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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-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
GENDER
Male 1,062 725 69.6 65.6-73.4 81 10.0 7.5-13.2 70 7.2 5.1-10.0 77 5.6 4.1- 7.5 109 7.5 6.0- 9.5
Female 1,776 1,051 61.7 58.7-64.5 154 8.6 7.1-10.3 174 10.4 8.6-12.5 172 9.4 7.7-11.5 225 10.0 8.6-11.6
RACE
White 2,623 1,631 65.1 62.6-67.5 219 9.0 7.6-10.6 231 9.3 7.8-11.1 231 7.7 6.5- 9.2 311 8.8 7.7-10.0
African American 91 60 64.2 46.7-78.6 7 16.8 5.3-42.1 5 3.4 1.3- 8.4 6 3.2 1.3- 7.8 13 12.4 6.5-22.4
Other Minorities 114 78 72.7 59.3-83.0 6 8.1 2.4-23.7 8 4.5 1.9-10.1 12 7.2 3.1-15.9 10 7.5 3.3-16.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 66 44 73.7 58.6-84.7 6 6.4 2.2-17.7 6 6.0 2.5-14.1 4 5.8 1.6-18.8 6 8.0 2.9-20.5
Non-Hispanic 2,765 1,728 65.2 62.7-67.6 228 9.4 7.9-11.2 238 9.0 7.5-10.7 245 7.6 6.4- 9.0 326 8.8 7.7-10.0
AGE
18-24 75 49 62.8 48.3-75.2 14 19.8 10.9-33.3 5 7.5 2.2-22.8 5 6.3 2.4-15.6 2 3.6 0.9-13.4
25-34 237 168 73.0 65.5-79.3 21 8.7 5.0-14.6 21 10.4 6.4-16.4 20 6.4 3.4-11.5 7 1.6 0.7- 3.7
35-44 377 227 63.8 58.1-69.1 47 11.3 8.3-15.3 43 10.0 7.3-13.6 37 9.2 6.3-13.3 23 5.7 3.5- 9.2
45-54 519 329 65.4 60.3-70.3 47 8.2 5.9-11.4 49 9.3 6.4-13.4 32 5.1 3.5- 7.3 62 11.9 8.9-15.7
55-64 636 374 59.9 55.4-64.1 61 10.5 8.0-13.8 60 10.4 7.9-13.6 71 9.1 7.0-11.8 70 10.1 7.8-12.9
65-74 560 350 65.2 60.7-69.5 32 5.3 3.6- 7.8 41 5.3 3.8- 7.4 52 9.4 6.9-12.8 85 14.7 11.7-18.2
75+ 424 270 65.4 60.1-70.3 13 2.7 1.5- 4.9 25 5.5 3.5- 8.3 31 7.4 5.0-10.9 85 19.0 15.2-23.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 431 227 57.8 51.2-64.2 22 6.9 3.6-12.9 37 7.8 5.2-11.4 48 10.5 7.0-15.5 97 16.9 13.4-21.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 895 551 64.0 59.4-68.4 68 8.0 5.9-10.8 74 8.9 6.2-12.7 80 8.5 6.2-11.7 122 10.5 8.4-13.1
Some Post-H.S. 742 487 68.8 64.1-73.1 59 9.2 6.3-13.2 51 6.9 4.9- 9.5 67 7.1 5.3- 9.4 78 8.0 6.0-10.7
College Graduate 764 506 68.4 63.9-72.6 86 12.2 9.3-15.9 82 11.3 8.4-14.9 54 5.2 3.8- 7.0 36 2.9 2.0- 4.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 338 135 42.2 35.1-49.6 15 4.3 2.4- 7.6 27 8.6 5.2-13.9 49 17.2 11.9-24.4 112 27.6 22.3-33.6
$15,000- 24,999 546 312 58.8 52.9-64.5 39 9.6 6.3-14.4 54 9.3 6.5-13.0 60 10.5 7.2-15.0 81 11.8 9.1-15.1
$25,000- 34,999 311 215 71.1 63.0-78.0 25 9.7 5.0-18.1 32 9.7 6.1-15.1 19 3.8 2.3- 6.4 20 5.6 3.2- 9.7
$35,000- 49,999 450 291 64.7 58.6-70.4 42 8.8 6.2-12.4 41 10.7 6.9-16.1 33 7.2 4.6-11.0 43 8.6 6.0-12.3
$50,000-74,999 394 281 76.7 71.6-81.1 39 9.5 6.6-13.5 34 7.0 4.7-10.2 25 3.7 2.3- 5.6 15 3.2 1.8- 5.6
$75,000+ 430 312 74.2 68.8-79.0 46 9.8 6.9-13.7 38 9.6 6.5-14.0 24 4.4 2.8- 6.9 10 2.0 0.8- 4.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,087 435 41.8 37.7-45.9 75 7.1 5.4- 9.3 100 10.6 8.0-13.9 177 15.9 13.1-19.2 300 24.6 21.6-27.9
No 1,634 1,256 76.8 73.8-79.6 148 10.1 8.1-12.6 140 8.1 6.5-10.1 64 3.7 2.7- 5.1 26 1.3 0.8- 2.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 436 299 70.3 64.8-75.2 25 8.0 5.1-12.3 26 6.5 4.2- 9.9 37 7.1 4.9-10.2 49 8.2 6.0-11.1
Non-Veteran 2,402 1,477 64.8 62.1-67.4 210 9.5 7.9-11.4 218 9.2 7.6-11.1 212 7.6 6.3- 9.2 285 8.9 7.7-10.3

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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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