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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina

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
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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
RACE
White 586 362 63.9 59.3-68.3 43 7.3 5.2-10.3 60 10.1 7.6-13.3 50 7.0 5.2- 9.3 71 11.6 8.9-15.0
Other 41 23 59.1 41.2-74.9 2 2.7 0.6-10.9 7 22.0 10.1-41.6 6 11.6 4.9-24.7 3 4.6 1.3-14.9
AGE
18-44 239 151 64.1 56.6-71.0 20 8.4 5.0-13.8 35 14.6 10.1-20.5 18 5.7 3.5- 9.2 15 7.2 4.0-12.6
45+ 386 230 62.1 56.6-67.3 25 5.8 3.8- 8.6 33 8.7 5.9-12.5 38 8.7 6.2-12.0 60 14.8 11.3-19.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 351 206 58.3 52.1-64.3 19 5.9 3.5- 9.8 34 11.3 7.8-16.1 37 8.7 6.2-12.1 55 15.7 11.7-20.8
Some College + 278 179 69.6 63.2-75.2 26 8.3 5.3-12.7 34 11.4 7.8-16.3 19 5.4 3.3- 8.7 20 5.4 3.4- 8.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 385 224 59.7 53.8-65.4 30 8.0 5.2-12.2 40 10.1 7.1-14.1 39 8.8 6.3-12.1 52 13.4 9.8-18.0
$50,000+ 108 80 77.4 68.0-84.7 5 4.2 1.5-10.8 14 12.0 6.8-20.2 5 3.7 1.5- 9.1 4 2.7 0.9- 7.5
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
Orange 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
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
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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