BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (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?)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-WHITES

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
TOTAL	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
GENDER
Male	2,534	1,809	71.6	68.7-74.3	214	9.3	7.5-11.5	174	8.3	6.6-10.3	151	5.3	4.2- 6.8	186	5.5	4.4- 6.8
Female	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
AGE
18-24	363	253	67.8	59.5-75.2	49	15.0	9.7-22.4	41	12.8	7.9-20.1	12	3.4	1.7- 6.9	8	0.9	0.4- 2.0
25-34	943	635	68.5	63.9-72.7	134	14.7	11.6-18.4	100	9.3	7.0-12.3	55	5.5	3.7- 8.1	19	2.0	1.1- 3.8
35-44	1,264	852	70.4	66.7-73.8	144	10.4	8.3-13.0	131	10.9	8.6-13.7	77	4.2	3.0- 5.6	60	4.1	2.9- 5.9
45-54	1,301	842	65.4	61.2-69.3	137	9.4	7.3-12.0	124	9.9	7.7-12.6	80	6.7	4.6- 9.7	118	8.6	6.5-11.4
55-64	1,159	769	67.2	63.1-71.0	76	6.7	4.9- 9.3	85	6.6	4.9- 8.9	104	10.6	8.3-13.6	125	8.8	6.9-11.3
65-74	994	690	69.2	64.8-73.3	38	4.8	3.1- 7.4	74	7.6	5.3-10.7	70	6.8	5.0- 9.2	122	11.6	9.0-14.8
75+	722	462	63.3	57.9-68.3	25	4.2	2.4- 7.3	53	8.8	6.1-12.5	65	7.3	5.2-10.2	117	16.5	12.8-21.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	873	509	60.8	55.5-65.9	37	4.3	2.4- 7.5	71	8.3	5.8-11.8	78	8.6	6.2-11.8	178	18.0	14.5-22.1
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,977	1,333	68.3	64.9-71.4	138	8.6	6.6-11.1	156	8.5	6.8-10.6	153	7.3	5.8- 9.2	197	7.4	5.9- 9.2
Some Post-H.S.	1,760	1,175	66.6	62.7-70.2	168	10.6	8.2-13.6	171	11.4	8.9-14.5	129	6.3	4.9- 8.1	117	5.0	3.8- 6.6
College Graduate	2,161	1,504	70.9	68.0-73.7	265	12.5	10.7-14.7	211	9.3	7.6-11.4	106	4.5	3.2- 6.1	75	2.7	2.0- 3.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	619	291	51.6	45.3-57.9	33	6.3	3.6-10.6	60	8.9	6.1-12.7	80	12.8	9.2-17.6	155	20.4	16.5-25.1
$15,000- 24,999	1,067	677	59.8	54.8-64.7	69	8.0	5.6-11.5	107	13.3	9.9-17.6	104	8.6	6.5-11.4	110	10.2	7.5-13.6
$25,000- 34,999	738	509	69.3	63.6-74.4	67	10.9	7.6-15.6	67	8.0	5.5-11.5	47	5.2	3.2- 8.2	48	6.6	4.2-10.3
$35,000- 49,999	984	698	72.8	68.6-76.6	102	9.1	6.8-12.2	89	9.6	7.3-12.7	57	5.4	3.8- 7.7	38	3.0	1.9- 4.6
$50,000-74,999	838	588	70.1	65.2-74.6	95	12.5	9.2-16.7	80	9.1	6.7-12.3	41	4.2	2.7- 6.5	34	4.0	2.5- 6.5
$75,000+	1,023	751	75.0	71.0-78.6	121	10.5	8.3-13.1	90	8.2	6.2-10.8	34	4.2	2.5- 7.2	27	2.1	1.2- 3.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	390	260	64.1	58.2-69.7	35	10.7	7.3-15.5	36	10.1	7.1-14.4	20	5.6	3.2- 9.8	39	9.3	6.6-13.1
Guilford	308	209	64.9	58.2-71.0	27	9.0	5.9-13.5	31	11.6	7.9-16.6	20	7.6	4.6-12.2	21	7.0	4.0-11.8
Mecklenburg	288	202	66.4	58.1-73.8	34	17.2	10.7-26.5	20	6.8	4.3-10.8	20	6.5	3.9-10.7	12	3.1	1.6- 5.9
Orange	368	244	66.2	58.4-73.3	55	16.7	12.2-22.4	41	12.3	7.0-20.6	16	3.2	1.8- 5.3	12	1.6	0.9- 3.0
Wake	323	238	75.7	70.2-80.5	37	10.1	7.1-14.1	26	7.2	4.6-11.0	8	3.1	1.5- 6.3	14	4.0	2.2- 7.0
Chatham/Lee	284	193	74.9	69.2-79.9	24	7.8	5.0-11.8	21	6.0	3.8- 9.3	26	6.5	4.3- 9.7	20	4.9	3.0- 7.7
Nash/Wilson	229	139	62.0	53.9-69.5	21	9.2	5.9-14.1	20	7.8	4.6-12.9	13	8.2	3.4-18.1	36	12.8	9.1-17.8
Craven/Pamlico	338	226	68.4	62.3-74.0	29	8.5	5.3-13.5	31	9.9	6.8-14.3	26	6.5	4.3- 9.7	26	6.6	4.3-10.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	401	261	64.6	58.7-70.1	36	9.9	6.9-14.0	37	10.8	7.5-15.4	25	6.0	3.8- 9.2	42	8.7	6.2-12.1
Appalachian/Wilkes	422	279	65.9	58.6-72.6	32	8.9	5.8-13.5	38	10.5	5.5-19.3	28	6.3	4.1- 9.5	45	8.3	6.0-11.5
Franklin/Gran./Vance	284	197	67.8	59.3-75.3	20	8.7	4.6-15.9	21	10.2	5.7-17.7	15	4.0	2.2- 7.2	31	9.3	5.7-14.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson	360	238	68.1	62.2-73.4	32	10.0	6.9-14.5	40	10.8	7.7-15.0	22	5.2	3.2- 8.3	28	5.9	3.9- 8.7
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	196	125	63.9	55.6-71.4	16	6.8	4.0-11.4	16	7.9	4.1-15.0	17	9.9	5.8-16.5	22	11.4	7.3-17.4
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	258	157	62.0	55.0-68.6	24	10.7	6.8-16.4	23	8.5	5.4-13.2	27	9.1	6.1-13.5	27	9.7	6.4-14.4
Northeast NC I	207	137	65.8	57.8-73.0	16	8.3	5.0-13.5	15	9.9	5.4-17.5	17	7.2	4.4-11.7	22	8.8	5.2-14.3
Northeast NC II	338	237	70.9	64.8-76.3	25	9.7	6.2-15.0	24	5.0	3.3- 7.7	26	6.9	4.6-10.3	26	7.4	4.7-11.4
Northeastern Partnership	545	374	69.6	64.7-74.1	41	9.4	6.5-13.4	39	6.3	4.4- 9.0	43	7.0	5.0- 9.7	48	7.8	5.5-10.9
Mountain AHEC	1,137	730	62.6	58.3-66.7	94	7.8	6.1-10.0	115	10.8	8.3-13.8	85	8.8	6.7-11.6	113	10.0	7.8-12.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	2,020	1,324	65.3	61.6-68.9	176	10.4	8.2-13.2	172	9.0	6.8-11.9	160	8.1	6.2-10.4	188	7.1	5.7- 8.8
Piedmont	2,920	2,009	69.8	67.3-72.2	287	10.4	8.8-12.2	266	9.5	8.1-11.2	169	5.0	4.0- 6.1	189	5.3	4.3- 6.5
Western NC	1,847	1,198	64.2	60.7-67.6	146	7.4	6.0- 9.2	172	10.2	8.1-12.9	137	7.8	6.2- 9.7	194	10.4	8.3-12.9

