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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures*

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
Have Health Insurance
Yes 5,583 3,707 66.5 64.6-68.4 539 9.4 8.3-10.6 547 10.7 9.4-12.1 343 6.1 5.2- 7.1 447 7.3 6.4- 8.4
No 920 592 65.6 60.6-70.3 94 9.8 6.9-13.6 91 10.7 7.9-14.3 76 8.3 6.0-11.3 67 5.6 4.0- 7.9
Body Mass Index
Underweight 130 83 69.3 56.1-79.9 18 11.8 5.6-23.1 9 8.6 3.2-20.9 9 5.3 2.3-12.0 11 5.1 2.3-10.9
Recommended Range 2,501 1,729 68.8 65.9-71.7 249 10.3 8.5-12.5 248 10.1 8.3-12.1 129 5.6 4.3- 7.3 146 5.1 4.0- 6.5
Overweight 2,159 1,471 69.2 66.2-72.1 207 8.0 6.5- 9.8 196 10.3 8.4-12.7 127 6.0 4.6- 7.7 158 6.5 5.2- 8.1
Obese 1,329 763 56.6 52.5-60.6 132 11.0 8.6-13.9 149 12.7 10.2-15.8 123 7.9 6.2-10.1 162 11.7 9.4-14.5
Current Smoker
No 5,005 3,404 68.9 66.9-70.9 490 9.4 8.2-10.7 468 9.8 8.5-11.1 298 5.7 4.8- 6.7 345 6.3 5.4- 7.3
Yes 1,489 892 59.4 55.5-63.2 141 9.6 7.4-12.4 170 13.3 10.8-16.4 120 8.6 6.7-11.1 166 9.0 7.2-11.1
Binge Drinker
No 5,878 3,885 66.1 64.2-67.9 538 8.9 7.8-10.1 568 10.5 9.3-11.9 393 6.8 5.9- 7.8 494 7.8 6.8- 8.8
Yes 563 378 69.3 63.2-74.8 82 13.3 9.4-18.5 64 11.7 8.5-16.0 23 4.2 2.2- 8.1 16 1.5 0.7- 3.0
Heavy Drinker
No 6,228 4,125 66.5 64.6-68.3 589 9.0 8.0-10.2 613 10.8 9.6-12.1 403 6.5 5.7- 7.5 498 7.2 6.3- 8.1
Yes 222 143 63.7 51.9-74.1 32 19.9 10.9-33.6 21 9.2 5.0-16.2 14 3.8 1.9- 7.4 12 3.4 1.5- 7.4
Physical Activity
Meets Recommendation 2,407 1,684 70.1 67.1-72.9 238 9.5 7.8-11.7 259 11.8 9.9-14.1 126 5.3 4.1- 6.9 100 3.2 2.4- 4.3
Some Physical Activity 2,612 1,723 66.3 63.4-69.0 285 10.7 9.0-12.6 279 11.4 9.5-13.5 179 6.7 5.4- 8.2 146 5.0 3.9- 6.3
Physically Inactive 1,230 721 59.1 54.9-63.2 92 7.3 5.3- 9.8 86 7.8 5.8-10.5 99 7.8 5.9-10.3 232 18.0 15.0-21.3
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes 1,317 464 37.7 33.4-42.1 72 4.3 3.0- 6.1 144 11.7 9.3-14.6 224 16.9 14.2-20.0 413 29.5 25.9-33.3
No 5,186 3,838 73.7 71.7-75.5 562 10.8 9.5-12.2 494 10.4 9.1-11.9 195 3.8 3.1- 4.7 97 1.3 1.0- 1.7
Disability Status
Yes 1,533 604 37.4 33.7-41.3 107 5.8 4.3- 7.9 183 14.1 11.4-17.4 237 16.3 13.7-19.4 402 26.3 23.1-29.9
No 4,809 3,590 74.5 72.5-76.4 517 10.6 9.3-12.1 438 9.7 8.5-11.1 172 3.6 2.9- 4.5 92 1.6 1.2- 2.2
Current Asthma
Yes 411 161 37.8 30.6-45.7 47 9.8 6.1-15.3 68 22.2 15.7-30.4 56 12.4 8.5-17.9 79 17.8 12.6-24.4
No 6,087 4,142 68.3 66.5-70.1 587 9.5 8.4-10.7 569 9.9 8.8-11.2 359 6.1 5.2- 7.0 430 6.2 5.4- 7.1
Diabetes
Yes 492 245 49.9 43.5-56.2 41 8.2 5.3-12.6 46 9.7 6.4-14.5 54 10.1 7.1-14.2 106 22.1 17.0-28.1
Yes, During Pregnancy 55 27 45.6 29.7-62.4 7 6.4 2.6-14.9 8 13.9 6.1-28.5 8 27.6 13.8-47.5 5 6.6 2.0-20.0
No 5,966 4,037 67.9 66.0-69.7 586 9.6 8.5-10.8 584 10.7 9.5-12.1 358 6.0 5.1- 6.9 401 5.9 5.1- 6.8
Arthritis
Yes 2,070 1,118 53.5 50.2-56.8 166 7.0 5.6- 8.7 227 11.3 9.4-13.6 219 11.1 9.3-13.3 340 17.1 14.7-19.8
No 4,395 3,161 71.5 69.3-73.5 464 10.5 9.2-12.0 405 10.5 9.1-12.0 199 4.6 3.8- 5.7 166 2.9 2.4- 3.6

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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.

* See Technical Notes for definitions of risk factors/conditions.

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