BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (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?)

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

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
North Carolina	16,914	11,096	67.9	67.0-68.9	1,575	9.9	9.3-10.5	1,602	9.4	8.8-10.0	1,262	6.6	6.1- 7.1	1,379	6.2	5.8- 6.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	403	233	61.8	55.9-67.4	46	10.3	7.4-14.1	38	9.8	7.0-13.6	45	10.3	7.3-14.3	41	7.9	5.5-11.2
GENDER
Male	148	95	70.9	61.7-78.6	13	6.1	3.3-11.1	12	7.4	4.0-13.2	16	10.1	5.6-17.4	12	5.6	2.8-10.8
Female	255	138	53.3	46.2-60.3	33	14.1	9.7-20.1	26	12.1	8.1-17.6	29	10.5	7.2-15.1	29	10.0	6.6-14.9
RACE
White	374	213	59.1	52.9-65.0	40	10.1	7.1-14.2	38	10.9	7.8-15.1	44	11.4	8.1-15.8	39	8.4	5.8-12.1
Other	28	19	83.4	66.5-92.7	6	12.2	4.7-28.1	0	0.0	. - .	1	1.0	0.1- 6.9	2	3.4	0.7-15.4
AGE
18-44	133	77	67.0	57.4-75.5	23	13.2	8.3-20.3	17	10.3	6.1-16.7	10	6.5	3.0-13.6	6	2.9	1.2- 6.8
45+	267	154	56.8	50.1-63.4	23	7.6	4.8-11.6	20	8.9	5.6-13.9	35	14.0	10.0-19.4	35	12.7	8.7-18.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	186	109	60.4	51.5-68.6	14	8.0	4.4-14.0	18	10.0	6.1-16.0	18	10.0	5.7-17.0	27	11.6	7.3-17.8
Some College +	214	123	63.4	55.4-70.8	31	11.9	7.9-17.4	20	9.7	6.0-15.2	27	10.6	6.9-15.9	13	4.4	2.4- 8.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	271	148	59.8	52.3-66.9	29	10.5	6.8-15.8	25	8.6	5.6-13.0	34	11.6	7.7-17.1	35	9.4	6.3-13.9
$50,000+	88	60	69.7	58.4-79.0	14	12.5	7.3-20.6	8	10.7	5.3-20.4	5	6.0	2.5-13.9	1	1.1	0.2- 7.5

Total
Respond.^

None

1-2 days

3-7 days

8-29 days

30 days

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

16,914

11,096

67.9

67.0-68.9

1,575

9.9

9.3-10.5

1,602

9.4

8.8-10.0

1,262

6.6

6.1- 7.1

1,379

6.2

5.8- 6.6

-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

403

233

61.8

55.9-67.4

10.3

7.4-14.1

9.8

7.0-13.6

10.3

7.3-14.3

7.9

5.5-11.2

GENDER

Male

148

70.9

61.7-78.6

6.1

3.3-11.1

7.4

4.0-13.2

10.1

5.6-17.4

5.6

2.8-10.8

Female

255

138

53.3

46.2-60.3

14.1

9.7-20.1

12.1

8.1-17.6

10.5

7.2-15.1

10.0

6.6-14.9

RACE

White

374

213

59.1

52.9-65.0

10.1

7.1-14.2

10.9

7.8-15.1

11.4

8.1-15.8

8.4

5.8-12.1

Other

83.4

66.5-92.7

12.2

4.7-28.1

0.0

. - .

1.0

0.1- 6.9

3.4

0.7-15.4

AGE

18-44

133

67.0

57.4-75.5

13.2

8.3-20.3

10.3

6.1-16.7

6.5

3.0-13.6

2.9

1.2- 6.8

45+

267

154

56.8

50.1-63.4

7.6

4.8-11.6

8.9

5.6-13.9

14.0

10.0-19.4

12.7

8.7-18.2

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

186

109

60.4

51.5-68.6

8.0

4.4-14.0

10.0

6.1-16.0

10.0

5.7-17.0

11.6

7.3-17.8

Some College +

214

123

63.4

55.4-70.8

11.9

7.9-17.4

9.7

6.0-15.2

10.6

6.9-15.9

4.4

2.4- 8.0

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

271

148

59.8

52.3-66.9

10.5

6.8-15.8

8.6

5.6-13.0

11.6

7.7-17.1

9.4

6.3-13.9

$50,000+

69.7

58.4-79.0

12.5

7.3-20.6

10.7

5.3-20.4

6.0

2.5-13.9

1.1

0.2- 7.5

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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