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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

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 14,735 9,890 68.4 67.5-69.4 1,281 9.0 8.5- 9.6 1,293 8.7 8.1- 9.3 953 6.0 5.6- 6.5 1,318 7.9 7.4- 8.4
-Union County 433 298 70.4 65.2-75.1 46 10.3 7.4-14.1 30 6.3 4.1- 9.4 25 5.5 3.5- 8.7 34 7.5 5.2-10.8
GENDER
Male 133 106 79.8 71.1-86.3 10 8.8 4.6-16.0 8 5.1 2.4-10.7 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 8 6.1 2.8-12.7
Female 300 192 64.5 57.9-70.6 36 11.3 7.8-16.0 22 7.0 4.3-11.2 24 8.8 5.5-13.8 26 8.4 5.5-12.6
RACE
White 374 251 68.2 62.4-73.4 43 11.1 8.0-15.3 30 7.6 5.0-11.3 21 5.5 3.3- 9.1 29 7.6 5.1-11.2
Other 58 47 83.7 71.2-91.5 2 3.0 0.6-14.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 5.8 2.0-15.3 5 7.5 2.8-18.4
AGE
18-44 190 142 76.3 68.9-82.4 29 13.9 9.4-20.1 9 4.8 2.2-10.2 6 2.8 1.2- 6.2 4 2.2 0.7- 6.2
45+ 241 155 65.4 58.0-72.2 17 7.2 4.1-12.4 21 7.6 4.7-12.0 18 7.4 4.2-12.9 30 12.3 8.3-17.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 110 67.6 59.2-75.1 15 8.2 4.5-14.4 9 3.8 1.8- 7.9 13 5.8 3.1-10.5 23 14.6 9.4-21.9
Some College + 263 188 72.1 65.3-78.0 31 11.6 7.9-16.8 21 7.8 4.8-12.4 12 5.4 2.8-10.1 11 3.1 1.6- 6.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 179 118 67.3 59.0-74.7 13 5.7 3.1-10.4 13 6.6 3.6-11.8 11 5.5 2.6-11.2 24 14.8 9.7-22.1
$50,000+ 171 129 75.4 67.2-82.1 23 13.1 8.5-19.8 12 7.3 3.8-13.4 5 3.4 1.2- 9.2 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0

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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 (MAHEC): 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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