BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (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?)

	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
-Buncombe County	441	285	69.9	64.6-74.8	39	7.0	5.0- 9.8	45	10.5	7.5-14.5	31	5.5	3.7- 8.2	41	7.1	5.0-10.0
GENDER
Male	160	108	73.3	64.8-80.4	8	4.1	1.9- 8.4	15	8.7	4.7-15.6	8	4.6	2.1- 9.6	21	9.3	5.8-14.7
Female	281	177	66.4	60.0-72.3	31	10.0	6.9-14.3	30	12.3	8.5-17.6	23	6.5	4.2- 9.9	20	4.7	3.0- 7.5
RACE
White	372	242	69.4	63.7-74.5	36	8.3	5.8-11.7	36	10.5	7.2-15.0	23	4.5	2.9- 6.9	35	7.4	5.1-10.7
Other	69	43	72.2	57.6-83.2	3	1.8	0.5- 5.9	9	10.6	4.9-21.4	8	9.8	4.2-21.4	6	5.7	2.2-13.8
AGE
18-44	167	116	76.4	68.7-82.7	17	6.9	4.1-11.3	19	10.9	6.6-17.6	11	4.6	2.3- 8.9	4	1.2	0.4- 3.3
45+	272	167	61.1	54.4-67.3	22	7.2	4.7-11.0	26	10.0	6.7-14.6	20	6.8	4.3-10.7	37	14.9	10.5-20.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	171	108	72.0	63.1-79.5	13	4.9	2.7- 8.6	12	7.7	3.9-14.5	16	7.6	4.1-13.6	22	7.9	4.9-12.3
Some College +	267	175	68.7	62.0-74.7	26	8.4	5.5-12.6	33	12.3	8.4-17.8	14	3.9	2.2- 6.8	19	6.6	4.0-10.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	254	156	67.4	60.0-73.9	20	6.4	3.9-10.4	25	11.1	6.9-17.3	18	5.0	2.8- 8.5	35	10.2	6.9-14.8
$50,000+	120	84	71.6	62.4-79.3	13	9.4	5.3-15.9	16	13.4	8.2-21.3	5	3.6	1.4- 8.7	2	2.1	0.5- 8.2

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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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	Total Respond.^	None			1-2 days			3-7 days			8-29 days			30 days
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	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
-Buncombe County	441	285	69.9	64.6-74.8	39	7.0	5.0- 9.8	45	10.5	7.5-14.5	31	5.5	3.7- 8.2	41	7.1	5.0-10.0
GENDER
Male	160	108	73.3	64.8-80.4	8	4.1	1.9- 8.4	15	8.7	4.7-15.6	8	4.6	2.1- 9.6	21	9.3	5.8-14.7
Female	281	177	66.4	60.0-72.3	31	10.0	6.9-14.3	30	12.3	8.5-17.6	23	6.5	4.2- 9.9	20	4.7	3.0- 7.5
RACE
White	372	242	69.4	63.7-74.5	36	8.3	5.8-11.7	36	10.5	7.2-15.0	23	4.5	2.9- 6.9	35	7.4	5.1-10.7
Other	69	43	72.2	57.6-83.2	3	1.8	0.5- 5.9	9	10.6	4.9-21.4	8	9.8	4.2-21.4	6	5.7	2.2-13.8
AGE
18-44	167	116	76.4	68.7-82.7	17	6.9	4.1-11.3	19	10.9	6.6-17.6	11	4.6	2.3- 8.9	4	1.2	0.4- 3.3
45+	272	167	61.1	54.4-67.3	22	7.2	4.7-11.0	26	10.0	6.7-14.6	20	6.8	4.3-10.7	37	14.9	10.5-20.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	171	108	72.0	63.1-79.5	13	4.9	2.7- 8.6	12	7.7	3.9-14.5	16	7.6	4.1-13.6	22	7.9	4.9-12.3
Some College +	267	175	68.7	62.0-74.7	26	8.4	5.5-12.6	33	12.3	8.4-17.8	14	3.9	2.2- 6.8	19	6.6	4.0-10.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	254	156	67.4	60.0-73.9	20	6.4	3.9-10.4	25	11.1	6.9-17.3	18	5.0	2.8- 8.5	35	10.2	6.9-14.8
$50,000+	120	84	71.6	62.4-79.3	13	9.4	5.3-15.9	16	13.4	8.2-21.3	5	3.6	1.4- 8.7	2	2.1	0.5- 8.2

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe 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?