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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 335 224 70.6 63.9-76.6 26 6.7 4.3-10.3 26 8.2 5.0-13.1 27 7.8 4.9-12.1 32 6.7 4.3-10.2
Buncombe 342 236 68.0 60.6-74.6 23 9.3 5.2-15.9 28 12.0 7.4-18.7 24 4.1 2.6- 6.3 31 6.7 4.3-10.1
Cabarrus 353 215 61.0 52.9-68.5 36 12.7 7.6-20.6 38 10.0 6.6-14.9 24 6.2 3.8-10.1 40 10.0 6.3-15.7
Catawba 405 264 65.8 59.1-71.9 42 13.6 9.2-19.8 33 6.7 4.3-10.2 25 5.2 3.1- 8.6 41 8.6 5.8-12.6
Cumberland 370 213 60.2 53.1-66.8 37 12.5 7.6-19.8 44 11.0 7.6-15.7 39 8.7 6.0-12.5 37 7.7 5.3-11.1
Davidson 362 209 55.3 47.6-62.8 38 11.1 7.3-16.4 40 15.1 9.2-23.8 32 9.5 5.7-15.4 43 9.1 6.1-13.3
Durham 328 221 69.7 62.6-75.9 35 10.6 7.3-15.3 32 9.6 6.2-14.7 25 6.0 3.7- 9.6 15 4.0 1.9- 8.2
Forsyth 372 249 67.0 60.0-73.3 33 9.2 6.3-13.4 35 12.6 7.9-19.4 26 5.6 3.3- 9.3 29 5.5 3.6- 8.2
Gaston 375 225 63.0 56.2-69.2 34 10.3 6.8-15.4 38 10.1 6.6-15.1 36 9.0 5.9-13.4 42 7.7 5.4-10.9
Guilford 382 259 68.2 61.2-74.5 34 12.9 7.8-20.6 29 7.2 4.7-10.9 25 5.6 3.6- 8.8 35 6.1 4.2- 8.9
Iredell 385 243 64.3 57.7-70.5 44 11.9 8.0-17.2 35 9.7 6.1-15.0 30 8.0 5.0-12.5 33 6.2 4.1- 9.2
Johnston 429 262 62.2 53.5-70.2 41 10.5 6.9-15.8 48 13.6 7.4-23.7 30 5.7 3.4- 9.6 48 7.9 5.3-11.8
Mecklenburg 671 454 70.4 65.8-74.6 72 11.9 9.0-15.5 63 8.8 6.4-12.0 48 5.4 3.9- 7.5 34 3.5 2.4- 5.1
New Hanover 383 248 64.9 57.3-71.8 33 9.6 5.6-16.0 36 9.9 6.4-15.0 30 7.6 4.8-11.7 36 8.0 5.4-11.7
Onslow 372 227 60.3 53.4-66.7 41 11.9 8.2-17.0 40 13.5 9.1-19.6 31 7.2 4.8-10.8 33 7.1 4.5-11.1
Orange 337 218 65.0 56.9-72.4 34 13.6 8.2-21.7 42 12.0 7.9-17.9 17 5.4 2.9- 9.8 26 4.0 2.6- 6.1
Pitt 375 242 68.5 62.5-73.9 32 9.1 5.9-13.7 38 10.3 7.2-14.5 32 7.1 4.8-10.3 31 5.1 3.4- 7.5
Randolph 370 249 69.8 63.2-75.6 25 8.8 5.4-14.1 31 8.1 5.3-12.2 21 4.8 2.7- 8.5 44 8.5 5.5-13.0
Robeson 398 248 68.1 61.7-73.8 25 7.7 4.7-12.4 33 7.8 4.9-12.2 33 5.9 3.4-10.0 59 10.5 7.7-14.2
Rowan 435 271 61.8 55.3-67.8 38 10.4 7.0-15.3 42 10.1 6.7-14.9 36 7.4 5.0-10.9 48 10.3 6.9-15.1
Union 366 236 67.8 61.3-73.6 37 8.0 5.6-11.4 41 10.2 7.1-14.4 25 8.6 4.9-14.6 27 5.4 3.5- 8.4
Wake 600 412 68.5 63.0-73.6 70 14.9 10.7-20.4 42 7.0 4.5-10.8 42 5.7 3.9- 8.1 34 3.9 2.6- 5.8
Wayne 347 229 67.8 60.5-74.3 29 7.5 4.7-11.8 24 10.1 6.0-16.5 23 4.8 3.0- 7.6 42 9.7 6.2-15.0
NC REGIONS
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
Piedmont 6,975 4,521 66.9 65.2-68.6 667 11.3 10.1-12.7 646 8.9 7.9-10.0 512 6.4 5.7- 7.1 629 6.6 5.9- 7.4
Western NC 2,838 1,776 65.6 63.1-67.9 235 9.3 7.8-11.0 244 8.8 7.4-10.5 249 7.5 6.4- 8.9 334 8.8 7.7-10.0
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 1,871 1,181 65.7 62.6-68.7 147 9.2 7.3-11.5 164 9.4 7.5-11.6 168 7.3 5.9- 9.0 211 8.5 7.1-10.1
Northwest 3,051 1,908 63.9 61.2-66.5 291 10.2 8.7-11.8 274 9.3 7.7-11.2 240 7.4 6.2- 8.9 338 9.2 7.7-11.0
Charlotte 1,994 1,268 66.1 63.0-69.0 196 11.2 9.1-13.6 211 10.4 8.5-12.6 151 6.6 5.3- 8.0 168 5.8 4.8- 7.0
Greensboro 1,627 1,079 67.2 63.6-70.6 138 11.1 8.5-14.4 144 8.2 6.6-10.1 107 6.2 4.8- 7.9 159 7.3 5.9- 9.1
Southern Regional 1,324 822 66.0 62.2-69.7 105 9.6 7.2-12.9 130 9.3 7.4-11.5 108 6.5 5.0- 8.3 159 8.6 7.0-10.4
Coastal 750 474 61.5 55.8-66.9 70 13.3 9.0-19.0 67 7.9 5.9-10.6 61 8.4 6.0-11.6 78 8.9 6.8-11.7
Wake 1,565 1,037 69.4 65.8-72.8 159 12.1 9.4-15.3 132 7.7 5.8-10.2 118 6.0 4.8- 7.6 119 4.8 3.7- 6.1
Area L 391 239 66.5 60.0-72.4 35 10.0 5.8-16.9 34 6.2 4.1- 9.3 40 9.3 6.5-13.2 43 7.9 5.6-11.0
Eastern 1,906 1,227 67.1 64.1-70.0 168 8.9 7.3-10.9 178 10.0 8.3-12.1 152 6.2 5.1- 7.6 181 7.7 6.1- 9.5

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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.

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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