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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont 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
-Piedmont NC 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
GENDER
Male 2,592 1,762 69.3 66.5-72.0 239 11.4 9.3-13.9 199 7.5 6.1- 9.3 165 5.3 4.4- 6.5 227 6.4 5.3- 7.7
Female 4,383 2,759 64.6 62.5-66.6 428 11.2 9.9-12.7 447 10.1 8.9-11.6 347 7.3 6.4- 8.4 402 6.8 5.9- 7.7
RACE
White 5,581 3,594 65.3 63.4-67.2 558 12.0 10.7-13.5 518 9.4 8.2-10.7 401 6.4 5.6- 7.3 510 6.9 6.1- 7.9
African American 956 601 67.1 62.7-71.3 83 10.9 7.8-15.2 99 8.5 6.6-11.0 82 6.5 5.0- 8.4 91 7.0 5.3- 9.0
Other Minorities 415 308 76.3 69.9-81.7 25 7.9 4.2-14.3 26 5.9 3.5- 9.6 29 6.0 3.8- 9.3 27 3.9 2.5- 6.2
HISPANIC
Hispanic 311 220 79.0 73.0-84.0 23 6.3 3.5-10.9 18 3.8 2.0- 7.0 27 6.4 4.0-10.1 23 4.5 2.7- 7.5
Non-Hispanic 6,651 4,293 65.8 64.0-67.5 644 11.8 10.5-13.3 626 9.3 8.3-10.4 483 6.4 5.7- 7.2 605 6.7 6.0- 7.6
AGE
18-24 232 153 66.3 58.1-73.6 33 16.5 10.9-24.3 27 11.8 7.6-18.0 14 3.4 2.0- 5.9 5 1.9 0.5- 6.9
25-34 708 470 69.3 64.5-73.7 101 14.1 10.7-18.3 88 10.7 8.1-13.9 36 4.3 3.0- 6.3 13 1.6 0.7- 3.4
35-44 1,200 797 68.6 65.2-71.8 157 12.6 10.4-15.2 126 9.1 7.4-11.1 69 5.6 4.2- 7.5 51 4.1 2.9- 5.7
45-54 1,444 931 64.8 61.6-67.8 156 11.7 9.7-14.0 122 7.2 5.7- 9.0 111 7.9 6.3-10.0 124 8.4 6.8-10.5
55-64 1,410 902 65.6 62.3-68.7 105 6.7 5.2- 8.4 118 7.1 5.7- 8.8 131 9.4 7.6-11.6 154 11.3 9.2-13.8
65-74 1,093 696 64.3 60.5-67.8 76 6.8 5.1- 9.0 98 9.1 7.1-11.5 80 7.3 5.6- 9.5 143 12.6 10.2-15.3
75+ 841 537 66.3 62.1-70.2 35 3.8 2.6- 5.7 63 6.2 4.5- 8.5 70 8.2 6.2-10.8 136 15.5 12.8-18.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 909 489 60.8 55.7-65.6 53 7.7 5.2-11.4 71 7.0 4.9- 9.8 106 10.1 7.7-12.9 190 14.5 11.8-17.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,927 1,248 66.4 62.9-69.8 160 9.8 7.6-12.5 161 8.2 6.3-10.6 154 6.6 5.3- 8.1 204 9.0 7.2-11.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,763 1,137 65.0 61.3-68.5 162 11.8 9.2-15.2 194 11.5 9.2-14.1 131 6.6 5.2- 8.3 139 5.2 4.1- 6.5
College Graduate 2,369 1,640 71.2 68.6-73.7 292 13.6 11.6-15.9 220 8.2 7.0- 9.7 121 4.5 3.6- 5.6 96 2.5 1.9- 3.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 626 265 49.2 42.9-55.5 36 6.3 3.7-10.6 51 5.9 4.1- 8.4 102 13.3 10.2-17.1 172 25.3 20.5-30.9
$15,000- 24,999 980 579 62.4 57.1-67.5 86 12.3 8.5-17.4 87 8.1 5.8-11.2 92 7.2 5.6- 9.3 136 10.0 7.4-13.3
$25,000- 34,999 703 455 67.4 62.1-72.3 67 9.5 6.5-13.7 78 10.5 7.6-14.3 38 5.4 3.5- 8.3 65 7.2 5.3- 9.8
$35,000- 49,999 971 628 65.7 61.2-69.9 97 10.1 7.8-13.0 113 11.7 8.9-15.3 76 7.4 5.4- 9.9 57 5.1 3.6- 7.1
$50,000-74,999 1,037 724 68.0 63.5-72.2 109 14.2 10.7-18.7 107 9.4 7.4-11.8 60 5.0 3.6- 6.9 37 3.4 2.3- 5.1
$75,000+ 1,685 1,230 73.1 69.9-76.1 200 12.7 10.4-15.3 146 8.7 6.8-11.0 66 3.9 2.9- 5.2 43 1.7 1.2- 2.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,294 960 42.3 39.2-45.5 166 10.3 7.8-13.4 270 11.6 9.7-13.8 345 14.5 12.7-16.5 553 21.3 19.0-23.8
No 4,384 3,351 76.4 74.4-78.2 463 11.7 10.2-13.3 356 7.8 6.7- 9.1 157 3.3 2.7- 4.1 57 0.9 0.6- 1.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 937 625 67.5 62.8-71.9 66 9.4 6.1-14.2 83 7.2 5.5- 9.3 60 6.5 4.7- 9.0 103 9.4 7.2-12.2
Non-Veteran 6,035 3,893 66.8 64.9-68.6 601 11.6 10.2-13.0 563 9.1 8.0-10.3 452 6.3 5.6- 7.2 526 6.2 5.5- 7.0

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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.

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