 3.2
Non-Hispanic 2,384 1,691 71.3 68.4-74.0 222 9.4 7.7-11.5 191 9.0 7.3-11.1 116 4.5 3.4- 5.9 164 5.7 4.6- 7.1
AGE
18-24 185 130 71.3 60.7-80.0 30 15.7 9.4-25.2 19 10.2 5.4-18.4 5 2.7 0.7-10.0 1 0.1 0.0- 0.6
25-34 440 306 69.1 62.5-75.1 61 10.1 7.0-14.4 44 12.2 8.1-18.0 20 5.8 3.2-10.0 9 2.8 1.1- 6.7
35-44 550 403 75.9 70.7-80.5 44 7.6 5.1-11.2 51 8.8 6.1-12.5 26 3.2 1.9- 5.3 26 4.5 2.6- 7.7
45-54 517 365 74.6 68.8-79.6 44 6.8 4.4-10.4 47 9.5 6.1-14.6 24 3.0 1.6- 5.3 37 6.1 4.0- 9.2
55-64 368 249 64.6 57.4-71.2 31 9.9 6.2-15.5 25 8.3 5.1-13.3 19 6.8 3.8-11.8 44 10.4 6.9-15.3
65-74 284 212 75.3 67.4-81.8 12 2.7 1.1- 6.5 14 4.4 2.2- 8.5 16 4.9 2.5- 9.6 30 12.6 7.7-19.9
75+ 177 128 77.6 68.4-84.7 8 2.2 0.9- 5.3 8 4.8 2.0-11.1 10 7.0 3.3-14.2 23 8.4 4.9-14.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 430 280 68.8 62.2-74.8 26 3.8 2.2- 6.3 33 10.3 6.6-15.8 31 7.4 4.7-11.3 60 9.8 6.9-13.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 750 531 71.2 66.1-75.8 63 11.4 8.1-15.7 62 6.8 4.7- 9.7 39 3.8 2.4- 6.1 55 6.8 4.7- 9.8
Some Post-H.S. 521 364 70.1 63.3-76.1 44 8.6 5.2-14.0 52 13.1 8.7-19.2 32 4.8 3.0- 7.8 29 3.4 2.0- 5.6
College Graduate 836 634 77.9 73.5-81.8 96 9.2 7.0-12.1 61 8.1 5.8-11.3 20 2.9 1.3- 6.4 25 1.8 1.0- 3.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 198 93 55.7 44.0-66.7 15 4.0 2.1- 7.5 14 5.1 2.6- 9.6 28 17.2 9.8-28.4 48 18.0 11.7-26.6
$15,000- 24,999 392 242 62.4 54.7-69.5 46 12.9 8.2-19.7 44 11.6 7.7-17.2 21 4.9 2.7- 8.8 39 8.2 5.0-13.0
$25,000- 34,999 316 230 75.4 67.5-81.9 26 6.6 3.5-12.1 29 10.5 6.1-17.4 14 2.0 0.7- 5.1 17 5.6 3.1- 9.8
$35,000- 49,999 392 278 68.9 61.0-75.8 42 13.4 8.4-20.6 39 11.5 7.0-18.1 19 4.4 2.4- 8.0 14 1.9 1.0- 3.7
$50,000-74,999 290 223 74.9 66.7-81.7 21 6.7 3.6-12.0 23 11.3 6.6-18.5 10 2.5 1.0- 6.2 13 4.7 2.4- 9.0
$75,000+ 431 351 83.2 78.0-87.4 47 9.2 6.2-13.3 23 6.0 3.5-10.1 5 1.2 0.4- 3.0 5 0.5 0.2- 1.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 158 103 63.8 54.9-71.9 21 12.9 8.3-19.7 14 11.8 6.5-20.4 8 4.5 2.1- 9.6 12 7.0 3.8-12.5
Forsyth 177 125 71.2 63.2-78.1 15 8.7 5.1-14.7 17 9.2 5.5-15.0 9 5.4 2.7-10.6 11 5.4 2.8-10.2
Guilford 149 108 70.9 61.3-78.9 16 13.1 7.6-21.8 14 10.7 6.0-18.4 5 2.9 0.8- 9.9 6 2.4 1.0- 5.4
Henderson/Transylvania 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
Mecklenburg 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
Orange 179 134 72.7 64.6-79.6 17 10.7 6.5-17.2 13 10.7 6.1-18.1 8 3.8 1.7- 8.1 7 2.1 0.9- 4.5
Pitt 154 106 69.5 60.0-77.6 21 13.5 8.4-20.9 10 6.7 3.0-14.5 8 5.6 2.5-11.8 9 4.8 2.4- 9.3
Randolph 168 122 75.6 67.6-82.1 11 5.4 2.8-10.2 12 6.2 3.4-11.2 11 5.9 3.1-11.0 12 6.9 3.5-13.4
Robeson 173 114 67.9 59.0-75.7 17 9.9 5.5-17.1 12 8.0 4.3-14.3 9 4.5 2.2- 8.9 21 9.7 5.9-15.5
Wake 179 137 73.4 64.2-80.9 18 10.0 5.7-16.9 16 12.0 6.5-20.9 5 3.0 1.2- 7.5 3 1.7 0.4- 6.3
Western NC 270 179 68.2 61.6-74.3 19 7.4 4.4-12.1 25 9.1 5.9-13.9 17 4.6 2.8- 7.5 30 10.6 7.1-15.8
Piedmont NC 314 224 72.4 65.9-78.1 22 7.1 4.3-11.3 30 9.6 6.1-14.8 18 6.1 3.5-10.3 20 4.8 2.9- 7.8
Eastern NC 280 203 72.8 66.1-78.5 21 8.4 5.1-13.6 23 9.3 5.9-14.2 14 3.9 2.1- 7.1 19 5.7 3.4- 9.3

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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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