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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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

During the past 30 days, for about how many days did poor physical or mental health keep you from doing your usual activities, such as self-care, work, or recreation?*

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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 6,687 5,515 83.4 82.0-84.7 379 5.6 4.8- 6.5 337 4.5 3.8- 5.3 251 3.6 3.0- 4.2 205 3.0 2.4- 3.6
Have Health Insurance
Yes 5,716 4,720 83.3 81.8-84.7 322 5.6 4.7- 6.6 291 4.7 3.9- 5.6 206 3.3 2.7- 4.0 177 3.0 2.5- 3.8
No 952 776 83.3 79.5-86.5 57 5.7 3.8- 8.6 46 3.6 2.4- 5.4 45 4.8 3.2- 7.1 28 2.6 1.5- 4.5
Body Mass Index
Underweight 132 97 66.7 52.1-78.6 16 21.8 11.5-37.4 5 1.8 0.6- 5.2 9 7.3 3.0-16.6 5 2.4 0.8- 7.4
Recommended Range 2,570 2,161 85.7 83.6-87.5 146 5.2 4.0- 6.6 132 4.9 3.8- 6.2 77 2.5 1.8- 3.4 54 1.8 1.2- 2.7
Overweight 2,198 1,844 85.0 82.7-87.1 121 5.0 3.7- 6.7 93 3.5 2.6- 4.8 71 3.3 2.4- 4.5 69 3.2 2.3- 4.4
Obese 1,353 1,057 78.0 74.5-81.1 64 4.9 3.5- 7.0 88 6.0 4.3- 8.3 83 5.9 4.3- 7.9 61 5.2 3.7- 7.3
Current Smoker
No 5,138 4,317 84.5 82.9-85.9 281 5.5 4.6- 6.6 248 4.4 3.6- 5.2 161 3.1 2.5- 3.8 131 2.6 2.0- 3.3
Yes 1,521 1,175 80.3 77.2-83.0 96 5.9 4.4- 8.0 88 5.0 3.6- 6.8 89 4.9 3.6- 6.6 73 3.9 2.8- 5.4
Binge Drinker
No 6,023 4,955 82.8 81.3-84.1 332 5.7 4.9- 6.7 306 4.5 3.8- 5.3 235 3.8 3.2- 4.6 195 3.2 2.6- 3.9
Yes 576 486 88.5 84.5-91.6 39 3.6 2.3- 5.7 29 4.9 2.8- 8.4 14 1.6 0.7- 3.6 8 1.3 0.5- 3.4
Heavy Drinker
No 6,379 5,255 83.3 81.9-84.6 357 5.6 4.8- 6.5 321 4.4 3.7- 5.2 245 3.7 3.1- 4.4 201 3.1 2.5- 3.7
Yes 230 191 84.9 75.3-91.2 15 3.6 1.9- 6.6 15 8.9 3.8-19.6 6 1.9 0.6- 5.4 3 0.8 0.2- 3.2
Physical Activity
Meets Recommendation 2,428 2,069 86.5 84.2-88.5 148 5.3 4.1- 6.9 123 4.8 3.7- 6.4 59 2.2 1.5- 3.3 29 1.2 0.7- 1.9
Some Physical Activity 2,639 2,146 83.3 81.1-85.2 171 6.8 5.4- 8.5 161 4.5 3.7- 5.5 113 4.0 3.1- 5.1 48 1.5 1.0- 2.2
Physically Inactive 1,248 964 75.7 71.9-79.1 52 4.7 3.2- 6.8 47 4.2 2.7- 6.6 69 5.8 4.2- 7.9 116 9.6 7.4-12.2
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes 1,360 882 66.3 62.4-69.9 53 4.1 2.7- 6.1 100 7.1 5.4- 9.3 154 10.5 8.5-12.9 171 12.1 9.8-14.8
No 5,308 4,618 87.8 86.4-89.1 326 6.0 5.1- 7.1 237 3.8 3.1- 4.7 95 1.8 1.3- 2.4 32 0.6 0.4- 1.0
Disability Status
Yes 1,563 991 63.5 59.7-67.1 96 6.5 4.6- 9.2 118 6.5 4.9- 8.7 174 11.5 9.3-14.0 184 12.0 9.8-14.6
No 4,858 4,288 88.7 87.4-90.0 278 5.6 4.7- 6.6 208 3.8 3.1- 4.7 66 1.4 1.0- 2.0 18 0.5 0.3- 1.0
Current Asthma
Yes 427 298 67.3 59.3-74.4 24 6.1 2.8-13.0 32 9.8 5.4-16.9 30 6.3 3.8-10.3 43 10.5 6.7-16.1
No 6,238 5,201 84.4 83.1-85.7 355 5.6 4.8- 6.5 302 4.2 3.5- 4.9 219 3.4 2.8- 4.1 161 2.4 1.9- 3.0
Diabetes
Yes 511 381 74.9 69.1-79.9 19 3.1 1.7- 5.8 31 6.0 3.5-10.2 40 7.5 5.0-11.2 40 8.4 5.5-12.7
Yes, During Pregnancy 55 39 75.1 59.2-86.2 7 7.3 2.5-19.8 7 13.7 6.3-27.4 2 3.9 0.6-20.2 0 0.0 . - .
No 6,113 5,088 84.1 82.7-85.4 353 5.8 4.9- 6.8 299 4.3 3.6- 5.1 209 3.3 2.7- 4.0 164 2.6 2.0- 3.2
Arthritis
Yes 2,106 1,603 76.8 73.9-79.4 82 3.1 2.1- 4.7 145 6.3 4.9- 7.9 139 6.7 5.3- 8.5 137 7.1 5.6- 9.1
No 4,436 3,775 85.6 84.0-87.0 297 6.8 5.7- 8.0 189 3.9 3.2- 4.9 110 2.4 1.8- 3.1 65 1.3 0.9- 1.9

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* Respondents who reported no mental and physical health problems in the past month were not asked this question, however, they are included in the 'None' category here.

#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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