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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 9,238 6,127 67.9 66.3-69.4 801 9.6 8.6-10.7 850 9.5 8.6-10.6 656 6.4 5.7- 7.1 804 6.6 5.9- 7.3
GENDER
Male 3,405 2,407 71.5 69.0-73.9 287 9.4 7.9-11.3 240 8.4 6.9-10.2 208 5.3 4.3- 6.4 263 5.4 4.5- 6.5
Female 5,833 3,720 64.5 62.6-66.4 514 9.8 8.6-11.1 610 10.6 9.4-11.9 448 7.4 6.5- 8.4 541 7.8 6.8- 8.8
RACE
White 6,787 4,531 67.7 65.9-69.4 609 9.9 8.7-11.2 610 9.5 8.4-10.8 466 6.3 5.5- 7.2 571 6.7 5.9- 7.5
African American 1,819 1,186 69.2 65.9-72.3 136 8.0 6.2-10.2 170 7.9 6.3- 9.8 145 7.6 6.0- 9.7 182 7.3 5.9- 9.1
Asian 51 38 80.0 59.4-91.6 4 10.8 2.6-35.3 5 6.9 2.2-19.9 2 1.5 0.3- 6.8 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2
Native American 222 132 64.8 53.5-74.6 19 8.0 3.8-16.3 21 9.6 4.3-19.8 21 7.4 4.1-12.8 29 10.3 6.0-17.0
Other Minorities 322 215 65.1 56.5-72.9 31 11.6 6.7-19.4 38 15.0 9.5-22.8 20 4.0 2.2- 7.3 18 4.3 2.2- 8.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 331 229 65.0 56.2-72.9 28 11.7 6.7-19.6 44 16.4 10.7-24.4 15 3.5 1.7- 7.3 15 3.4 1.6- 7.0
-English Speaking 132 93 61.8 46.1-75.4 10 12.6 4.1-32.5 11 9.3 3.5-22.3 9 9.4 3.6-22.6 9 6.9 2.7-16.4
-Spanish Speaking 199 136 66.0 55.4-75.3 18 11.4 6.0-20.6 33 18.8 11.7-28.9 6 1.6 0.6- 4.3 6 2.2 0.7- 6.9
Non-Hispanic 8,897 5,892 68.1 66.6-69.6 771 9.5 8.5-10.5 806 9.1 8.2-10.1 639 6.5 5.8- 7.3 789 6.8 6.1- 7.6
AGE
18-24 577 401 67.9 61.5-73.6 71 13.7 9.7-19.1 68 13.3 9.3-18.7 25 4.1 2.5- 6.7 12 1.0 0.5- 2.1
25-34 1,405 978 71.6 68.0-75.0 179 11.8 9.6-14.5 150 9.9 7.7-12.5 72 4.9 3.5- 6.8 26 1.8 1.1- 3.1
35-44 1,769 1,182 69.2 65.9-72.3 187 11.3 9.1-13.9 189 10.6 8.6-12.9 117 4.9 3.7- 6.3 94 4.1 3.1- 5.5
45-54 1,814 1,157 65.2 61.7-68.5 184 9.7 7.8-12.0 166 9.0 7.2-11.1 130 7.5 5.6- 9.9 177 8.7 6.8-11.0
55-64 1,499 966 66.0 62.4-69.4 91 5.8 4.3- 7.8 119 7.1 5.5- 9.1 136 10.4 8.3-12.9 187 10.8 8.7-13.2
65-74 1,228 838 68.2 64.3-71.9 53 5.1 3.5- 7.5 91 7.0 5.1- 9.6 87 6.7 5.0- 8.8 159 12.9 10.4-15.9
75+ 878 555 63.7 58.9-68.2 29 3.8 2.2- 6.4 64 8.1 5.8-11.3 85 7.9 5.9-10.5 145 16.5 13.1-20.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,520 905 63.6 59.5-67.5 73 5.7 3.7- 8.7 131 9.1 6.9-12.0 137 7.9 6.1-10.1 274 13.7 11.4-16.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,778 1,850 67.6 64.7-70.3 197 8.7 7.0-10.8 240 9.3 7.6-11.2 219 7.5 6.1- 9.1 272 7.0 5.8- 8.4
Some Post-H.S. 2,305 1,537 67.3 64.1-70.5 218 10.3 8.3-12.8 224 10.6 8.5-13.2 166 6.3 5.1- 7.8 160 5.4 4.3- 6.9
College Graduate 2,608 1,817 71.6 69.0-74.1 311 12.0 10.4-13.9 254 9.1 7.6-10.9 134 4.4 3.3- 5.8 92 2.9 2.1- 3.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,058 538 55.4 50.3-60.4 56 7.0 4.3-11.4 96 8.7 6.1-12.1 137 11.8 9.2-15.0 231 17.1 14.2-20.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,683 1,077 64.1 60.2-67.9 123 7.6 5.7-10.0 174 12.2 9.6-15.4 151 7.8 6.2- 9.8 158 8.3 6.4-10.5
