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2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-FEMALES

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 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 4,253 2,722 64.0 61.8-66.1 395 10.4 9.0-11.9 436 10.7 9.3-12.3 315 7.2 6.1- 8.4 385 7.7 6.7- 9.0
African American 1,230 782 66.2 62.1-70.0 92 7.3 5.4- 9.8 134 10.6 8.3-13.4 100 8.2 6.1-10.9 122 7.8 6.0- 9.9
Asian 25 17 71.4 43.2-89.1 1 6.2 0.8-34.0 4 18.6 5.2-48.9 1 1.3 0.2- 9.5 2 2.4 0.5-10.1
Native American 145 85 59.8 45.7-72.4 11 8.9 3.1-23.0 15 11.7 4.5-27.1 15 8.7 4.3-16.7 19 11.0 5.5-20.8
Other Minorities 161 102 66.4 54.2-76.8 14 11.4 4.5-26.1 19 7.6 4.3-13.0 15 7.0 3.6-13.1 11 7.5 3.4-16.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 165 112 67.8 54.9-78.5 12 13.0 5.3-28.5 22 7.2 4.2-12.1 10 4.7 2.1-10.2 9 7.3 3.1-16.6
-English Speaking 81 56 68.2 50.7-81.8 5 6.8 1.9-21.8 8 5.7 2.3-13.3 6 6.6 2.2-17.9 6 12.7 4.4-31.3
-Spanish Speaking 84 56 67.7 50.4-81.1 7 15.7 5.6-36.9 14 7.8 4.0-14.7 4 3.8 1.2-11.6 3 5.0 1.2-18.6
Non-Hispanic 5,661 3,605 64.4 62.5-66.3 500 9.6 8.5-10.9 588 10.8 9.6-12.1 436 7.4 6.5- 8.5 532 7.8 6.9- 8.8
AGE
18-24 361 251 68.9 61.3-75.6 38 10.7 6.8-16.3 47 13.9 9.2-20.4 16 5.0 2.6- 9.4 9 1.6 0.6- 3.9
25-34 877 583 67.9 63.3-72.1 118 13.8 10.8-17.4 102 8.9 6.8-11.5 54 6.7 4.6- 9.5 20 2.8 1.5- 5.3
35-44 1,087 680 63.3 58.9-67.5 115 11.7 8.7-15.4 151 14.0 11.2-17.3 80 6.0 4.4- 8.1 61 5.0 3.5- 7.1
45-54 1,139 691 60.5 56.2-64.7 133 12.4 9.6-15.8 113 11.0 8.6-14.0 84 7.4 5.4-10.0 118 8.7 6.6-11.3
55-64 929 581 62.5 57.8-67.0 51 5.2 3.4- 7.8 86 8.6 6.5-11.4 92 11.8 9.0-15.4 119 11.8 9.2-15.2
65-74 779 519 66.8 61.7-71.5 34 4.3 2.6- 7.0 64 8.5 5.8-12.5 59 7.9 5.6-11.0 103 12.5 9.6-16.2
75+ 614 382 62.2 56.3-67.8 20 3.9 2.0- 7.7 44 6.6 4.4- 9.8 59 7.6 5.4-10.8 109 19.7 15.2-25.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 938 529 60.5 55.4-65.5 47 5.6 3.1-10.0 95 8.8 6.5-11.6 88 8.7 6.5-11.6 179 16.3 13.1-20.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,768 1,139 63.4 59.8-66.9 121 8.1 6.1-10.7 164 10.4 8.4-12.9 155 9.6 7.6-12.0 189 8.4 6.8-10.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,505 975 64.8 61.0-68.5 147 11.0 8.8-13.8 163 11.0 8.7-13.8 110 7.0 5.4- 9.1 110 6.1 4.7- 8.1
College Graduate 1,605 1,064 68.1 64.7-71.3 197 12.3 10.2-14.7 187 11.5 9.4-14.2 95 4.7 3.5- 6.3 62 3.4 2.4- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 774 401 53.9 48.4-59.3 40 6.1 3.5-10.5 74 8.5 6.3-11.4 101 13.0 9.9-16.9 158 18.5 14.8-22.8
$15,000- 24,999 1,090 691 62.9 58.3-67.4 80 7.4 5.3-10.2 120 12.4 9.4-16.1 94 9.0 6.7-11.9 105 8.3 6.2-11.0
$25,000- 34,999 665 448 66.3 60.2-71.9 59 11.6 7.8-16.8 76 9.4 6.7-13.0 44 7.3 4.6-11.6 38 5.4 3.3- 8.8
$35,000- 49,999 710 480 69.0 63.8-73.7 81 11.5 8.3-15.6 70 10.5 7.7-14.3 47 5.2 3.5- 7.6 32 3.8 2.3- 6.2
