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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership***

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 15,296 10,048 67.2 66.1-68.2 1,322 9.2 8.6- 9.9 1,393 9.6 9.0-10.4 1,117 6.8 6.2- 7.3 1,416 7.2 6.7- 7.7
-Northeastern Partnership 1,047 645 59.8 55.7-63.8 83 9.3 7.0-12.3 106 11.6 9.2-14.6 90 8.7 6.5-11.7 123 10.5 8.5-12.8
GENDER
Male 380 243 61.0 54.0-67.5 23 8.8 5.2-14.4 27 9.4 6.1-14.4 29 9.4 5.6-15.4 58 11.4 8.5-15.1
Female 667 402 58.8 54.0-63.4 60 9.8 7.3-13.0 79 13.7 10.5-17.7 61 8.1 6.1-10.7 65 9.6 7.2-12.7
RACE
White 654 409 58.8 53.5-63.9 51 9.6 6.6-13.6 57 11.4 8.2-15.6 54 8.6 5.6-13.0 83 11.7 9.1-14.9
African American 340 195 56.9 50.0-63.6 29 8.8 5.8-13.1 44 13.2 9.3-18.3 35 11.7 7.9-16.8 37 9.4 6.5-13.5
Other Minorities 49 38 76.6 58.5-88.4 3 9.8 2.6-30.2 5 8.7 3.3-21.5 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 2 4.2 0.8-18.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 32 24 77.9 56.2-90.6 2 8.5 1.4-37.2 5 12.9 5.0-29.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9
Non-Hispanic 1,013 620 58.5 54.3-62.5 81 9.4 7.1-12.3 101 11.6 9.0-14.7 90 9.4 7.0-12.6 121 11.1 9.0-13.6
AGE
18-24 38 25 63.2 44.1-78.8 5 15.2 6.1-33.0 6 13.5 5.4-29.8 2 8.1 1.6-32.4 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 91 53 55.7 44.2-66.6 10 11.2 5.8-20.4 15 17.9 10.5-28.8 7 9.2 4.2-18.9 6 6.0 2.7-12.9
35-44 144 89 60.0 50.6-68.8 17 10.5 6.3-17.1 22 16.5 10.4-25.2 6 3.9 1.6- 9.1 10 9.0 4.6-16.7
45-54 230 137 58.0 50.4-65.2 24 10.2 6.6-15.6 19 8.8 5.3-14.1 20 7.7 4.5-13.0 30 15.3 10.3-22.0
55-64 234 141 58.7 51.5-65.6 14 6.4 3.7-11.0 24 9.8 6.5-14.7 23 11.8 7.7-17.6 32 13.2 9.1-18.7
65-74 180 112 60.9 52.5-68.7 10 5.5 2.8-10.5 11 5.5 2.9-10.2 20 12.7 7.8-20.0 27 15.5 10.3-22.7
75+ 125 84 64.7 54.4-73.8 3 2.3 0.7- 7.1 8 6.7 3.2-13.6 12 10.8 5.4-20.6 18 15.5 9.4-24.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 218 124 60.8 51.5-69.3 10 7.1 3.0-15.9 23 10.4 6.3-16.6 16 6.4 3.6-11.0 45 15.4 10.8-21.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 360 215 57.0 49.6-64.0 25 9.3 5.4-15.6 29 8.6 5.6-13.0 45 13.6 8.6-20.7 46 11.5 8.2-15.8
Some Post-H.S. 236 144 56.2 47.5-64.6 21 8.5 5.2-13.5 34 19.8 12.9-29.2 15 6.5 3.6-11.4 22 9.0 5.4-14.6
College Graduate 231 161 68.2 60.6-75.0 27 12.6 8.2-18.8 20 9.5 5.8-15.3 13 4.5 2.5- 8.1 10 5.1 2.5-10.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 160 73 46.0 36.2-56.1 11 8.1 4.3-14.8 18 12.6 7.5-20.6 22 12.3 7.6-19.3 36 21.0 14.5-29.3
$15,000- 24,999 203 118 58.1 48.6-67.1 14 9.5 4.5-19.2 24 11.3 7.0-17.5 21 10.5 6.3-17.1 26 10.5 6.8-16.0
$25,000- 34,999 138 97 61.5 49.7-72.1 3 2.4 0.6- 8.7 10 11.7 5.1-24.6 12 10.1 5.1-19.0 16 14.3 8.3-23.4
$35,000- 49,999 146 99 62.1 51.1-71.9 8 6.1 2.8-12.8 17 17.1 9.6-28.5 9 4.0 2.0- 8.0 13 10.8 5.7-19.5
$50,000-74,999 122 79 67.4 57.5-75.9 18 11.8 7.1-18.9 11 7.7 4.1-13.9 6 6.4 2.7-14.4 8 6.8 3.4-13.3
$75,000+ 127 95 72.5 62.1-81.0 18 12.9 7.7-20.9 7 9.3 4.2-19.6 3 2.4 0.7- 7.4 4 2.9 1.0- 8.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 422 172 35.5 30.1-41.3 25 8.2 4.9-13.4 47 12.3 8.9-16.8 73 19.4 14.0-26.1 105 24.6 19.9-30.1
No 597 451 73.8 68.6-78.4 57 10.3 7.3-14.3 55 10.7 7.6-15.0 17 2.8 1.6- 4.9 17 2.4 1.4- 4.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 147 91 56.7 46.2-66.5 5 3.0 1.1- 7.5 10 14.2 6.9-26.9 18 13.6 8.0-22.4 23 12.5 7.9-19.2
Non-Veteran 897 551 60.3 55.8-64.7 78 10.4 7.8-13.8 96 11.2 8.8-14.2 72 7.9 5.6-11.2 100 10.1 8.0-12.7

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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.

**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.

***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, 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.

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