$25,000- 34,999 1,023 705 69.4 64.7-73.8 84 9.0 6.4-12.4 104 9.3 6.8-12.6 67 6.0 4.1- 8.7 63 6.3 4.3- 9.1
$35,000- 49,999 1,230 871 71.9 68.1-75.5 129 10.0 7.8-12.9 109 9.2 7.2-11.8 70 5.3 3.8- 7.3 51 3.5 2.3- 5.3
$50,000-74,999 1,001 702 70.2 65.7-74.3 118 13.2 10.1-17.1 91 8.5 6.4-11.4 46 3.8 2.5- 5.7 44 4.2 2.8- 6.4
$75,000+ 1,153 850 75.0 71.2-78.4 132 10.3 8.3-12.7 100 8.3 6.2-11.0 40 4.2 2.6- 6.9 31 2.2 1.3- 3.6
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 442 292 64.0 58.4-69.3 40 11.3 7.8-16.2 42 9.9 7.1-13.8 25 5.8 3.5- 9.5 43 8.9 6.4-12.3
Guilford 439 301 68.1 62.7-73.1 37 8.3 5.8-11.8 45 10.9 7.9-14.8 28 6.8 4.5-10.3 28 5.9 3.6- 9.3
Mecklenburg 442 307 68.2 62.0-73.8 45 13.0 8.5-19.3 38 9.4 6.5-13.3 29 5.7 3.8- 8.6 23 3.7 2.3- 5.8
Orange 447 291 63.4 55.5-70.6 65 15.6 11.7-20.6 51 14.8 8.5-24.5 24 4.2 2.7- 6.4 16 2.0 1.1- 3.5
Wake 448 327 74.1 68.9-78.7 49 9.6 7.0-13.1 38 8.3 5.5-12.4 14 3.4 2.0- 5.9 20 4.5 2.7- 7.4
Chatham/Lee 391 265 72.4 67.0-77.3 35 9.2 6.4-13.1 31 7.1 4.7-10.7 34 6.5 4.4- 9.6 26 4.7 3.0- 7.2
Nash/Wilson 373 239 65.2 59.1-70.8 28 7.5 5.0-11.1 37 9.8 6.7-13.9 22 7.0 3.7-12.7 47 10.6 7.8-14.3
Craven/Pamlico 440 293 68.4 63.1-73.3 33 7.5 4.8-11.6 44 10.4 7.6-14.2 34 7.0 4.9-10.0 36 6.5 4.5- 9.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 431 281 65.0 59.3-70.3 37 9.4 6.5-13.2 42 11.5 8.2-15.9 26 5.7 3.7- 8.6 45 8.5 6.1-11.7
Appalachian/Wilkes 442 293 66.0 58.8-72.4 34 9.3 6.2-13.8 38 10.2 5.3-18.7 29 6.2 4.1- 9.4 48 8.3 6.0-11.4
Franklin/Gran./Vance 469 322 70.6 63.6-76.7 37 8.8 5.6-13.6 38 9.7 6.1-15.0 22 3.5 2.1- 5.6 50 7.5 5.1-11.0
Graham/Swain/Jackson 419 270 63.5 51.2-74.2 40 16.3 6.8-34.4 47 9.9 6.8-14.3 28 4.9 3.1- 7.7 34 5.3 3.5- 8.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 460 294 66.5 61.3-71.3 32 5.8 3.9- 8.3 43 8.7 6.0-12.5 41 8.3 5.8-11.7 50 10.7 7.9-14.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 404 242 60.6 54.1-66.7 38 12.2 7.4-19.3 37 9.0 6.3-12.9 42 8.9 6.4-12.3 45 9.3 6.6-13.0
Northeast NC I 447 293 62.9 55.8-69.5 30 11.2 5.7-20.8 34 8.1 5.4-12.1 39 7.8 5.5-10.9 51 9.9 7.2-13.6
Northeast NC II 499 329 66.8 61.6-71.7 41 10.0 6.9-14.3 42 6.3 4.4- 9.0 38 7.7 5.3-11.0 49 9.2 6.7-12.6
Northeastern Partnership 946 622 65.5 61.2-69.5 71 10.4 7.4-14.5 76 6.9 5.3- 9.1 77 7.7 5.9-10.1 100 9.5 7.5-11.9
Mountain AHEC 1,277 814 62.5 58.3-66.5 109 9.3 7.0-12.3 128 10.2 8.0-12.9 97 8.4 6.4-10.8 129 9.7 7.7-12.2
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,228 2,099 65.3 62.4-68.2 261 10.4 8.4-12.7 292 9.5 7.6-11.7 258 7.6 6.2- 9.3 318 7.2 6.1- 8.5
Piedmont 3,978 2,718 70.3 68.2-72.3 376 9.6 8.3-11.0 370 9.4 8.2-10.9 245 5.4 4.5- 6.4 269 5.3 4.5- 6.3
Western NC 2,032 1,310 63.7 60.2-67.0 164 8.2 6.6-10.3 188 10.1 8.0-12.6 153 7.5 6.1- 9.3 217 10.5 8.4-13.0

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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