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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 1,621 1,030 66.1 62.9-69.1 126 8.1 6.5-10.0 132 8.5 6.7-10.6 137 8.1 6.4-10.1 196 9.3 7.8-11.0
GENDER
Male 609 420 71.0 66.1-75.4 42 7.4 5.2-10.4 37 6.1 4.0- 9.2 37 6.5 4.1-10.2 73 9.0 6.8-11.8
Female 1,012 610 61.7 57.5-65.6 84 8.7 6.6-11.5 95 10.6 8.1-13.8 100 9.4 7.5-11.8 123 9.6 7.7-11.8
RACE
White 1,463 926 64.8 61.4-68.0 118 8.6 6.8-10.7 119 8.7 6.8-11.0 121 8.4 6.6-10.6 179 9.5 7.9-11.4
African American 46 27 63.1 45.3-78.0 2 6.9 1.7-24.0 5 7.5 2.8-18.8 4 4.5 1.6-12.4 8 18.0 8.4-34.5
Other Minorities 102 69 81.0 71.0-88.1 6 3.1 1.0- 9.6 7 6.5 2.6-15.3 11 5.0 2.3-10.5 9 4.5 2.0- 9.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 65 52 86.2 75.2-92.8 2 2.8 0.6-11.8 6 7.9 3.2-18.2 3 2.1 0.6- 6.9 2 1.0 0.2- 4.6
Non-Hispanic 1,549 975 64.7 61.5-67.9 124 8.5 6.8-10.5 125 8.5 6.7-10.8 133 8.5 6.7-10.6 192 9.8 8.2-11.6
AGE
18-24 53 36 74.0 58.3-85.3 3 5.7 1.5-19.0 7 13.9 6.0-29.1 6 6.0 2.0-16.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9
25-34 170 116 73.5 64.7-80.7 20 9.2 5.4-15.3 13 5.5 2.9- 9.9 17 9.6 5.0-17.6 4 2.3 0.8- 6.9
35-44 243 157 65.7 58.4-72.4 23 9.5 6.1-14.7 29 11.3 7.3-17.1 22 7.6 4.7-12.0 12 5.8 3.0-10.9
45-54 312 200 62.1 55.0-68.7 35 11.8 8.0-17.1 27 9.1 5.7-14.2 24 8.9 5.3-14.6 26 8.1 5.1-12.5
55-64 349 203 59.1 52.9-65.1 23 6.7 4.2-10.7 27 8.2 5.4-12.2 29 7.9 5.2-11.7 67 18.1 13.7-23.5
65-74 282 185 66.7 60.0-72.8 11 4.0 2.0- 8.0 17 5.1 2.9- 8.6 24 8.2 5.2-12.6 45 16.0 11.7-21.6
75+ 206 129 62.4 54.1-70.0 10 5.5 2.6-11.2 12 5.5 2.8-10.6 15 7.2 3.9-12.7 40 19.4 13.7-26.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 252 138 61.6 52.4-70.1 9 4.5 1.9-10.2 16 7.3 3.6-14.2 28 11.2 6.1-19.5 61 15.4 11.2-20.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 494 306 63.1 57.0-68.7 33 7.3 4.9-10.8 46 9.8 6.4-14.8 46 9.2 6.3-13.3 63 10.5 7.7-14.2
Some Post-H.S. 412 262 65.9 59.8-71.4 35 8.5 5.2-13.4 35 9.8 6.7-14.1 35 7.3 5.0-10.5 45 8.6 6.0-12.1
College Graduate 457 322 73.1 67.9-77.7 48 10.9 7.9-14.9 34 6.1 4.0- 9.2 27 5.3 3.4- 8.3 26 4.6 2.9- 7.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 211 93 48.8 39.2-58.6 9 3.7 1.6- 8.5 21 8.8 5.2-14.6 32 17.5 10.4-27.9 56 21.2 15.0-28.9
$15,000- 24,999 298 182 65.6 58.0-72.5 12 3.2 1.5- 6.4 26 10.1 6.1-16.1 34 11.1 7.0-17.3 44 10.0 6.9-14.4
$25,000- 34,999 236 138 56.1 47.0-64.8 22 9.8 5.8-16.2 23 14.3 7.8-24.6 26 10.4 6.5-16.2 27 9.4 6.0-14.3
$35,000- 49,999 258 171 65.9 57.9-73.1 30 11.9 7.3-18.8 20 7.8 4.6-13.1 17 6.6 3.5-12.1 20 7.8 4.8-12.5
$50,000-74,999 191 146 76.1 68.4-82.4 19 10.8 6.6-17.3 9 4.1 2.0- 8.4 7 3.5 1.5- 7.9 10 5.5 2.8-10.4
$75,000+ 195 145 72.8 64.5-79.7 21 12.7 7.8-20.2 16 7.6 4.2-13.3 7 4.1 1.8- 8.9 6 2.8 1.2- 6.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 636 255 41.2 35.9-46.7 35 5.4 3.5- 8.2 69 10.7 7.8-14.5 101 17.4 13.5-22.2 176 25.3 21.3-29.8
No 940 742 78.7 75.0-81.9 86 9.0 7.1-11.5 60 7.5 5.3-10.4 36 3.6 2.4- 5.5 16 1.2 0.7- 2.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 241 157 63.9 56.2-71.0 14 7.3 4.0-13.1 13 5.3 2.8- 9.8 17 7.1 4.2-12.0 40 16.4 11.4-22.9
Non-Veteran 1,378 871 66.4 62.9-69.6 112 8.2 6.5-10.4 119 9.0 7.0-11.4 120 8.2 6.4-10.4 156 8.2 6.8-10.0

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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.

** 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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