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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-FEMALES

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%)
TOTAL 9,678 6,111 63.8 62.5-65.1 893 10.1 9.3-11.0 965 10.4 9.6-11.3 797 8.0 7.3- 8.8 912 7.7 7.0- 8.3
RACE
White 7,252 4,567 62.8 61.3-64.3 711 11.2 10.2-12.3 683 10.0 9.0-11.0 603 8.4 7.5- 9.3 688 7.6 6.9- 8.4
African American 1,746 1,081 63.6 60.7-66.4 141 8.2 6.7-10.0 211 11.9 10.1-13.8 140 7.5 6.2- 9.1 173 8.8 7.2-10.6
Asian 73 58 82.2 67.3-91.1 3 6.2 1.2-25.7 5 5.1 1.7-14.3 4 2.9 1.0- 8.4 3 3.6 0.8-15.5
Native American 187 104 54.6 45.1-63.7 13 5.9 2.9-11.9 20 12.2 6.4-22.0 24 12.7 7.8-20.1 26 14.6 9.3-22.3
Other Minorities 383 274 73.7 67.8-78.9 23 4.5 2.7- 7.2 42 11.7 8.0-16.8 23 5.8 3.5- 9.5 21 4.4 2.7- 7.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 425 301 74.2 68.7-79.0 28 5.4 3.4- 8.2 45 11.3 7.8-16.0 26 5.3 3.3- 8.4 25 3.9 2.4- 6.2
-English Speaking 202 138 69.8 61.0-77.3 17 8.0 4.6-13.5 22 13.5 7.9-22.1 12 5.1 2.6- 9.8 13 3.6 1.8- 7.0
-Spanish Speaking 222 162 77.0 69.8-82.9 11 3.6 1.7- 7.3 23 9.8 5.8-15.9 14 5.5 2.9-10.2 12 4.1 2.2- 7.6
Non-Hispanic 9,235 5,798 63.1 61.7-64.4 865 10.5 9.6-11.4 916 10.3 9.5-11.2 771 8.3 7.5- 9.0 885 7.9 7.3- 8.6
AGE
18-24 381 261 68.0 61.8-73.6 43 11.1 7.8-15.7 46 12.7 9.1-17.6 21 6.0 3.5-10.0 10 2.2 1.0- 4.4
25-34 1,203 805 66.3 63.0-69.4 145 12.4 10.3-14.8 157 12.3 10.3-14.8 69 6.6 5.0- 8.6 27 2.4 1.5- 3.8
35-44 1,646 1,051 63.8 60.9-66.5 217 13.7 11.8-15.8 177 10.0 8.5-11.8 118 7.1 5.8- 8.7 83 5.4 4.1- 7.1
45-54 1,912 1,181 62.1 59.5-64.7 222 11.1 9.6-12.9 192 10.5 8.9-12.3 166 9.1 7.6-10.8 151 7.2 5.9- 8.7
55-64 1,888 1,148 60.5 57.8-63.2 143 7.0 5.8- 8.5 177 10.3 8.7-12.1 184 9.6 8.1-11.2 236 12.6 10.9-14.6
65-74 1,426 892 63.9 60.8-66.8 74 5.3 4.0- 6.9 126 7.7 6.3- 9.3 134 9.8 8.1-11.8 200 13.3 11.4-15.5
75+ 1,139 715 61.4 57.8-64.8 42 4.1 2.8- 5.9 82 6.8 5.3- 8.8 101 9.8 7.8-12.2 199 17.9 15.3-20.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,376 769 57.6 53.9-61.2 58 4.8 3.3- 6.8 138 10.3 8.3-12.8 153 11.3 9.1-14.0 258 16.0 13.7-18.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,921 1,826 63.8 61.4-66.2 224 8.3 7.1- 9.8 274 9.8 8.3-11.6 277 9.1 7.8-10.6 320 8.9 7.7-10.2
Some Post-H.S. 2,578 1,628 62.3 59.6-64.9 258 11.3 9.6-13.3 272 11.3 9.7-13.2 213 8.7 7.3-10.3 207 6.4 5.4- 7.7
College Graduate 2,780 1,877 68.1 65.9-70.3 351 13.1 11.6-14.8 278 10.1 8.7-11.6 150 4.9 4.0- 5.9 124 3.8 3.0- 4.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,255 582 47.9 44.2-51.7 65 5.2 3.8- 7.0 138 11.5 9.3-14.1 186 14.7 12.2-17.5 284 20.8 17.9-24.0
$15,000- 24,999 1,681 1,005 58.6 55.4-61.7 108 7.3 5.7- 9.2 193 12.3 10.3-14.5 178 12.1 9.9-14.6 197 9.8 8.3-11.7
$25,000- 34,999 1,160 761 65.3 61.3-69.1 105 9.4 7.3-12.0 122 12.0 9.1-15.6 83 6.9 5.4- 8.9 89 6.4 4.8- 8.5
$35,000- 49,999 1,320 872 65.4 61.9-68.8 152 13.2 10.7-16.2 134 9.9 8.0-12.2 89 6.8 5.3- 8.6 73 4.7 3.6- 6.2
$50,000-74,999 1,176 799 66.8 63.1-70.3 146 13.0 10.6-15.8 101 8.8 6.7-11.5 66 5.6 4.2- 7.5 64 5.8 4.3- 7.8
$75,000+ 1,539 1,078 69.4 66.6-72.0 208 14.1 12.2-16.3 142 9.7 8.1-11.6 70 4.6 3.5- 6.0 41 2.2 1.5- 3.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,479 1,439 40.9 38.7-43.1 248 8.2 6.9- 9.8 450 13.2 11.9-14.7 569 17.5 15.8-19.3 773 20.2 18.6-21.9
No 5,926 4,465 74.1 72.5-75.6 623 11.0 10.0-12.1 492 9.2 8.1-10.3 218 3.7 3.2- 4.4 128 2.0 1.6- 2.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 218 134 61.4 52.7-69.4 21 9.2 5.1-15.8 19 10.5 5.8-18.5 27 12.7 8.2-19.2 17 6.2 3.4-11.0
Non-Veteran 9,445 5,966 63.9 62.6-65.2 870 10.1 9.3-11.0 946 10.4 9.6-11.3 768 7.9 7.2- 8.6 895 7.7 7.1- 8.4

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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.

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