Total
Respond.^

None

1-2 days

3-7 days

8-29 days

30 days

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

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

GENDER

Male

2,534

1,809

71.6

68.7-74.3

214

9.3

7.5-11.5

174

8.3

6.6-10.3

151

5.3

4.2- 6.8

186

5.5

4.4- 6.8

Female

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

AGE

18-24

363

253

67.8

59.5-75.2

15.0

9.7-22.4

12.8

7.9-20.1

3.4

1.7- 6.9

0.9

0.4- 2.0

25-34

943

635

68.5

63.9-72.7

134

14.7

11.6-18.4

100

9.3

7.0-12.3

5.5

3.7- 8.1

2.0

1.1- 3.8

35-44

1,264

852

70.4

66.7-73.8

144

10.4

8.3-13.0

131

10.9

8.6-13.7

4.2

3.0- 5.6

4.1

2.9- 5.9

45-54

1,301

842

65.4

61.2-69.3

137

9.4

7.3-12.0

124

9.9

7.7-12.6

6.7

4.6- 9.7

118

8.6

6.5-11.4

55-64

1,159

769

67.2

63.1-71.0

6.7

4.9- 9.3

6.6

4.9- 8.9

104

10.6

8.3-13.6

125

8.8

6.9-11.3

65-74

994

690

69.2

64.8-73.3

4.8

3.1- 7.4

7.6

5.3-10.7

6.8

5.0- 9.2

122

11.6

9.0-14.8

75+

722

462

63.3

57.9-68.3

4.2

2.4- 7.3

8.8

6.1-12.5

7.3

5.2-10.2

117

16.5

12.8-21.0

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

873

509

60.8

55.5-65.9

4.3

2.4- 7.5

8.3

5.8-11.8

8.6

6.2-11.8

178

18.0

14.5-22.1

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,977

1,333

68.3

64.9-71.4

138

8.6

6.6-11.1

156

8.5

6.8-10.6

153

7.3

5.8- 9.2

197

7.4

5.9- 9.2

Some Post-H.S.

