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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 8,570 5,689 67.8 66.3-69.2 784 9.9 9.0-10.8 781 9.7 8.8-10.7 598 6.4 5.7- 7.1 718 6.2 5.6- 6.9
GENDER
Male 3,191 2,257 71.3 69.0-73.5 262 8.8 7.5-10.2 247 9.2 7.7-11.0 174 5.1 4.2- 6.3 251 5.6 4.7- 6.7
Female 5,379 3,432 64.3 62.6-66.0 522 11.0 9.9-12.3 534 10.2 9.1-11.3 424 7.6 6.7- 8.6 467 6.9 6.1- 7.7
RACE
White 6,653 4,411 66.9 65.3-68.5 641 11.0 9.9-12.1 581 9.5 8.4-10.6 451 6.3 5.6- 7.2 569 6.3 5.7- 7.1
African American 1,302 827 65.4 61.7-68.8 105 8.8 6.9-11.2 150 11.7 9.3-14.6 109 7.8 6.1- 9.9 111 6.4 5.0- 8.0
Other Minorities 578 423 75.6 70.6-79.9 35 5.3 3.5- 7.9 47 8.4 5.7-12.2 35 4.9 3.1- 7.6 38 5.8 3.6- 9.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 474 355 78.2 72.9-82.6 32 5.5 3.6- 8.4 38 8.5 5.5-12.9 26 4.6 2.7- 7.6 23 3.3 2.0- 5.2
Non-Hispanic 8,079 5,322 66.6 65.1-68.0 752 10.4 9.5-11.4 740 9.8 8.9-10.9 572 6.6 5.9- 7.4 693 6.6 5.9- 7.3
AGE
18-24 336 230 67.1 60.5-73.1 45 12.1 8.6-16.8 37 13.1 9.0-18.6 15 4.8 2.7- 8.5 9 2.9 1.3- 6.5
25-34 1,054 737 68.9 65.3-72.3 112 11.0 8.9-13.5 125 11.8 9.5-14.7 53 5.4 3.9- 7.3 27 2.9 1.8- 4.4
35-44 1,562 1,065 69.9 67.0-72.5 199 12.3 10.5-14.4 148 9.0 7.5-10.9 91 5.3 4.1- 7.0 59 3.5 2.5- 4.8
45-54 1,708 1,133 67.4 64.6-70.1 176 9.9 8.3-11.8 145 8.4 7.0-10.1 126 7.7 6.3- 9.5 128 6.5 5.3- 8.0
55-64 1,659 1,056 65.8 62.9-68.6 143 7.9 6.4- 9.7 139 8.1 6.6- 9.8 144 8.1 6.6- 9.8 177 10.1 8.5-12.1
65-74 1,249 815 67.4 64.3-70.4 66 4.8 3.6- 6.4 112 8.4 6.8-10.3 93 6.9 5.4- 8.6 163 12.5 10.5-14.8
75+ 934 606 64.5 60.6-68.1 36 4.3 2.9- 6.2 68 6.9 5.2- 9.2 73 8.6 6.7-11.2 151 15.7 13.1-18.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,216 716 63.3 59.3-67.2 59 6.4 4.4- 9.1 124 10.2 8.1-12.8 118 8.6 6.5-11.2 199 11.5 9.5-13.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,477 1,632 68.0 65.3-70.7 190 7.9 6.6- 9.5 216 9.8 7.9-12.2 207 7.8 6.4- 9.4 232 6.4 5.4- 7.6
Some Post-H.S. 2,080 1,387 66.9 63.7-69.9 200 10.9 9.0-13.2 184 9.4 7.6-11.5 148 6.8 5.4- 8.4 161 6.1 4.8- 7.7
College Graduate 2,775 1,940 70.1 67.8-72.2 333 12.3 10.8-14.0 255 9.6 8.2-11.2 123 4.0 3.2- 5.0 124 4.0 3.2- 5.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 858 400 52.2 46.6-57.8 43 4.1 2.8- 6.0 84 10.5 7.3-14.9 126 13.5 10.2-17.6 205 19.7 16.2-23.9
$15,000- 24,999 1,335 802 59.8 55.8-63.7 89 8.2 6.2-10.7 162 13.4 10.6-16.9 135 10.5 8.3-13.3 147 8.1 6.5- 9.9
$25,000- 34,999 951 631 65.7 61.0-70.2 96 11.0 7.9-15.0 96 11.9 8.8-15.8 61 6.2 4.5- 8.6 67 5.2 3.8- 7.0
$35,000- 49,999 1,188 828 70.2 66.5-73.7 118 10.9 8.7-13.7 85 6.0 4.6- 7.8 69 6.1 4.5- 8.2 88 6.8 4.9- 9.4
$50,000-74,999 1,109 792 70.7 66.9-74.3 119 11.4 9.0-14.4 96 8.7 6.6-11.5 55 5.3 3.8- 7.4 47 3.8 2.6- 5.4
$75,000+ 1,879 1,385 73.9 71.3-76.3 223 12.0 10.3-13.9 156 8.8 7.2-10.6 71 3.3 2.5- 4.4 44 2.0 1.4- 3.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,882 1,316 47.2 44.6-49.9 203 8.2 6.8- 9.9 360 13.6 11.8-15.7 400 13.8 12.1-15.7 603 17.1 15.5-18.9
No 5,432 4,178 75.9 74.3-77.5 560 10.7 9.6-11.9 404 8.2 7.1- 9.4 186 3.4 2.8- 4.1 104 1.8 1.3- 2.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,123 773 67.8 63.9-71.5 81 8.1 6.1-10.6 76 7.2 5.5- 9.4 74 7.0 5.2- 9.3 119 10.0 7.6-13.1
Non-Veteran 7,430 4,901 67.7 66.2-69.2 701 10.2 9.2-11.2 705 10.1 9.0-11.2 524 6.3 5.6- 7.1 599 5.8 5.2- 6.4

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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.

** 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, 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.

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