$50,000-74,999 567 370 62.8 56.9-68.4 71 14.0 10.4-18.6 65 11.5 8.1-16.2 29 5.1 3.0- 8.5 32 6.6 4.0-10.6
$75,000+ 651 454 70.8 66.0-75.2 81 11.3 8.6-14.7 72 11.3 8.5-15.0 27 5.0 3.1- 8.2 17 1.5 0.8- 2.8
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 266 177 66.5 59.9-72.5 22 8.4 5.4-12.9 32 12.6 8.8-17.8 13 4.7 2.6- 8.5 22 7.7 4.9-11.9
Guilford 276 177 60.5 53.3-67.2 26 10.1 6.5-15.3 32 13.9 9.6-19.8 21 9.3 5.7-14.9 20 6.2 3.6-10.6
Mecklenburg 275 183 66.9 60.4-72.9 25 8.3 5.4-12.4 26 10.8 7.1-15.9 21 7.6 4.7-12.0 20 6.5 4.0-10.4
Orange 277 173 64.4 54.4-73.3 38 13.2 8.9-19.0 41 16.4 9.3-27.5 14 3.8 2.1- 6.8 11 2.2 1.1- 4.1
Wake 274 190 68.8 62.0-74.9 34 13.4 9.2-19.1 26 8.3 5.4-12.5 9 3.6 1.8- 7.0 15 5.9 3.3-10.5
Chatham/Lee 242 150 63.4 56.0-70.1 23 10.6 7.0-15.9 23 11.2 7.0-17.4 26 8.8 5.7-13.5 20 6.1 3.8- 9.6
Nash/Wilson 236 141 58.1 50.8-65.0 18 8.3 5.1-13.2 27 13.1 8.7-19.2 13 5.5 3.0-10.2 37 15.0 10.7-20.6
Craven/Pamlico 278 175 63.5 56.8-69.8 24 7.8 5.1-11.7 29 11.9 8.1-17.2 26 9.2 6.1-13.6 24 7.6 4.8-11.8
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 271 171 60.4 53.2-67.2 24 10.5 6.6-16.4 29 14.3 9.4-21.0 19 6.3 3.8-10.3 28 8.5 5.7-12.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 276 170 57.6 48.0-66.8 22 9.8 5.7-16.5 32 16.5 8.3-30.2 19 6.6 3.9-10.9 33 9.4 6.4-13.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 294 202 72.6 65.8-78.5 23 7.3 4.6-11.5 23 6.6 4.1-10.4 13 3.3 1.8- 6.0 33 10.2 6.2-16.2
Graham/Swain/Jackson 260 166 66.0 59.1-72.2 24 10.2 6.6-15.2 27 10.4 6.8-15.5 19 6.1 3.7-10.0 24 7.4 4.8-11.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 289 180 65.3 59.0-71.1 26 8.4 5.6-12.6 30 10.3 6.9-15.2 24 7.5 4.9-11.3 29 8.5 5.8-12.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 281 163 57.6 50.8-64.0 26 10.5 6.6-16.2 32 12.8 8.8-18.3 32 10.3 7.1-14.7 28 8.8 5.9-13.1
Northeast NC I 308 202 67.1 60.9-72.7 18 6.4 3.9-10.4 28 8.9 6.0-13.1 28 8.9 6.0-13.1 32 8.7 5.9-12.6
Northeast NC II 316 203 66.3 60.1-71.9 24 7.7 4.9-11.8 34 8.5 5.9-12.0 21 7.6 4.7-12.1 34 10.0 6.9-14.2
Northeastern Partnership 624 405 66.6 62.2-70.7 42 7.2 5.1-10.0 62 8.7 6.6-11.2 49 8.1 5.8-11.1 66 9.5 7.2-12.4
Mountain AHEC 795 495 58.0 53.2-62.6 68 8.7 6.5-11.6 87 11.9 9.0-15.5 67 11.2 8.2-15.1 78 10.2 7.6-13.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 2,094 1,321 64.0 60.5-67.3 175 10.3 8.0-13.1 218 10.3 8.4-12.6 173 8.2 6.5-10.3 207 7.2 5.9- 8.8
Piedmont 2,471 1,612 66.3 63.6-68.9 233 9.7 8.1-11.5 258 10.2 8.6-11.9 170 6.4 5.2- 7.8 198 7.4 6.1- 9.0
Western NC 1,268 787 58.6 54.4-62.6 106 8.9 6.9-11.4 134 12.8 9.7-16.6 105 9.5 7.4-12.1 136 10.3 8.2-12.8

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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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