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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Orange County

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%)
North Carolina 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
Orange County 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
RACE
White 351 247 66.4 56.0-75.4 44 11.9 8.4-16.6 27 8.6 5.5-13.3 20 10.6 3.5-28.1 13 2.5 1.4- 4.4
Other 78 57 70.7 56.9-81.5 5 5.1 2.0-12.5 9 18.5 9.4-33.4 4 3.5 1.3- 9.4 3 2.2 0.7- 6.8
AGE
18-44 219 153 61.0 48.5-72.2 28 12.3 8.0-18.3 21 12.9 8.0-20.3 13 12.6 3.7-35.1 4 1.2 0.4- 3.4
45+ 211 153 78.3 71.8-83.7 21 7.7 4.8-12.0 14 5.8 3.2-10.5 11 3.9 2.1- 7.3 12 4.3 2.3- 7.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 84 55 54.5 32.1-75.2 6 4.6 1.8-11.2 10 14.5 6.6-28.8 7 22.7 5.2-61.3 6 3.8 1.4- 9.5
Some College + 347 252 72.6 66.7-77.8 43 12.5 9.0-17.2 25 8.6 5.4-13.3 17 4.4 2.5- 7.3 10 1.9 1.0- 3.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 179 114 66.1 57.2-73.9 27 13.5 8.7-20.3 14 11.3 6.1-19.8 13 5.3 2.9- 9.3 11 3.9 2.0- 7.2
$50,000+ 158 125 76.8 68.3-83.5 15 10.1 5.9-16.8 11 8.4 4.4-15.7 6 4.2 1.7- 9.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3
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
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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