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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: 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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 5,269 3,557 69.0 67.1-70.9 440 10.8 9.3-12.4 415 7.6 6.6- 8.8 346 5.6 4.8- 6.4 511 7.0 6.2- 7.9
Female 9,210 5,678 63.6 62.2-65.0 869 10.5 9.6-11.6 919 10.3 9.4-11.3 799 7.9 7.2- 8.7 945 7.6 7.0- 8.3
RACE
White 11,373 7,226 65.0 63.6-66.3 1,065 11.2 10.3-12.3 1,055 9.4 8.6-10.3 872 6.8 6.2- 7.4 1,155 7.6 6.9- 8.2
African American 2,099 1,325 66.9 63.8-69.9 170 9.9 7.7-12.6 203 8.9 7.3-10.8 189 6.9 5.7- 8.2 212 7.5 6.3- 8.9
Asian 103 79 87.5 80.2-92.3 11 7.6 3.9-14.3 4 1.4 0.4- 4.4 6 2.5 1.0- 6.1 3 1.1 0.3- 3.6
Native American 265 141 56.0 47.1-64.5 19 8.1 4.1-15.5 26 11.5 5.9-21.2 30 8.4 5.2-13.2 49 16.0 11.1-22.5
Other Minorities 587 427 74.8 69.3-79.5 37 8.3 5.0-13.5 41 5.8 3.8- 8.6 47 6.9 4.8- 9.8 35 4.3 2.9- 6.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 589 415 77.6 73.1-81.6 45 6.6 4.4- 9.8 40 4.4 2.9- 6.7 48 6.5 4.5- 9.1 41 4.9 3.4- 7.1
-English Speaking 233 152 72.4 64.6-79.0 25 10.1 6.4-15.5 20 4.6 2.8- 7.5 22 8.2 4.5-14.4 14 4.7 2.3- 9.5
-Spanish Speaking 356 263 79.5 74.0-84.0 20 5.4 2.9- 9.6 20 4.3 2.5- 7.4 26 5.9 3.8- 9.0 27 5.0 3.2- 7.7
Non-Hispanic 13,855 8,798 65.3 64.1-66.5 1,262 11.0 10.1-12.0 1,290 9.4 8.6-10.2 1,094 6.8 6.3- 7.4 1,411 7.5 7.0- 8.1
AGE
18-24 482 322 67.3 61.5-72.5 70 16.2 12.0-21.3 49 10.4 7.3-14.5 30 4.1 2.7- 6.0 11 2.1 0.9- 4.7
25-34 1,491 1,006 69.1 65.7-72.2 193 13.3 10.9-16.1 169 10.5 8.7-12.7 86 4.9 3.7- 6.3 37 2.2 1.4- 3.5
35-44 2,320 1,509 67.7 65.3-70.1 297 12.1 10.5-13.9 245 9.4 8.1-10.9 155 6.1 5.0- 7.4 114 4.7 3.7- 5.9
45-54 2,888 1,829 64.4 62.2-66.6 299 10.5 9.2-12.0 252 7.8 6.7- 9.1 235 8.3 7.1- 9.7 273 9.0 7.7-10.4
55-64 3,029 1,863 63.6 61.4-65.8 228 6.8 5.8- 7.9 281 8.6 7.5- 9.8 297 9.4 8.1-10.8 360 11.7 10.2-13.3
65-74 2,409 1,525 64.5 62.1-66.9 148 6.2 5.1- 7.6 199 8.0 6.8- 9.4 197 8.0 6.7- 9.4 340 13.3 11.7-15.1
75+ 1,776 1,118 64.2 61.3-67.0 68 3.8 2.9- 5.1 132 6.8 5.5- 8.4 142 8.0 6.6- 9.8 316 17.1 15.1-19.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 2,036 1,094 60.6 57.1-64.0 109 7.3 5.4- 9.7 166 7.1 5.7- 8.9 229 9.7 8.1-11.6 438 15.4 13.4-17.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 4,316 2,717 64.7 62.4-67.0 357 10.0 8.4-11.8 373 8.8 7.5-10.4 378 7.7 6.7- 8.8 491 8.8 7.7-10.1
Some Post-H.S. 3,755 2,417 66.3 63.8-68.7 331 10.8 9.0-12.9 368 10.3 8.8-12.0 299 6.6 5.6- 7.7 340 6.1 5.3- 7.1
College Graduate 4,352 2,990 70.4 68.5-72.3 512 12.9 11.5-14.6 426 9.0 8.0-10.2 239 4.7 4.0- 5.5 185 3.0 2.5- 3.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,479 647 50.7 46.6-54.8 74 5.2 3.6- 7.5 125 7.0 5.6- 8.8 228 13.4 11.3-16.0 405 23.6 20.6-27.1
$15,000- 24,999 2,352 1,348 60.2 56.8-63.4 191 11.3 8.9-14.3 236 9.1 7.5-11.0 239 8.8 7.4-10.4 338 10.6 9.0-12.5
$25,000- 34,999 1,591 1,030 66.5 62.9-69.9 149 9.1 7.1-11.6 163 10.4 8.1-13.2 106 6.5 5.0- 8.5 143 7.5 6.0- 9.3
$35,000- 49,999 2,078 1,355 65.5 62.4-68.4 205 10.4 8.6-12.6 212 10.9 9.0-13.2 163 7.4 6.0- 9.0 143 5.8 4.7- 7.2
$50,000-74,999 2,085 1,466 69.3 66.2-72.3 209 13.0 10.5-16.0 210 9.4 7.9-11.1 124 4.8 3.8- 6.1 76 3.4 2.6- 4.5
$75,000+ 2,904 2,100 72.8 70.3-75.0 328 11.8 10.1-13.8 264 9.1 7.6-10.8 126 4.1 3.2- 5.1 86 2.3 1.7- 2.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 5,106 2,086 42.0 39.9-44.2 358 9.1 7.5-11.0 585 12.0 10.6-13.4 801 15.3 13.9-16.7 1,276 21.6 20.1-23.3
No 8,771 6,711 76.4 75.0-77.7 880 11.1 10.1-12.3 714 7.8 7.0- 8.7 319 3.3 2.9- 3.9 147 1.3 1.1- 1.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 2,150 1,425 66.5 63.5-69.4 146 8.7 6.7-11.3 179 8.5 6.8-10.5 152 6.6 5.3- 8.1 248 9.7 8.2-11.5
Non-Veteran 12,325 7,806 66.2 64.9-67.5 1,163 11.0 10.0-12.0 1,155 9.1 8.3- 9.9 993 6.8 6.2- 7.4 1,208 6.9 6.4- 7.5

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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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