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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 14,479 9,235 66.3 65.1-67.4 1,309 10.7 9.8-11.6 1,334 9.0 8.3- 9.8 1,145 6.8 6.3- 7.3 1,456 7.3 6.8- 7.9
-Eastern NC 4,666 2,938 65.3 63.2-67.3 407 9.9 8.6-11.5 444 9.4 8.2-10.7 384 7.3 6.4- 8.3 493 8.1 7.2- 9.2
GENDER
Male 1,615 1,070 68.1 64.7-71.4 120 9.8 7.6-12.6 146 8.0 6.3-10.1 104 6.0 4.7- 7.7 175 8.0 6.6- 9.7
Female 3,051 1,868 62.5 60.1-64.8 287 10.0 8.5-11.8 298 10.7 9.3-12.3 280 8.5 7.4- 9.8 318 8.3 7.2- 9.5
RACE
White 3,169 2,001 64.2 61.6-66.7 288 10.9 9.1-13.1 306 9.7 8.3-11.2 240 7.0 6.0- 8.3 334 8.2 7.1- 9.5
African American 1,052 664 66.7 62.6-70.7 80 7.8 5.8-10.4 99 9.8 7.1-13.4 101 7.7 5.9-10.0 108 8.0 6.3-10.0
Other Minorities 426 261 68.1 61.9-73.7 36 8.8 5.9-13.1 37 6.9 4.5-10.5 42 7.8 5.2-11.5 50 8.3 5.7-11.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 212 151 75.3 67.5-81.8 16 7.4 4.1-13.0 16 5.4 2.9-10.0 17 6.8 3.8-11.9 12 5.0 2.5- 9.7
Non-Hispanic 4,439 2,777 64.4 62.3-66.5 390 10.2 8.7-11.9 426 9.7 8.5-11.1 366 7.3 6.3- 8.3 480 8.4 7.5- 9.5
AGE
18-24 175 120 70.1 60.9-77.9 23 14.6 8.9-23.2 17 8.6 4.6-15.5 11 4.6 2.3- 9.0 4 2.1 0.7- 5.9
25-34 546 368 66.5 61.0-71.6 71 13.9 10.2-18.6 60 10.3 7.5-13.9 30 5.3 3.4- 8.2 17 4.0 2.1- 7.4
35-44 743 485 67.4 63.2-71.4 93 11.2 8.9-14.1 76 10.0 7.6-12.9 49 5.8 4.1- 8.2 40 5.6 3.9- 8.0
45-54 925 569 63.3 59.5-66.9 96 9.0 7.2-11.3 81 8.5 6.6-10.9 92 10.5 8.3-13.2 87 8.7 6.9-11.0
55-64 983 587 61.6 58.0-65.1 62 5.0 3.8- 6.6 103 10.7 8.6-13.1 95 9.4 7.5-11.8 136 13.3 11.0-16.0
65-74 756 479 64.4 60.3-68.3 40 5.7 4.1- 8.1 60 7.8 5.9-10.2 65 8.3 6.2-11.0 112 13.8 11.2-16.9
75+ 511 311 59.4 54.0-64.5 20 4.4 2.7- 7.2 44 8.8 6.2-12.2 41 8.1 5.5-11.7 95 19.3 15.3-24.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 696 378 61.5 55.5-67.1 34 6.5 3.6-11.2 58 7.0 4.9- 9.9 75 8.7 6.4-11.6 151 16.4 13.0-20.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,494 918 62.2 58.3-65.9 129 11.1 8.4-14.6 138 9.9 7.6-12.7 144 9.1 7.3-11.3 165 7.8 6.4- 9.4
Some Post-H.S. 1,250 793 67.7 63.8-71.4 110 9.3 7.0-12.3 123 9.5 7.5-11.9 101 6.4 4.9- 8.2 123 7.1 5.6- 9.0
College Graduate 1,219 844 69.2 65.8-72.3 134 11.4 9.3-13.8 124 10.1 8.2-12.5 64 4.9 3.6- 6.5 53 4.5 3.2- 6.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 515 247 57.3 51.0-63.3 23 3.6 2.2- 6.1 47 8.2 5.8-11.5 77 12.0 9.0-15.9 121 18.9 15.0-23.4
$15,000- 24,999 826 457 57.0 51.7-62.2 66 10.6 7.4-15.1 95 10.7 8.2-13.7 87 10.7 7.9-14.1 121 11.0 8.8-13.7
$25,000- 34,999 577 360 63.1 57.0-68.9 57 8.2 5.9-11.2 53 10.6 6.4-17.1 49 9.4 6.5-13.3 58 8.7 6.1-12.2
$35,000- 49,999 657 436 65.4 60.0-70.4 66 12.0 8.2-17.2 58 9.5 6.9-13.0 54 7.4 5.3-10.2 43 5.7 4.0- 8.3
$50,000-74,999 654 461 68.8 63.2-74.0 61 11.9 7.9-17.5 69 10.7 7.9-14.3 39 5.1 3.4- 7.5 24 3.5 2.1- 5.7
$75,000+ 789 558 71.0 66.7-74.9 82 10.1 7.7-13.0 80 10.3 7.9-13.4 36 4.4 3.0- 6.5 33 4.3 2.8- 6.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,725 691 41.6 37.9-45.4 117 8.0 6.0-10.5 215 13.2 11.1-15.6 279 16.4 14.0-19.0 423 20.8 18.4-23.5
No 2,753 2,104 76.2 73.7-78.5 269 10.5 8.8-12.4 218 7.7 6.3- 9.4 98 3.2 2.5- 4.1 64 2.4 1.7- 3.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 777 501 63.7 58.8-68.3 55 8.1 5.9-11.1 70 11.0 7.5-15.7 55 6.5 4.6- 8.9 96 10.7 8.3-13.7
Non-Veteran 3,888 2,436 65.6 63.3-67.8 352 10.3 8.8-12.2 374 9.0 7.9-10.3 329 7.5 6.4- 8.6 397 7.6 6.6- 8.7

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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.

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