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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Piedmont 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 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
-Piedmont NC 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
GENDER
Male 1,507 1,106 74.5 71.1-77.5 143 9.4 7.4-11.9 112 8.7 6.8-11.1 75 4.3 3.2- 5.8 71 3.2 2.3- 4.4
Female 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
RACE
White 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
African American 796 538 72.0 67.5-76.1 67 8.6 6.2-11.8 68 5.9 4.4- 8.0 58 7.3 5.1-10.4 65 6.2 4.4- 8.6
Other Minorities 202 126 67.4 57.6-75.8 18 5.5 2.5-11.4 29 17.1 10.6-26.4 15 5.0 2.6- 9.6 14 5.0 2.4-10.1
AGE
18-24 243 172 74.8 66.3-81.7 35 12.1 7.3-19.6 26 9.5 5.4-16.0 7 2.9 1.2- 6.7 3 0.7 0.1- 3.0
25-34 633 436 70.8 65.7-75.4 88 12.1 9.1-15.9 70 10.3 7.4-14.1 29 4.9 3.1- 7.6 10 2.0 0.9- 4.2
35-44 843 582 70.7 66.4-74.8 100 11.9 9.2-15.3 88 10.5 7.9-13.7 46 4.3 2.9- 6.5 27 2.5 1.5- 4.2
45-54 806 523 66.7 61.9-71.1 77 8.8 6.4-11.9 88 10.5 8.0-13.7 55 7.2 5.0-10.2 63 6.8 4.8- 9.7
55-64 599 413 71.0 65.7-75.8 41 6.5 4.2- 9.9 41 6.5 4.3- 9.6 42 7.3 5.0-10.7 62 8.8 6.1-12.4
65-74 454 327 71.4 65.3-76.8 18 4.5 2.4- 8.2 28 7.2 4.2-11.9 34 6.8 4.4-10.2 47 10.2 7.1-14.5
75+ 368 239 65.4 58.6-71.6 14 3.8 2.0- 7.3 27 8.7 5.4-13.6 31 5.3 3.3- 8.4 57 16.8 12.1-22.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 568 361 68.0 62.1-73.4 26 4.2 2.1- 7.9 57 10.6 7.2-15.2 47 7.1 4.7-10.5 77 10.2 7.4-14.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,056 718 68.9 64.6-72.9 77 9.0 6.5-12.3 90 8.9 6.7-11.8 80 6.6 4.9- 9.0 91 6.6 4.9- 8.7
Some Post-H.S. 936 650 71.0 66.6-75.1 79 8.9 6.3-12.4 89 10.0 7.6-13.2 59 5.5 4.0- 7.7 59 4.5 3.2- 6.4
College Graduate 1,404 979 72.4 69.1-75.5 193 13.0 10.9-15.5 134 9.0 7.1-11.4 59 3.4 2.4- 4.9 39 2.1 1.4- 3.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 348 198 61.5 53.4-69.0 19 5.9 3.0-11.3 34 10.8 6.4-17.6 42 10.3 6.7-15.6 55 11.5 7.8-16.6
$15,000- 24,999 644 418 67.0 61.4-72.3 50 6.7 4.3-10.1 69 12.5 8.9-17.2 55 7.1 4.9-10.3 52 6.7 4.6- 9.7
$25,000- 34,999 396 270 69.7 62.5-76.0 38 9.3 5.8-14.7 41 9.2 5.8-14.2 23 5.6 3.2- 9.7 24 6.2 3.4-11.0
$35,000- 49,999 544 380 70.1 64.6-75.1 59 10.5 7.3-14.8 54 11.2 8.1-15.4 31 5.2 3.3- 8.2 20 2.9 1.7- 5.2
$50,000-74,999 468 328 72.0 66.3-77.1 57 12.1 8.8-16.5 41 7.9 5.3-11.5 20 3.7 2.0- 6.7 22 4.3 2.5- 7.4
$75,000+ 659 487 77.2 72.8-81.2 85 11.2 8.6-14.4 56 7.5 5.1-10.9 17 2.6 1.4- 4.7 14 1.5 0.8- 2.9
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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