1,760

1,175

66.6

62.7-70.2

168

10.6

8.2-13.6

171

11.4

8.9-14.5

129

6.3

4.9- 8.1

117

5.0

3.8- 6.6

College Graduate

2,161

1,504

70.9

68.0-73.7

265

12.5

10.7-14.7

211

9.3

7.6-11.4

106

4.5

3.2- 6.1

2.7

2.0- 3.8

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

619

291

51.6

45.3-57.9

6.3

3.6-10.6

8.9

6.1-12.7

12.8

9.2-17.6

155

20.4

16.5-25.1

$15,000- 24,999

1,067

677

59.8

54.8-64.7

8.0

5.6-11.5

107

13.3

9.9-17.6

104

8.6

6.5-11.4

110

10.2

7.5-13.6

$25,000- 34,999

738

509

69.3

63.6-74.4

10.9

7.6-15.6

8.0

5.5-11.5

5.2

3.2- 8.2

6.6

4.2-10.3

$35,000- 49,999

984

698

72.8

68.6-76.6

102

9.1

6.8-12.2

9.6

7.3-12.7

5.4

3.8- 7.7

3.0

1.9- 4.6

$50,000-74,999

838

588

70.1

65.2-74.6

12.5

9.2-16.7

9.1

6.7-12.3

4.2

2.7- 6.5

4.0

2.5- 6.5

$75,000+

1,023

751

75.0

71.0-78.6

121

10.5

8.3-13.1

8.2

6.2-10.8

4.2

2.5- 7.2

2.1

1.2- 3.7

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

390

260

64.1

58.2-69.7

10.7

7.3-15.5

10.1

7.1-14.4

5.6

3.2- 9.8

9.3

6.6-13.1

Guilford

308

209

64.9

58.2-71.0

9.0

5.9-13.5

11.6

7.9-16.6

7.6

4.6-12.2

7.0

4.0-11.8

Mecklenburg

288

202

66.4

58.1-73.8

17.2

10.7-26.5

6.8

4.3-10.8

6.5

3.9-10.7

3.1

1.6- 5.9

Orange

368

244

66.2

58.4-73.3

16.7

12.2-22.4

12.3

7.0-20.6

3.2

1.8- 5.3

1.6

0.9- 3.0

Wake

323

238

75.7

70.2-80.5

10.1

7.1-14.1

7.2

4.6-11.0

3.1

1.5- 6.3

4.0

2.2- 7.0

Chatham/Lee

284

193

74.9

69.2-79.9

7.8

5.0-11.8

6.0

3.8- 9.3

6.5

4.3- 9.7

4.9

3.0- 7.7

Nash/Wilson

229

139

62.0

53.9-69.5

9.2

5.9-14.1

7.8

4.6-12.9

8.2

3.4-18.1

12.8

9.1-17.8

Craven/Pamlico

338

226

68.4

62.3-74.0

8.5

5.3-13.5

9.9

6.8-14.3

6.5

4.3- 9.7

6.6

4.3-10.0

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

401

261

64.6

58.7-70.1

9.9

6.9-14.0

10.8

7.5-15.4

6.0

3.8- 9.2

8.7

6.2-12.1

Appalachian/Wilkes

422

279

65.9

58.6-72.6

8.9

5.8-13.5

10.5

5.5-19.3

6.3

4.1- 9.5

8.3

6.0-11.5

Franklin/Gran./Vance

284

197

67.8

59.3-75.3

8.7

4.6-15.9

10.2

5.7-17.7

4.0

2.2- 7.2

9.3

5.7-14.8

Graham/Swain/Jackson

360

238

68.1

62.2-73.4

10.0

6.9-14.5

10.8

7.7-15.0

5.2

3.2- 8.3

5.9

3.9- 8.7

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

196

125

63.9

55.6-71.4

6.8

4.0-11.4

7.9

4.1-15.0

9.9

5.8-16.5

11.4

7.3-17.4

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

258

157

62.0

55.0-68.6

10.7

6.8-16.4

8.5

5.4-13.2

9.1

6.1-13.5

9.7

6.4-14.4

Northeast NC I

207

137

65.8

57.8-73.0

8.3

5.0-13.5

9.9

5.4-17.5

7.2

4.4-11.7

8.8

5.2-14.3

Northeast NC II

338

237

70.9

64.8-76.3

9.7

6.2-15.0

5.0

3.3- 7.7

6.9

4.6-10.3

7.4

4.7-11.4

Northeastern Partnership

545

374

69.6

64.7-74.1

9.4

6.5-13.4

6.3

4.4- 9.0

7.0

5.0- 9.7

7.8

5.5-10.9

Mountain AHEC

1,137

730

62.6

58.3-66.7

7.8

6.1-10.0

115

10.8

8.3-13.8

8.8

6.7-11.6

113

10.0

7.8-12.6

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

2,020

1,324

65.3

61.6-68.9

176

10.4

8.2-13.2

172

9.0

6.8-11.9

160

8.1

6.2-10.4

188

7.1

5.7- 8.8

Piedmont

2,920

2,009

69.8

67.3-72.2

287

10.4

8.8-12.2

266

9.5

8.1-11.2

169

5.0

4.0- 6.1

189

5.3

4.3- 6.5

Western NC

1,847

1,198

64.2

60.7-67.6

146

7.4

6.0- 9.2

172

10.2

8.1-12.9

137

7.8

6.2- 9.7

194

10.4

8.3-12.9

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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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