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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Healthy Days-WHITES

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 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
GENDER
Male 4,206 2,828 68.0 65.8-70.1 368 11.2 9.6-12.9 327 7.8 6.6- 9.2 273 5.6 4.8- 6.6 410 7.4 6.4- 8.5
Female 7,167 4,398 62.3 60.6-63.9 697 11.3 10.1-12.5 728 10.9 9.8-12.1 599 7.9 7.1- 8.7 745 7.7 7.0- 8.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 111 65 69.7 58.5-79.1 11 8.2 4.2-15.2 13 6.9 3.8-12.3 13 8.2 4.3-15.0 9 7.0 2.7-16.9
-English Speaking 110 64 69.6 58.3-79.0 11 8.2 4.2-15.3 13 6.9 3.8-12.3 13 8.2 4.3-15.1 9 7.1 2.7-17.0
-Spanish Speaking 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 11,252 7,155 64.9 63.6-66.3 1,053 11.3 10.3-12.3 1,041 9.5 8.6-10.4 859 6.8 6.2- 7.4 1,144 7.5 6.9- 8.2
AGE
18-24 290 188 65.8 58.4-72.6 48 17.1 12.0-23.8 29 10.1 6.3-15.7 19 4.4 2.7- 7.1 6 2.6 0.9- 7.1
25-34 981 628 64.4 60.3-68.2 144 15.2 12.4-18.6 131 13.2 10.6-16.3 55 4.9 3.5- 6.8 23 2.3 1.3- 4.2
35-44 1,722 1,099 65.1 62.3-67.9 241 13.3 11.4-15.4 188 10.1 8.5-11.9 111 6.5 5.1- 8.1 83 5.0 3.8- 6.6
45-54 2,230 1,438 65.3 62.8-67.7 240 11.6 10.0-13.3 190 7.4 6.2- 8.8 169 7.7 6.3- 9.2 193 8.1 6.8- 9.6
55-64 2,479 1,547 64.8 62.4-67.1 201 7.1 6.0- 8.4 229 8.9 7.6-10.2 220 8.2 7.0- 9.7 282 11.0 9.5-12.7
65-74 2,039 1,297 65.3 62.7-67.7 123 5.8 4.7- 7.2 164 8.0 6.6- 9.6 170 8.3 7.0- 9.9 285 12.6 11.0-14.4
75+ 1,584 994 63.6 60.7-66.5 64 4.2 3.1- 5.6 119 7.0 5.6- 8.7 127 8.2 6.6-10.1 280 17.0 14.8-19.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,296 662 52.4 47.7-57.0 69 8.7 6.0-12.5 104 8.4 6.2-11.3 146 10.8 8.6-13.6 315 19.7 16.7-22.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 3,316 2,071 63.1 60.4-65.8 278 10.0 8.2-12.2 281 8.8 7.2-10.6 285 8.1 6.9- 9.5 401 10.0 8.5-11.7
Some Post-H.S. 3,004 1,922 65.6 62.9-68.3 270 10.9 9.0-13.1 303 10.8 9.1-12.8 235 6.5 5.4- 7.7 274 6.2 5.3- 7.3
College Graduate 3,742 2,558 69.7 67.7-71.7 448 13.3 11.8-14.9 367 9.2 8.1-10.5 206 4.8 4.0- 5.7 163 3.0 2.5- 3.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 991 400 39.9 35.5-44.4 52 6.4 4.4- 9.1 83 7.8 5.9-10.3 154 14.3 11.6-17.5 302 31.7 27.2-36.5
$15,000- 24,999 1,609 875 55.8 51.6-60.0 125 9.7 7.4-12.7 170 10.0 7.9-12.4 178 10.9 8.9-13.3 261 13.6 11.1-16.5
$25,000- 34,999 1,172 735 62.7 58.6-66.6 114 9.8 7.4-13.0 121 10.7 8.4-13.6 82 7.3 5.5- 9.8 120 9.4 7.4-11.8
$35,000- 49,999 1,680 1,100 65.5 62.1-68.8 169 10.8 8.7-13.3 166 10.9 8.7-13.5 121 6.8 5.4- 8.6 124 6.0 4.8- 7.4
$50,000-74,999 1,787 1,256 69.2 65.8-72.5 174 12.7 9.9-16.1 180 9.5 7.9-11.3 112 5.2 4.1- 6.7 65 3.4 2.5- 4.7
$75,000+ 2,637 1,902 72.3 69.9-74.7 303 12.0 10.4-13.7 240 9.4 7.7-11.3 113 4.0 3.2- 5.0 79 2.3 1.8- 3.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 4,071 1,663 41.9 39.5-44.3 299 8.5 7.3-10.0 466 12.0 10.5-13.6 621 15.5 14.0-17.2 1,022 22.1 20.3-24.0
No 6,907 5,283 75.3 73.7-76.9 715 12.2 10.9-13.6 568 8.3 7.3- 9.3 235 3.1 2.6- 3.7 106 1.1 0.8- 1.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,794 1,193 67.1 63.8-70.2 128 9.7 7.3-12.8 141 7.5 6.1- 9.1 126 6.3 5.0- 7.9 206 9.5 7.9-11.3
Non-Veteran 9,578 6,032 64.6 63.1-66.1 937 11.5 10.5-12.6 914 9.8 8.8-10.8 746 6.9 6.2- 7.6 949 7.2 6.6- 8.0

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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.

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