BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	872	599	69.5	65.6-73.2	92	11.5	8.9-14.7	90	9.5	7.5-12.0	41	4.0	2.9- 5.7	50	5.4	3.8- 7.7
GENDER
Male	311	225	72.9	66.5-78.4	30	10.5	6.9-15.8	32	9.4	6.4-13.6	7	2.1	0.9- 4.5	17	5.2	2.9- 8.9
Female	561	374	66.3	61.4-71.0	62	12.5	9.2-16.7	58	9.6	7.2-12.6	34	5.9	4.1- 8.6	33	5.7	3.6- 8.9
RACE
White	595	415	70.2	65.4-74.5	66	12.5	9.4-16.5	58	9.2	6.8-12.3	26	3.8	2.5- 5.8	30	4.3	2.8- 6.6
Other	273	182	68.5	61.1-75.1	26	9.8	5.9-15.9	32	10.1	6.8-14.7	13	3.9	2.1- 7.3	20	7.6	4.2-13.2
AGE
18-44	345	243	72.0	65.8-77.5	41	12.5	8.6-17.9	38	9.1	6.3-12.9	14	3.0	1.7- 5.2	9	3.4	1.5- 7.5
45+	518	348	66.2	61.3-70.8	50	10.4	7.6-14.0	52	10.2	7.5-13.6	27	5.4	3.5- 8.2	41	7.9	5.5-11.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	227	142	65.4	56.5-73.3	21	10.6	5.9-18.3	25	8.7	5.2-14.3	13	4.5	2.3- 8.5	26	10.8	6.5-17.5
Some College +	643	455	71.1	66.8-75.1	71	11.9	9.1-15.6	65	9.8	7.6-12.7	28	3.9	2.6- 5.8	24	3.2	2.0- 5.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	357	227	63.4	56.3-70.0	31	10.5	6.3-17.0	44	12.6	8.9-17.7	22	5.1	3.1- 8.1	33	8.3	5.2-13.1
$50,000+	385	287	75.1	69.9-79.7	44	11.6	8.4-15.8	33	7.9	5.5-11.3	11	2.5	1.3- 4.8	10	2.9	1.3- 6.0

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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: 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
-Mecklenburg County	872	599	69.5	65.6-73.2	92	11.5	8.9-14.7	90	9.5	7.5-12.0	41	4.0	2.9- 5.7	50	5.4	3.8- 7.7
GENDER
Male	311	225	72.9	66.5-78.4	30	10.5	6.9-15.8	32	9.4	6.4-13.6	7	2.1	0.9- 4.5	17	5.2	2.9- 8.9
Female	561	374	66.3	61.4-71.0	62	12.5	9.2-16.7	58	9.6	7.2-12.6	34	5.9	4.1- 8.6	33	5.7	3.6- 8.9
RACE
White	595	415	70.2	65.4-74.5	66	12.5	9.4-16.5	58	9.2	6.8-12.3	26	3.8	2.5- 5.8	30	4.3	2.8- 6.6
Other	273	182	68.5	61.1-75.1	26	9.8	5.9-15.9	32	10.1	6.8-14.7	13	3.9	2.1- 7.3	20	7.6	4.2-13.2
AGE
18-44	345	243	72.0	65.8-77.5	41	12.5	8.6-17.9	38	9.1	6.3-12.9	14	3.0	1.7- 5.2	9	3.4	1.5- 7.5
45+	518	348	66.2	61.3-70.8	50	10.4	7.6-14.0	52	10.2	7.5-13.6	27	5.4	3.5- 8.2	41	7.9	5.5-11.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	227	142	65.4	56.5-73.3	21	10.6	5.9-18.3	25	8.7	5.2-14.3	13	4.5	2.3- 8.5	26	10.8	6.5-17.5
Some College +	643	455	71.1	66.8-75.1	71	11.9	9.1-15.6	65	9.8	7.6-12.7	28	3.9	2.6- 5.8	24	3.2	2.0- 5.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	357	227	63.4	56.3-70.0	31	10.5	6.3-17.0	44	12.6	8.9-17.7	22	5.1	3.1- 8.1	33	8.3	5.2-13.1
$50,000+	385	287	75.1	69.9-79.7	44	11.6	8.4-15.8	33	7.9	5.5-11.3	11	2.5	1.3- 4.8	10	2.9	1.3- 6.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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?